Some moments arrive quietly, dressed in ordinary clothes, and yet they stitch themselves into your soul like embroidery—beautiful and permanent. I had one of those moments years ago.
On the back of a motorcycle.
Clinging to love and wind and something that felt like coming home.
It had been one of those days. The world felt too loud. Life was pressing in, grief was knocking hard, and my emotions had gone from simmer to full-boil somewhere between coffee and noon. My mind was loud, my body was tired, my spirit was heavy, and not even my best playlist or power latte could cut through the fog.
And then Derek—the love of my life, who always seems to know when my soul needs a reset— didn’t say much. He didn’t try to “fix” it. He just walked over, held out my sunglasses with that familiar look of mischief and love, and said, “Let’s go.”
No plan. No itinerary. Just… go.
He didn’t ask me to explain. He didn’t offer advice. He just started the engine, and we took off into the kind of country roads that don’t ask anything of you except to exhale.
I wrapped my arms around his waist and leaned in. The wind caught my hair. My worries slipped off, one by one, like leaves flying from a tree in fall. And as we curved through those back roads, the noise in my head finally quieted. Not because anything was solved, but because for the first time in days—I didn’t feel like I had to carry it all alone. I needed that kind of healing, one that doesn’t come from talking, but from movement. From silence. From being held up when you can’t quite stand on your own.
We passed the places that raised me. The roads that know my name. And yes, even the picnic shelter my grandfather built, just a short walk from my house—standing watch over generations of stories, like this one.
There were no grand declarations. No tears or epiphanies. Just the kind of love that shows up, steady and sure, when you’ve forgotten how to show up for yourself.
When we pulled back in the driveway, I didn’t have answers. But I had breath. I had clarity. I had love.
And I had proof—etched into that ride—that real support doesn’t always need words or wisdom. Sometimes, it’s just someone throwing you some sunglasses and saying let’s ride when you didn’t even know you needed to get away.
That small act—one I even posted about way back in 2010, probably with too many emojis and no clue how much it would mean in the long run—still lives in my memory like a lighthouse. Not flashy, just solid. Just there.
I didn’t know then how much I’d come to treasure that memory.
Years later, a different motorcycle ride would change my life in a far more dramatic way—the one that gave me my brain injury. But this ride? This one lives in my heart untouched. Unshaken. A preserved moment of peace and presence. The version of motorcycle magic I still believe in.
At Voguegenics, we talk a lot about glow-ups, rituals and radical self-care. But sometimes the most transformative moment isn’t a new serum or a full moon ceremony—it’s someone loving you quietly when you can’t find your way.
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If you’ve ever had someone do something small that saved you in a big way—tell them. And if you’re the one carrying too much right now, I hope you find your own version of that ride. Motorcycle optional.
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