My cousin Parker drives to Wilmington, North Carolina to start his first semester of college tomorrow. I cried thinking about him leaving tonight. And not because I was sad that these past six months are over - a six months during which P and I have been geographically close enough to have had the option to hang out almost any day we've wanted to (and taken the option quite a bit). But because I am overwhelmingly excited about how much I love that dude. And because I am overwhelmingly excited about the next phase of our friendship, a phase that I'm sure will be even better.
Parker and I made a big connection listening to this song and talking about it this fall and winter.
It's called Sailing to Philadelphia, and it's track 2 on Sailing to Philadelphia. Mark Knopfler and James Taylor are involved.
And that's P in the picture. Our grandfather took my sister, our cousin Tyler, Parker, and me flyfishing one day last summer.
