simply gorgeous

27Mar10

I love my sleep. But waking up in the morning is my favourite part of every day.  Fresh coffee. A little walk with Ringo, and my Wake Up DJ playlist. Point is: I generally really like my mornings.

The thing I don’t love about mornings is taking transit to work.

But the other day I found something simply gorgeous on the skytrain that may have changed the way I feel about hopping on board.

A  pretty little hipster girl in her early 20’s. You know the one. She had her headphones on, standing in the corner of the train – minding her own business.

Until suddenly the pretty little thing started giggling. Uncontrollably. Knee slapping giggles. Keeled over, holding her stomach giggles. The man standing next to her looked at her and said “What is it!?” she simply pointed to her ipod and continued. She turned around to try and mask her laughter but she just. couldn’t. stop.

I caught myself smirking, and before I knew it I was giggling too. I looked around at everyone else in car – yup, it had caught on quickly. Smiles, and laughter filled that train.

The ride was 4 minutes. The impression that girl left on me that morning has now lasted over 48 hours.

That my friends, is what I call simply gorgeous.

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Proud of my sister. Proud of my city. Proud to be Canadian.

27Jan10

Jocelyn (sister) and I made the trip to Summerland last night to catch the youngest of the five Ingram girls, Laura, 16, carry the Olympic torch through downtown Kelowna this morning.

Riddled with Canadia/VANOC threads (even Ringo the pooch sported a “Canada” toque compliments of Grandma) and ready to cheer, we joined the parade of Ingrams caravanning to her route at 6:00 a.m..

Laura’s torch limo party bus pulled up shortly after, where she eagerly jumped off singing “I Gotta Feelin” by Black Eyed Peas. As the doors closed behind her, you could hear the rest of the gang inside singing along at the top of their lungs.

Enter megaphone toting VANOC running/dancing/cheering squad who chanted Laura’s name as she took off on her 300m journey – these guys really know how to throw a street party at 7:00 in the morning!

The twelve of us ran beside her on the sidewalk, snapping shots like the paparazzi on Paris, and watched as Dad held back the tears.

Just as quickly as her torch was lit –  it went out. She passed it along to the next bearer, gave him a hug, and he set out  for his very own five minutes of Olympic fame.

We celebrated with the torch over breakfast at IHOP and laughed about some of the “Top ten ways to make best use of your Olympic torch after the Olympics”. But don’t tell the officials – we’re not supposed to be joking about that.  Authenticity of what the torch represents to the games, is no laughing matter .  

Go Canada Go!

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Tags: Emily Ingram, Jocelyn Ingram, Laura Ingram, Olympic Torch Relay, Vancouver 2010