A Witness to History

In less than 20 minutes, the field filled. I snapped the photo of the building with the flag behind me when I first arrived @2:26. By 2:40 I could no longer see the people on the steps. More impressive than that was when the snipers came in @ 5:oo. Obama and Biden didn't take the stage until 7:00 and it was worth the wait. I made a lot of new friends. The crowd was AWESOME, so large and diverse. By the time they opened the gates (@ 2:00), many of us had been in line for hours. The sky opened up and it rained buckets for 20 good minutes and we cursed that darned Natasha Beddingfield Song "FEEL THE RAIN ON YOUR SKIN" as it played. No complaints though. Something like this may come around once in your lifetime, and to be able to say, I actually witnessed it is a big deal. I have sent the video to my niece and nephew, thanks to technology, but the one in my heart will be with me indefinately. I am truly glad that I shaved my legs for this!!

WOW VIEW

National Harbor @ night....WOW

THE WOW

"And Lately
I can feel the wind blowing
in our direction
My affection is only for you
so hold on tight and enjoy the night
and let the wind just take us
make us
BRAND NEW."
D.Folks

I recently had a discussion with a few fellas about "The WOW factor" in relationships. You know, it's that heart pounding, butterflies in the stomach, takes your breath away feeling. My opinion is that THE WOW is good, but it's short term, and I'd rather have the JUST OKAY ten times than THE WOW just once. Hopeless Romantics are like drug addicts chasing THE WOW like that first rush. This is not a surprise. We all know hopeless romantics. That's why we call them HOPELESS. What is the surprise is that MEN actually buy into this concept that a relationship can be WOW all the time. How much work do men expect us to put in? We already appear to go above and beyond. It's hard enough to keep the hair, nails, body, wardrobe, personality, make up, child rearing, bill paying, independent damsel in distress image. As far as I can tell, men only have to work on that whole Knight in Shining Armor meets Intelligent Gangster.
I countered with the fact that each person has the responsibility to bring their own WOW to the party. Which brought us to the next point: can a person who is a WOW be with a person who is JUST OKAY? My answer is YES. Two WOWs are a recipe for destruction.
My college sweetheart and I were both WOWs and despite the fact that it was a never ending party, our union lacked substance. It lacked structure. On the contrary, My (former) husband was a JUST OKAY and for the most part our union was ideal......until the end. These (SINGLE) guys disagreed. It appears they will forever remain bachelors because they haven't met the one person who takes their breath away and until they find this magical mystical MYTHICAL woman, they will be alone. Talking to them forced me to evaluate how I tend to attract Eternal Bachelors. Men looking for all the fun I have to offer, but only for the fleeting moments. It is a full time job to be a WOW, and I for one would like to retire my Jersey!!
A local artist (D. Folkes) has a song called Fresh Cut Flowers. It's about the newness and the crisp fresh feeling of a new relationship and how can we keep it. His MySpace/dfolks page is in the link of this Blog because I am his NEWEST and BIGGEST FAN. Check out his music, his lyrics are featured in this blog. He too is a hopeless romantic. I guess in the spirit of this historical year, we should all KEEP HOPE ALIVE.

"The newness of our love keeps
my soul on fire
and I don't want it to ever end"
D. Folks