Then the Sun Goes Down

 

I know the photo above looks like I over-edited it and set the saturation way too high... but the truth is, I didn't even touch it.  The sunsets from Casa Bendita were stunning...

It was an entirely different scene every night...  sometimes vibrant and loud, sometimes calm and pastel, sometimes it was something in between... but it always something new to take in

It's remarkable that this scene happens every single night...  every. single. night... Whether we are there to capture it or not

What I didn't know as I stood there, blessed beyond measure amongst that breathtaking scene, was what was about to unfold in 2020...

I didn't know just a few weeks later that travel would become non-existent, that we would go months without seeing loved ones, that the freedom of walking into a store without worry - free to breath the air - would become odd to us, that human contact would become uncomfortable... that simple activities, like getting a haircut, would become a luxury... I didn't know the whole world was about to go quiet...

I also didn't know that I would be leaving my job of 19 years, our home of 14 years, our city of 21 years...  and that normal would become something brand new...

When I think back on our trip to Costa Rica, it seems like a lifetime ago...  these sunsets mark the end of a day, the end of a incredibly sentimental and heartwarming trip, the end of a love affair with a company and a career, the end of two of the greatest decades in which I've been blessed with my soulmate, three boys that I love beyond measure, our home, friends, and countless memories...

I had no idea what all was about to change...

Following every sunset is a sunrise that marks the beginning of a new day