S is for seven years ago today, I met someone that changed my life - although we often feel as if we had met before - which could have happened given where we had grown up - but we'll never know that one - and it really doesn't matter -Right now, I'm sipping - another S - a bottle of 2006 Cabernet Franc S gave me for my birthday - it came from HERE - Hickory Hollow - I knew from the moment he gave it to me that tonight would be the night I opened it -
Somehow Liquid Wisdom is a fitting descriptive term for wines - love that very much - wish I had been that clever -
Thinking back to S entering my life - and me, his - he really was responsible for another S - he saved me - from losing faith in myself - and he was there on my Pearl Harbor Day - December 7, 2004 -
He helped me to - yes, another S - see I could find the - yes, another - strength - to get out of the hell I was trapped in - as he put in the lyrics he wrote for me two weeks later "life dealt her a bad hand - she'll have to play it for a while" - he knew "she cries alone" was the bittersweet title for one of the most beautiful and special songs he had ever written -
Thanks to him, I am still here - without his help during the rough times, I would not be -
And thanks to him, I am here - as in blogging - and with rescue - and with all those things I discovered via Khyra - even Khyra owes being here to S - I can still hear him the first morning he met her - as I hadn't told him of my special birthday gift to me - I believe the words were 'so, you got a dog' -
Ha - not a dog - yes - another S: Siberian!
I could go on and on - but I won't - at least not tonight - although I will say I might have been responsible for saving him as well - helping inspire him - to write more - to play more - to feel more -as Uncle Tupelo said "we are all looking for the life worth livin' " -
Now to 's'hare 's'ome tunes that are appropriate -
I know I've included a repeat but I couldn't decide between them - the visuals were so beautiful - so when in doubt, go with both -
Time to raise my glass and say here's to SEVEN years - thanks for making them possible - and here's to as many more Fate and Kismet will allow us to enjoy -
I'll leave you with one last song - I think it will be a song that forever captures us -
Cheers!
BTW, the wine is very nice - I haven't had a Cabernet Franc in sometime - hard to believe years ago I would have been making all sorts of faces as I drank it!
