A morning of cliches couldn’t hurt.

Life on life’s terms. One step forward two steps back.

Limbo -and we quote Oxford- an uncertain period of awaiting a decision or resolution; an intermediate state or condition.

“the fate of the Contras is now in limbo”

Somedays the uncertainty of the somewhere in-between takes our breath away. Some days that uncertainty propels us into stepping up our game and re-grouping.

Our activities on the daily were often done in knee jerk fashion. Now our knee just jerks.

Day dreaming is a wonderful panacea.
Tony Bennett crooned “ Oh, the good life. Full of fun seems to be the ideal. Mmm, the good life. Let’s you hide all the sadness you feel.”

The year is 1963. We are starting camp the next day. We lay out our new keds sneakers, chose a pair of “pedal pushers,” a sweat shirt and one of the many colorful tee shirts we bought at Alexanders. We will grab a tennis sweater as we run out the door to catch the bus.

Ah, we remember it well. Not unlike the first day of school, camp offered unparalleled excitement coupled with the trepidation of will I meet new friends feelings.

With our camp bag complete we get ready for bed. We finish reading one of our favorite Nancy Drew books, The Secret of the Old Clock, turn off our record player that was spinning a 78 Johnny Mathis album and ”Get Misty” as we shut the lights.

Euphoric recall is medicinal and certainly helps minimize the startling tone of the in our face senior moments, that turn into, wow time flew by.

Our take away is that there is a religious and spiritual component where forgiveness and celebration hold court. “Are you having any fun? What you get out of Living?”

So on the precipice of unknowing chapters coming our way, fast and furiously -let’s fill the empty space that we made room for in our proverbial closet and invite the new woman we met to join us at our “table.”

“Accentuate the Positives. Eliminate the negatives.”

Oh, hey Lionel Ritchie this time we are going to “Make the Magic last for more than just night.” We got this Wednesday.