yesterday, i was shopping at the local ikea, looking for various items to help me in my (mostly) annual spring cleaning ritual. as i was rounding the corner to move from lighting to home organization, i happened to glance over at a wall, and there, painted in big white letters, was a "cheerful" little saying -- "designing for happy moments together."
i looked around me at the many groupings of people milling through the store -- couples of every variety, families, friends -- and i realized that, by and large, that painted commentary was likely true for much of the assembled clientele that day. yes, true for them but not for me. in my life, there are no happy moments anywhere on my horizon and there is certainly no other with whom to be designing them together in view.
and there we had it. in the middle of a store that has become a favorite destination for home shoppers on a budget far and wide, another small dagger hurled into my heart. fortunately for it there are several others nestled there already to keep it company.
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