The sun sets on another day..
I watched sunset slowly fall through the trees until I lost it behind a particularly thick bed of pines. I smiled at the moment and enjoyed the colors of the sky.
What you see before you is a chair. I am sure someday someone will see this as just another place to sit, but it has history and perhaps a little more. The chair that you see came from my grandmother. Its origins are unclear to me as I didn’t talk about it very much when I could barely walk. Instead, I remember sitting in this chair when my father and mother were still together. I have fallen asleep in this chair hundreds of times with my head on one side, and my feet curled up in the center. I can remember the fabric against my legs clearly, but it is hard for me to imagine being that small, even though I know I was.
This chair has moved through dozens of houses. Where so many people think about home as a place where they grew up, I went from many to many more. One of the few consistent things in my life is in this picture. As we moved from place to place, this chair moved with us. When we were at a new house, I often sat in this chair trying to decide how to approach wherever I was this time.
The chair’s fabric changed several times, but it was still mine. Of course, I couldn’t call it mine when I was younger, but I knew it was the consistent thing in my life. Not family or friends nor anything else that I could hold on to. This was my consistency.
I bought my first house almost immediately out of high school. I needed a place that I could call my own. I had this idea that somehow I could create a home that I honestly never had. The closest thing I had to at home was my grandmother’s house, and as I considered everything I had gone through, there was a need for stability inside of me. There was my chair. Through thick and thin and a little more, we were together.
What is my point? To everyone in the room, it is just a chair. It is a legacy that means a lot and represents even more. When you look out at the world, sometimes it is just a chair, a house, or a pebble, but sometimes, well, sometimes, it is the key to a world.
So as the sun sets on another day, I hope you have fun tonight and enjoy all the moments. After all, the world is an amazing place, and I hope you find your place to sit. Keep being you and making super memories, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and enjoy it all…