We had been planning the trip back to Chile since the day my brother stepped foot on the plane headed to Concepcion. (Well headed to Atlanta,then to Lima, then to Santiago, then to Concepcion...butstill)
However, ever since he'd finally returned to his home in SLC, it wasmuch more difficult to leave. You see, now there was a different challenge. Not finding flights, or hotels, or contacts.
It was something much different.
Much more important.
Life changing.
He now had a fiance.
And the wedding was weeks away. May 16th. That was the day my brother would be getting married. He had been home about 9 months. I had waited so long for him to be home. For our time together. Just me and my best friend. And in a matter of weeks he would be married.
9 months had felt like 3 days.
Time was jumping from my grasp. I didn't have enough.Wedidn't have enough.
There weren't enough nights to stay up late eating oreos and talking about life. Not enough days to drive with windows down blasting Rascal Flatts. Not nearly enough time to catch up on 2 years worth of missed dates, dances, trips, life.
School. Work. Homework. Dating. Graduation. Prom. Commuting to and from. It was too much.
But it brought us to a decision. If we wanted time we had to make it.
So we did.
And it was like a time machine. Not the kind that takes you back to thepast, or throws you into the future.
The kind that s l o w s time.
Stops it.
Maybe even just for a second here or there. The kind that created memories that I will cherish the rest of my life. In the midst of the crazy weeks before a meant-to-be wedding, I got my time with my best friend. Because that was time I would never get back.
And now, it is time that we gladly share with an amazing new addition in our family. His best friend. His wife.
So now you might understand a little better why a blog post simply couldn't do the job.
I had to share more then a memory of my trip of a lifetime.
I needed to share my time machine.
So that maybe, just maybe someone somewhere might create their own time machine. Time that was lost, time that needs to be spent withsomeone. Or doing something that hasn't been done in a long time.
Life is crazy.
So if you want time, you will have to make it.
