We went for a drive tonight after another rivetting parent group. The city is bright and clean - shiny is an appropriate word. Magic really is in the air. The lights over Cypress mountain makes the night sky glow just perfectly. The streets around UBC and Point Grey look pristine and inviting. Every busstop and billboard illuminates British Columbia, Canada and the Olympics. There is no denying the sight of it all. The sky is alive with beaming lights of the symbolic rings. People are home, big screen TVs are on and as much as Yaletown is alive, there is another vibe, a quieter and mesmerizing vibe of our city and it's citizens taking it in one day before our city, this spectacular heck of a city, gets turned on like it's never been before.
This is really big and super cool. My family went to see the torch relay go by near our house. Magic again. So much pride, so awesome. It's here, in our city. How can anyone not be moved by this and being a part of the experience when it allows everyone to be a part of. There are open "free" events all around. I am pretty awestruck (can't you tell).
The people behind the scenes have done a great job putting this together in my opinion. This is a big undertaking right? Not easy and probably a bloody nightmare. This John Furlong fella, wow. Hats off man.
Vancouver will come alive tomorrow like it did back in Exp '86. I'm really moved by this feeling. Admittedly, when I see and hear the buzz word "believe", it does give me a crazy strong hope for my baby Rubinstein-Taybi. Hope for lots of things involving all those that I love. This baby of mine opens my heart to possibilities that I wouldn't allow. For the reasons that believing to me seemed lacking direction or statistically unclear. Nowadays, not much is clear. My daughter fills me with such a dichotomy; happiness and love, and like the flipside of the coin, such sadness and despair.
Believing, dreaming, hoping, loving and praying are very very real and accessible to me - what choice do I have? It's not in me to do anything less for this little gift of mine.
My spirit is pretty fuelled with pride and energy for what is here and now. The Olympic Games. I will let it fuel me and am pretty psyched about enjoying everything about this city, MY city for the next month.
Shine on Vancouver! Let's have a ball - we are indeed made for this.
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