I love getting glimpses into other people’s world.
I love that life in
my 30s means spending a Saturday evening celebrating with my good friend who
turned 40 in NJ. Eating really good food, drinking wine, and having great
conversation in a beautiful home. Then, that same night, leaving the calm,
quiet, kid filled, organized, and clean home to then celebrate with my
22-year-old friend who moved into a new apartment down the street from me, back in Brooklyn. I Showed up to her new apartment, met her five roommates and we drank out of paper cups, ate some
homemade snacks, and played games that had us laughing really hard!
The two events couldn’t have been more different. Two
different worlds.
At another party, the next Saturday, my good friend,
actually one of my very favorite friends in Brooklyn, was having a birthday
dinner. I was telling him about my previous Saturday night and honestly just
how lucky I feel to have good friends in all different worlds. He asked, “where did you feel like you fit
in, 10 years older or 10 years younger?”
It takes a LOT for me to feel uncomfortable, I was home schooled, I was never forced to fit in. I have always been, just jes who makes herself fit into whatever is going on around her. I loved both events so much and my good friend’s birthday
party in NJ was so special to be a part of and I love new experiences. Sometimes it can be easier to
feel comfortable in a world where we have already been. I have thrown and
attended plenty of twenty something year old parties. I can do that. I have
lived in that world. A house full of
kids and living in spaces larger than 400 sq feet, I’ve not done that. That’s a world I am not a part of yet.
We live and make the
world we want. The one that makes the most sense to us.
Lately, my world has been feeling like a dream. Like a
little tiny fairy tale and I’m the co-star.
Last Sunday afternoon exemplifies the beauty I am talking about. My boyfriend and I went to church. Church and
my faith is a world that has always, always, been close to my heart. Probably THEE most formative and consistent
aspect of my life. At the same time it is a world that is so special and close
to my heart that I rarely talk about it often. It’s hard to explain in words
and so I don’t, I just keep it in my life because it is my life. Keep it as my anchor, my rock.
After church we went to brunch in Brooklyn Heights. Brunch
has also been an important part of my world for years! I LOVE sitting at
brunch. It’s so relaxing, so good, SO perfect on Sundays! Not as formative as
church, but another staple in my life.
What’s good brunch if not followed up by a trip to my
favorite candy shop in Dumbo! Hello Dilly’s! My niece is the only other person
I know who smiles as big as me while choosing candy from this shop!
Just walking and talking and eating candy is time well
spent.
So this is what my world has been looking like lately. It’s the world I’ve chosen and am completely
thrilled to live it.
