pauses&clicks

I’m in my hometown for Thanksgiving and part of that experience always includes reconnecting with the people and places that formed me.  One such place was a warehouse called Medicus, that used to sit to the left of this road, just before this bridge.  Much to my parent’s chagrin I lived there during my senior year in college.  My husband was working up in Cleveland, waiting for his report date for Air Force pilot training, and I was finishing school.  Six of us lived there on a permanent basis, others came and went.  We had only a trickle of warm water in the bathroom and no kitchen but the rent was right at $40 a month.  One of my favorite memories is watching snow fall outside the floor to ceiling, multi-paned windows, on the industrial neighborhood that surrounded us.

Looking back, that year was a huge intersection in my life.  As soon as I graduated I packed up the few possessions I had and drove over this bridge for the last time.  I didn’t know it but from that moment on my life would be radically different as I drove towards life as a military spouse.

Medicus is no longer there, torn down years ago to make way for new development and so the Roebling Suspension Bridge is what I return to when I want to connect with the memories of that very young version of myself.

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Yesterday was perfect.  The day was cold and crisp, the sky perfectly blue, and the bridge’s strong angles fit in well with this week’s WordPress photo challenge: angular.

Come to think of it, intersections are also angular.  I had no idea back in 1980 what was around the corner but I sure am glad I made the turn.

Yet another reason to be thankful tomorrow.