I drove on a bus to a jungle a few hours away and had the chance to sit next to someone with a headphone splitter. We showed each other our music and looked hopefully up between songs waiting for an ecstatic explanation of how each snippet of music made us feel. That didn’t happen. It wasn’t that I didn’t enjoy his music, and I hope it wasn’t that he didn’t enjoy mine. It’s difficult to be eloquent about emotion.
There’s a time in life when you have to admit defeat. Here I am. I don’t know if anyone out there cares what I have to say or expected a great documentation of my trip, but if I’ve let anyone down, sorry. I could take a picture, make a film, breath every last infinitesimal detail into my mind, but when you’re not here, you’re out of the loop.
I know a few things. Leaving will make you dumb, crying will make you silent, strength is measured in heartbreak, and blogging is taxing work.
Mark Macey
3 comments:
Mark we love and miss you. After seeing the orphans in Ecuador Lib has been working with for four months I understand what being out of the loop is. No matter how much she tried to describe it, how many photos I saw I just couldnt get it until I was there with her and her babies. Now I understand a fraction of what she experienced. So it is with you too. We have both arrived home safely from the Jungle. See you soon and our family can be together again. Love Mom
Mark,
Is it kosher to blog on someone else's kid? Well, it's not the first time, so I'm posting anyway. No defeat, Mark; no expectations, so how could you have let anyone down. All of you went to perhaps change a few lives in India and to be changed BY India. In that, I'm sure you were most successful. The rest of us will glean what we can when from you when you return. Knowing that our son is there with you is life-changing enough for me. It's your job to be there, not ours. The way in which you touch lives for the REST of your lives will be legacy enough.
Mazal tov on a job well done!
Nate Cantor's Dad
Mark,
This is the kid that is most jealous of all the kids in YMAD right now and wishes he was with you guys writing this haha. your posts are awesome, and by awesome, i mean really really cool and insightful ha. i wish i was there with you guys so bad, it sounds amazing. and hey, ill buy the tennis balls and make the journey back with you when you go back, seriously, im so bummed i couldnt have been a part of this. you best be bringing me back something dope ha, jk. have fun the last couple days dude, see you next week
Richie
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