The long road home

We had a long distance courtship and for two years, a commuter marriage.  His career took off and so did his relationship with planes, trains, and automobiles.

There has never been a time when we haven't had to deal with separation and distance--and not only in geographical terms.

Our relationship has always included an element of Together Apart.

I'm proud of the ways we have refused to hold each other back, but often the price for that has been not holding each other at all.

We have had to respect and bridge the gaps between us over and over again. Sometimes it has taken a long time and all our resources to make our way back home, to continue the journey together.

Text and art copyright 2011 Veronica McCabe Deschambault. Do not cut, paste, copy.

(This is inspired by Bon's home project, a weekly glimpse of marriage and partners.) 

Comments

[Bon]

i love the way you're doing these...makes me think about possibilities, pushing beyond the boundaries of the camera.

we had a Together Apart relationship for parts of our first four years together: in some ways, it always reminded me of that line from (blush) Dirty Dancing: "my dancing space." in some ways, i miss it, because sometimes it is harder to see from up close.

[V-Grrrl]

Hmmm. The deep indigo tones in this are translating as purple on my monitor and the green of the topographic map is virtually lost. In actuality, the colors look like the colors you'd see on a globe. Oh well, you get the idea.

Bon, I'm doing art pieces in part because my husband doesn't like to be photographed and does not use social media. Later I may turn the camera on other parts of our life to tell the story.

[Neil]

I think having some sort of theme is really inspiring you to do superior work, don't you think? Or maybe it is the combination of writing and art that is making the recent posts stand out for me.

[V-Grrrl]

Thanks, Neil. : )

[Chris]

"Together Apart" -- I relate. The strangest feeling is when you want nothing more than to be together, but when you're reunited, an awkwardness clouds the ideal image of how things "should" be. We're practiced now, but once in a while... I feel it. I can imagine the colors of a globe on your piece. Some of my favorite colors. Wonderful!

[Kim Nelson]

Poetic prose, here, V. Really Good Stuff!

[Tera]

i know this feeling, even being physically together. Love this piece.

[J]

Really nice. And I like Chris's comment as well.

[Jack]

Sometimes I think that the struggle to figure it all out is the biggest waste of time and that it shouldn't take that much work. And then something happens and I see things differently. Love the post card.