The moments that matter

Everyone has their own choice moments. The times that matter, the things and places that they remember. Be it the day their grandmother gave them her diamond engagement ring or the baby shower of their first child.  For some its their high school prom for others it's their first night in their first house. There are some events in life that will be a moment, almost by definition; wedding day, day your child is born, your child's wedding day, death of a loved one, all are events of epic proportion.

Some events aren't as epic, however are singularly important. Events that someone just knows will be a moment before it even happens. Like someones first trans-oceanic flight. This may not be nearly as important of an occurrence  for some, but for those that made it into their adult hood without ever being out of their own country (Canada doesn't count as international travel, I don't even need my passport to cross the boarder). I've never been out of the United States of American, minus Puerto Rico (since it is technically a US territory) British Columbia Canada since I can travel across the boarder with just my Washington State ID. I've been dreaming of my trip to Europe since as far back as I can remember, planning each leg of the trip, where I'd go and what I'd see. For me a trans-oceanic flight would be one of those moments, a moment of complete liberation generously sprinkled with fear, excitement and uncertainty.  However my toddler cousin who has been on more planes in the last year than I have ever been on in my entire life would not give a second thought to magnitude of a trans-oceanic flight, and that's just as much my loss as his.

Some moments are just unforeseeable and inexplicable. They are the moments we remember for years the memories we think about all the time, but have absolutely no rhyme or reason for doing so. the interaction with a complete stranger. Over hearing someone say something that has nothing really to do with you but somehow seems to over shadow and change your choices.