meanwhile, at some wedding somewhere...

...and then she said, "You know what's the one thing that's great about endings?"

I took a sip of the Mai Tai, took a look out the window. "I'm almost too afraid to ask. But... okay. What's that?"

"They could also become beginnings."




THE THOUGHT stayed with me throughout the rest of the day, even bleeding into the evening.

Yes. One journey ends. Another begins.

And this thought, this one singular thought, gives me hope.