Peaceful mornings
¡Hola Chicos!
Ok I have been trying to think of a way to explain Spain especially Sevilla and when talking to my host mom this morning I figured it out so here it is one of Lauren´s famous quotes for everyone
I come from a world where people wish for more time to get their work done, but now I am surrounded by people who wish they had more time to sleep.
I walk through the streets in the mornings and see people walking to work, talking to a neighbor they saw as they went through their chores. Elderly holding hands as they go for an early morning stroll, young kids walking behind their moms dressed in little uniforms that match their sibling but nobody else, teenagers standing on street corners handing out newspapers to passerbys, young professionals walking to their jobs with a slow peaceful walk. And I am swept up by the peace all of them reveal.
I watched a father walking down the street with his son dragging his rolling backpack behind. They were probably on their way to the son´s school as he was dressing in a uniform. What amazed me about this scene was the man´s patience as they walked along he never sped up or moved any faster even though he was probably growing later for work by the minute. The son held tight to his father´s hand and they walked on to meet the day ahead of them together.
Ok I have been trying to think of a way to explain Spain especially Sevilla and when talking to my host mom this morning I figured it out so here it is one of Lauren´s famous quotes for everyone
I come from a world where people wish for more time to get their work done, but now I am surrounded by people who wish they had more time to sleep.
I walk through the streets in the mornings and see people walking to work, talking to a neighbor they saw as they went through their chores. Elderly holding hands as they go for an early morning stroll, young kids walking behind their moms dressed in little uniforms that match their sibling but nobody else, teenagers standing on street corners handing out newspapers to passerbys, young professionals walking to their jobs with a slow peaceful walk. And I am swept up by the peace all of them reveal.
I watched a father walking down the street with his son dragging his rolling backpack behind. They were probably on their way to the son´s school as he was dressing in a uniform. What amazed me about this scene was the man´s patience as they walked along he never sped up or moved any faster even though he was probably growing later for work by the minute. The son held tight to his father´s hand and they walked on to meet the day ahead of them together.
posted by Lauren Westling @ 6:22 AM
1 Comments:
At 2:06 AM,
Lauren Westling said…
Doesn´t it sound a whole lot like dad. I thought about it and when I found out that if people ask another family to dinner it is ok to be about 15 minutes late. Also the siestas in the afternoons and not being in a hurry- Dad to a T!
Love you mom and dad if you read this!
Lauren
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