{"id":2405,"date":"2016-03-23T18:51:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/?p=2405"},"modified":"2016-03-23T18:51:53","modified_gmt":"2016-03-23T22:51:53","slug":"be-you-tiful-moments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.butler.edu\/wits\/be-you-tiful-moments\/","title":{"rendered":"‘BE-YOU-TIFUL’ MOMENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hayley\"<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cRead this.\u201d<\/p>\n

Minnie never said those words to me. She had been coming to Butler writers with her cousin for a few weeks now. Upon meeting her, we clicked instantly. The whole group did. I don\u2019t know what it was\u2014her spunk, her enthusiasm, her fabulous singing, the random dance parties, her ability to make me laugh at anything\u2014but the moment she joined, our little group was complete.<\/p>\n

However, I knew by week two, that writing with her was going to be challenge at best. (How can you combat the \u201cwhy would I write something down if I can just tell you right now\u201d argument?) So, when she came to me last week, completely unprompted, with a bright yellow sheet of paper, the words \u201cBe-YOU-tiful\u201d scrawled across the top in blue colored pencil, I couldn\u2019t hide my surprised grin.<\/p>\n

It was then that I realized people don\u2019t recognize the moments they are going to remember forever when they are living them. We are too busy experiencing it, distracted by every little thing happening. It\u2019s a shame, really, because if only we had known<\/em>\u2014known that the moment was special\u2014maybe we would\u2019ve payed more attention. Maybe we would\u2019ve dragged it out longer, said something different.<\/p>\n

After six weeks of being at Broad Ripple High School, I realize that I have these moments every single time I walk through the door. It\u2019s in all of Rickie\u2019s smiles when I make her a straight peanut butter sandwich (the best way, in my opinion) without her even asking. It\u2019s in every giggle between Morgan and Journey when I say something ridiculous, highlighting the gap between our ages. It\u2019s in the words of Minnie\u2019s poem, which now hangs on my mirror, a constant reminder every morning to \u201ckeep your head up, princess.\u201d<\/p>\n

So maybe we aren\u2019t supposed to know when those special moments are happening. It could spoil everything that made it special in the first place. Maybe that\u2019s the point, that in one moment, there was no point.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I\u2019m going to believe.<\/p>\n

Hayley Gearheart is a senior English major.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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