3 more days until Kirk returns to work (light-duty) with the Brethren. He is actually going to head to Orem tomorrow to have a fireman's lunch with his crew. He is really looking forward to that.
We went to an art show at Terra Nova gallery in Provo tonight that featured our amazingly talented and beautiful niece, Darci Bertelsen and her friend and fellow awe inspiring artist, Mark Crenshaw. Their work is wonderful. Oh, to be young and wildly talented.
Kirk was the lucky winner at the art show of a portrait of himself by artist Grant L. Lund. Mr. Lund actually completed the portrait in about 30 minutes as Kirk sat in front of the art gallery. It was super cool to watch this man use his talent to depict what he saw in Kirk on to paper. The result?
Everyone's perspective is different. I think the drawing is wonderful but it is not my perception of my sweetheart. In fact, if a vote had been held by those who were there and know Kirk, (Rick, Lori, Connie, Me, Dani, Kirk, Darci) 100% of us would have agreed that this rendition of Kirk is an actual futuristic drawing of him in about 22 years. Yep. Kirk at age 60.
After Kirk received his portrait and went in to enjoy Darci and Mark's paintings, I asked him what he thought. He held the picture up and said, "I look old." It was not expressed happily, more of a shocked and stunned kind of response.
Almost all of us have had one of those moments where you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and think, "Where did that wrinkle come from?" In all reality, those things don't just happen over night, it takes time and effort to work a wrinkle into your skin. The same muscle movement has to occur habitually, for years, to create a crease in your skin. That muscle movement can be a smile, a frown, squinting, even the way you lay your head on your pillow can cause a wrinkle to form over time.
I remember Nonna, my grandmother, fretting over her wrinkles one day. I looked at her and told her I thought she looked beautiful. All of those lines in her face were like a road map of her life. All of the hard work, raising three boys, gardening, laughing, happiness and sadness. All of those experiences created a beautiful work of art. She didn't agree. And honestly, the older I get, the more I understand her disagreement.
It all boils down to perspective.
How do you see yourself? Do you see wrinkles and age spots or do you see a lifetime of moments and experiences combined to create a beautiful, unique work of art?
I'm afraid I worry more about those darn wrinkles than I should.
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