Did you ever have dreams about going
to school without your backpack? This nightmare had followed me for years
until long after college... I remember every time waking up from the
nightmare, I felt that the event was so unthinkable that it would
never happen to me in real life.
Well, the unthinkable did happen to me this morning, in real life!!
I
was dragged out of bed by the alarm clock at 6am. I planned to go take some special photos of the red maple leaves. The
place was about 35 miles away from my home. I rushed through everything
and got into the car... When I arrived at the location, I realized that I
forgot my camera bags -- two of them, carefully packed and put by the doorway last night.
Wow,
can you imagine that? For a few seconds, I really didn't know what to
do -- Do I go home to get the camera bags? Do I even have time to come
back to catch the first light?? Should I just forget about the whole
thing???
What should I do??? Wait, didn't I just learn to accept imperfection? With that, I pulled out
my iPhone and snapped 1 shot -- just to record the first sunlight
shining through the fall leaves.
Not perfect, but it captures the sentiment...
Hoffman Estates, IL
October 24, 2020
