Indescribable

A friend of mine got engaged by the Trevi Fountain in Rome a couple of weeks ago. She called me to tell me and I sat bolt upright in bed and started screaming in delight. The Photographer turned to me with a smile and said 'ahh, they're engaged then!'

She is a very determined and courageous girl who has battled through many trials over the past few years, emerging a noticeably stronger person at the end of it. I am infinitely proud of her persistence and love to share in who she has become. For her, the time is now right and her friends and family see that, and can therefore delight whole-heartedly with her. The joy that things are finally coming together for her and her fiance - also a friend of ours - simply cannot be described.

True joy is, by its very nature, indescribable. Although words and music come tantalisingly close, nothing can quite capture it in all its glory. The essence at its core is deliciously elusive.

Which makes me question why I blog at all, if I can never quite convey emotion as deeply as it is experienced.

My conclusion is that in writing, I capture as much of my thoughts and feelings as is humanly possible and trust the reader - and myself when I read it back in years to come - to sense that additional height of emotion in relation to their own experiences.

Hugest congratulations to my friend and her new fiance, I'm so glad their joy is indescribable. It should be no other way.

Much love,
xx