Ok, Show Me "Wow"

I've been on a mission.

I've been seeking Wow.

I've spent the past 18 months relearning, rethinking and redefining "Wow".

It doesn't look the way I thought or the way I remember (well, kinda remember). In all honesty, my wow looks better than I ever could have imagined. It's sweeter and simpler. And in that sweet simplicity I find magic.

I do believe in magic. I do. And no one can convince me otherwise.

I don't find wow where I used to find it. Thank Goodness!! Often I find it around me in the world. Bright beautiful moments that make me stare in wonder like a child. More often than not I find wow in the brilliant stars I collect in my orbit that masquerade as people.

In addition to this seeking of wow I've found myself seeking love in my life as well. Craving it, really. It's been more years than I care to admit. A lot of years ... Did I mention its been years?

Ugh. Years.

Pfffffftttt.

So I love that I heard "wow" in reference to love come from a star spinning in my orbit in the last couple weeks. It's simplicity was absolutely awesome. It was actually a definition of love offered to me in exchange for my opinion.

Now, I've heard folks try to define love with words and criteria, sex and categories, requirements and strategies. But never in my life have I heard love described as a scenario. A scenario so beautifully culled down that I feel I may shame it with my own words. I'll try to do it justice and apologize in advance for anything I miss or leave out.

As I - if I - remember it begins with getting ready to go to a dinner party at a friends. Get dressed, get in the car, drive to party. Get to party, part ways, mingle apart from one another. One talking to one group and one talking to another group. Quietly bring food to the other, not because one asked but simply because it was their favorite and a small lovely unsolicited gesture. And somewhere in the evening over the noise and across the room you catch each others eyes. And without saying a word it's understood that the sentiment is as follows:

I'm busy and distracted in this moment but you are the most important thing on my mind and in my heart and I'm coming right back to you.

Essentially, I'm here. And you matter. And it's unspoken.
You are my heart space.

(Pause)

Wow.

And that was it. A whole definition of love. Just like that.

It floored me.

(Wendy stares wide eyed in wonder like a child)
Heeeeeeyyyyy .. I WANT THAT!!

So I'm gonna spend some quality time shouting that request out to the universe and being incredibly grateful to the star that shared that light.

And maybe, if I'm really really lucky, there will be cheese, bread, berries and green grapes on the plate lovingly provided by my Wow.