Thinking of Nanci Griffith tonight…and a LOT of other things…

“I’ve been walkin’ in my sleep
Countin’ troubles ‘stead of countin’ sheep
Where the years went I can’t say
I just turned around and they’ve gone away

I’ve been siftin’ through the layers
Of dusty books and faded papers
They tell a story I used to know
And it was one that happened so long agoI

It’s gone away in yesterday
Now I find myself on the mountainside
Where the rivers change direction
Across the Great Divide”

I could not think of a better set of lyrics to give a feel for how I feel tonight. Tonight is the culmination of the Kevin “farewell tour”. Both Sue and I have been spending a ton of time with amazing people the last two weeks. The time has flown and tonight we had the chance to sit and sip and joke and laugh and cry with Amy, Dan, Laura, Tracy, and Tori. If there was such a thing as the “inner circle” this would be it.

I have been the LUCKIEST person on this planet the past 20+ years to have worked with, cried with, laughed with these folks. While I know that this is not the end, it is the closing of a long, long set of volumes that will put distance between what we know at the moment. There will be no impromptu dinners at Rowayton Seafood, drinks at the dock, happy hours/brunch at Rory’s, King Crab legs at SoNo Seaport, “dressy dinners” at Union League Cafe, and on and on and on….

Yes, it’s simply a new chapter, I know that, but tonight my heart and my soul are empty and broken. I will miss these folks and their touch and their hugs and their smiles.

While I know this is true, it’s still raw….it’s a simple Dr. Seuss line: “Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it happened”

I will always treasure that “it happened” but for the moment I will spend the night crying.

I love you all!!!