The Art of Reunion
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EnglishVoice Age
Young Adult (18-35)Accents
North American (General)Transcript
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Lately, I've been overwhelmed with my own undigested thoughts and emotions since transitioning away from the dark winter months. I've made quite a few changes in my personal and professional life, as I'm sure many of you have a swell. When my overwhelm got the better of me, I decided I was not good for much else and set out to stretch my legs and take a walk on the land that I had just recently come to call my home. For the first leg of my journey, I continued to turn the same tired thoughts and worries that have been plaguing me for days prior. But as I ventured on in this new landscape unfolded before me. I was eventually whisked into the moment. My senses were stimulated by sites both new and old. My mental overwhelm was replaced by a new feeling, one of familiarity of comfort. First, it was the delicate white petals of the blood root, followed by the jagged edges of the tender nettle plants, the Mosses, the tree buds, the smell of my skin as it was kissed by the warm sun. With each passing moment, I was more deeply embraced by the signifiers of spring. I spoke aloud. I remember you. And Oh, I didn't know you lived here too. It felt just like a reunion. I'm not talking about those awkward 20 year high school reunions with force conversations and bad food or the type of family reunions that you search far and wide for excuses to avoid. Rather, I'm talking about the best kind of reunion you could imagine. Like the one you planet a Great Lakes cabin with your favorite college girlfriends or the kind you have when you see your favorite cousins. After far too much time and space has passed between you. I'm talking about the kind of reunion that reminds you or unites you with all things dear and true to you, our union with the day, the season, the South.