One more thing tonight--

I've decided to change the title of this blog. "...and the punchline is I always swim upstream" was so appropriate for many years, but I've reached a different place in how I face the stream, so to speak. I admire the tenacity and imagery of doggedly going against the stream, but it's just not where I'm at anymore.

"Singing to the Blackbird" comes from my favorite Beatles song of all time, and it's a good embodiment of how I feel in grasping these moments as they come, and taking flight, so to speak.

"Blackbird"  (Lennon and McCartney)
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see
All your life 
You were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird fly Blackbird fly
Into the light of the dark black night.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these broken wings and learn to fly
All your life
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

You were only waiting for this moment to arise
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.