I consider myself a bit of a wordsmith. Much like a blacksmith could take a raw piece of metal to form and fashion something of great beauty or of great use, I love to take language shape and mold descriptions and stories. I like to take the obvious and make it astoot and remarkable.
But in life there are moments that steal the vocabulary even from the wordsmith in all of us. So this left me with the question of what do you say in the moments that leave you speechless? If you have never experienced one of these moments let me describe it for you. In the briefest of instants it is as if someone has cut the red wire on the bomb in your brain that connects intelligble thoughts to explosive device known as your tongue, so that all the seems to come out is a collection of stammering um's and uh's.
It is the moment you see your first born son and your dad quietly puts his arm around you and the only emotion that can be expressed is the single tear that rolls down your cheek. It is the moment your wife steps out in that dress and after 12 years of marriage you see her more beautiful in that light than any time before.
It is also the moments you unexpected pull out your best suit in order to bury a friend far too early and far too young. It is the moment you hold a grandparents hand at their bed side one last time.
Speechless moments are no respector of person or time or place. The come in moments of sadness, moments of laughter and sometimes just moments. What I have come to understand after much years of being a talker, is that there are some moments when nothing needs to be said at all. There are moments where silence says enough. Other moments when the noise of an embrace is the most comforting sounds. And times when the ums and uhs lead us to laughter and that laughter leads to tears. Maybe after the clicks of the keyboard have silenced I will realize there really is nothing left to say.
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