I see you in my imagination. Lifting your shoulder bag, adjusting your hold on the suitcase handle as you work your way up the line to the counter. Guys are checking you out appreciatively. A woman on her own, flying out to make her new destiny.
I know you are nervous. Starting a fresh chapter in life is never with out challenge. As you move past the lines, airport cafes, seating area, and finally take your place on the plane, bravery wins over indecision. When the plane lifts off you know it was the right choice at the right time in your life.
Your friends are sending you wishes of joy and success. Maybe the ultimate success is right now. One of us has made it. Past the vague longing for someplace new and far away. Beyond the large stack of daily disappointments and petty cares we stack up as we slip into middle age. The Victory is exactly this; You are The One Brave Woman among us. The person who says "Now!...... I'm Going Now."
Over the last few months you set your life in order, put Stuff in storage, made your rounds of goodbyes. Now, for all of us still grounded in the every day humdrum world of obligation and duty there is triumph in your escape. Maybe one day it will be one of us. As you sail toward the Atlantic and on to Paris from Portland I see you in my imagination, drifting off to sleep as the plane flys toward a new morning.
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