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Sometimes, Life Takes Your Breath Away

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Sometimes, life takes your breath away.

Sometimes, life takes your breath away in a beautiful way. And sometimes, it feels like ‘there’s a steel knife in my windpipe,’ as Marshal Mathers would say.

On the morning I snapped this picture, I was sluggishly on my way to drop the kids off at school and zoom down the freeway to meet my endearing client with Parkinson’s for her morning routine.

Color me crabby, but we all had a case of the Mondays.

I know the back and forth to two alarmingly different households wear on my kids’ resilient spirits occasionally. (How can it not?) Usually, we all welcome serenity in the morning car ride to school; calm, sleepy, and thoughtful energy fog the car windows on brisk Autumn mornings.

We came to a stop sign; I looked left and right, and my breath was taken from me when I saw this outside my passenger-side window.

I point out this beautiful, breathtaking world to my kids as often as possible because what else is there besides hope sometimes?

I told them I had to pull over and get some pictures.

Sometimes life is beautiful; beautiful things happen all the time. And sometimes, life is hard; it wears you down to the bone.

Today, as you can see, life is beautiful.

It took my breath away.

Divina Grey is a ferocious woman and mother rebuilding her life one article at a time. She likes long walks on the beach, singing and playing her guitar, an electrifying workout, and a cup of coffee so decadent she feels the frothiness in her bones. Over the last twenty-five years, Divina has stockpiled a collection of journals (in an elegant wooden chest) and oozes with gratitude for the chance to share her staggering, long-time love of writing with the world.

Thank you for reading. ❤

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