Winds of Uranus

Dear Rob, Sue and Janice,

I know you probably rolled your eyes when I told you I was going to “one of those Second Sixties things.”
I heard the tone in Rob’s voice: “Have fun with the hippies, Carol.”
And Sue, your text — “Just don’t sell the house while you’re high” — well, it aged interestingly. More on that soon.

But here I am. Home. Whole. Changed.

And I want to tell you — it was real.
Not just the music (which was astonishing).
Not just the people (who hugged without trying to close a deal).
But something… deeper.

I remembered who I was before the mortgages, the degrees, the endless striving.
I remembered that life is meant to be danced, not optimised.

At one point, under a sky full of stars (yes, real ones), a 19-year-old with glitter on their face held my hand and said:
“It’s okay to be new here. We’re all just trying to remember love.”

I cried.
Then I danced.
Then I cried some more — and no one told me to pull myself together.

Here is what I left on that dance floor:

• the fear of not having enough
• the voice that said “you’re too old for this”
• the constant need to explain myself

And here is what I brought home:

• a heart three sizes lighter
• a playlist that makes me sway in the kitchen
• a new understanding that this world belongs to the young — and we are lucky to be invited to dance in it

So here’s the part where you roll your eyes again:

I want you to come to the next one.

Yes, you. Rob with your spreadsheets.
Yes, you. Sue with your closet full of “just in case” towels.
Yes, you. Janice who still says “That’s not very practical” about anything joyful.

Because the truth is: we need this.
We need to let go.
We need to forgive ourselves.
We need to give back more than we take.

And honestly? We need to dance before we die.

So: I’ve pre-booked three tickets for the next Second Sixties gathering.
They’re fully refundable — but your excuses aren’t.

Join me.
Let’s become the ancestors we wish we’d had.

With love (and a little glitter still in my hair),
Carol
(former CPA, current lover of bass and sunrise)

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P.S. Rob, if you come, I promise not to mention cryptocurrency all weekend. Deal?

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