rainbows: a universal language.
in I Lift My Eyes Up, there are pictures here
as ahhhhhhhhh, ahhhhhhhhhh, blog, faces, home, Jess, kiss, laughter and tears, lead, motivation, pop, rainbow, reminder, restaurant, snap, today, universal language, Voice
I saw this today, while I was eating dinner with my parents. 
“Quick, Jess! Go take a picture–for your blog!” my pop commanded me.
And so I did just that.
But, that rainbow.
What a reminder that the world cannot be all that bad when there are rainbows hung in the sky like that. And it was amazing; the restaurant basically stopped so we could all press our faces against the glass or jump outside in the rain and snap a photo. I love when something speaks a universal language. When it stops all of us in our tracks, no matter where those tracks lead, were someone to follow them to wherever it is we each come from; whatever it is we call home.
I love that no matter where you are or what language you speak or who it is that makes your heart beat that much faster when you hear their voice, a glittering rainbow above us evokes an ahhhhhhhhhh.
And that ahhhhhhhhh is universal.
Like laughter.
And tears.
And dance.
And hand holding.
And a kiss.
All of it reminds us that we’re more alike than not, I think.
That we’re all created by someone whose love was the motivation for the rainbow in the first place.
And love is for darn sure a universal language.
trying.
in Thoughts and Feelings
as afternoon, anxiety, bench, blank spots, book store, bookstore, Colt, door, hole in the wall, home, horse, horse race, horses, house, husband, marriage, morning, park bench, post, race, race horses, restaurant, show, signs, stage, store, tee shirts, today
I had to go back to the house today. I knocked on the door, because even though it’s my house, it’s not my house. Not anymore. And it’s strange, because it still looks the same. Except for a few blank spots on the walls, I mean. And now there’s that hole in the wall, punched [...]
“if I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution.” -emma goldman
in Performance, Thoughts and Feelings
as dancing, emma goldman, grip, grocery, grocery stores, home, hotel lobby, idea, korean man, lobby, misunderstandings, one of the guys, random places, restaurant, revolution, seoul, smooth surface, South Korea, surface, way
I know this might come as a big shock to some of you, but I really love to dance. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve embarrassed my sister by dancing in random places. Like grocery stores. I mean, that floor is just so perfect for turning, how can you not dance on a [...]
chicken!
in Funny Stuff, Loved Ones
as center city philadelphia, chicken, chicken head, degree weather, dinner, miss hannigan, peanut butter and jelly, Potbellys, restaurant, today
Today I saw a man. And this, by itself, is not at all noteworthy. But when you combine it with the fact that he was wearing something on his head that made him look like a chicken and he was playing an accordion, well now you can see why I’d want to write this down. [...]
