a simple flight across a continent

My goodness!

Well, my day is much less outwardly dramatic or exciting that the recent ones of Brent...and not as clearly relaxing and smooooooth as those of Allen...but I AM sitting in an airport.

I fly out today to visit my beautiful darlin' in North Carolina, a vacation before my vacation. It's been three months since I've seen her, built upon a two week relationship, but I imagine that things will just be richer and more exciting as a result.

I love my community; we're going to scatter soon, many of us, and I'm fully aware that I will never be able to have such a beautiful group of friends or share a house in such a beautiful way. There will be more friends and circles for all of us, of course, but there can never be another Stephen, another Colin, any more Brents, Tessas, Ashleys, Ethans, Jons, Jennas, Chelseas, Texs, or any of the other several dozen (literally...I counted) people who I count as good friends and who have significantly contributed to my growth.

Thank you! I love you.

I hope sincerely that the Goodness Collective floats about all of our lives. Today I get a taste of leaving again, knowing I'll be doing it indefinitely in a few months.

And now...I fly...Fly!!!

take care...seriously--

--Trav--