At The Corner of Mason & California in San Francisco: Between the Inhale and the Exhale My Past, Present & Future Convened

Reverb Prompt: Which little detail — something you saw… a look… a touch… a fleeting moment — from 2012 would you like to remember in the years to come? The most difficult part of this prompt is remember where it greeted me... ohhh... there. Day 17 from Relish12.

For just a moment I was dizzy with unsteadyness. I looked up and spun around, attempting to figure out where my body was in relationship with the glorious vibe of San Francisco

From the San Francisco Financial District - Can you believe this man is casually texting while leaning on the Robert Frost Memorial? Ay! Unbelievably for me, I was visiting San Francisco with no destination in mind. I had several possibilities but nothing was in stone. I have sort of learned my way around the City but for some reason I didn’t want to bother with navigation and after a lovely greeting from native son Robert Frost I noticed a cable car had appeared so without thinking, I jumped on it.

A few moments later at the intersection of California and Mason, I jumped off the cable car, feeling an incredible urge. Even with that incredible urge I did the “should I shouldn’t I shuffle” before I leaped from my six dollar seat of a rather short cable car ride.

I scurried across the street and my eyes caught the Fairmont Hotel.

If you take away the Christmas Decorations, the Fairmont looked exactly as it did on that July day in... 1988? I believe? I actually gasped the forty degree misty air straight into my gut.

This is where Mel and Tom got married on a Saturday in July before I knew how challenging many of the upcoming chapters of my life would be.

From that moment on, I went where I was divinely directed. Every single destination I found had some personal connection with me, as if my past was reaching out to massage my ever tense shoulders, saying, “You are a survivor, you are one who loves a lot and loves well. Continue your journey knowing that you are love incarnate.”

I will remember this “eye-to-eye” glance from my past, present and future for a long time to come.

Now that I have written it, I will more than likely remember it forever.

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