been feeling really sad this week
today Spouse took the day off so we could sit in the park drinking coffee and watching the swallows fly around us, diving close to the ground, then taking off, brushing the grass with their wings
It was early enough that it was just us, and it took only a few minutes for them to figure out we were no threat, start flying close enough we could hear their wing beats
I'm still sad but I feel lighter, somehow
