Standing at the corner of Lexington and 86th Street this morning, waiting for the light to change, a couple to my right caught my eye. They were in their late forties, maybe early fifties, and she, a good foot shorter than he, had her face tilted up toward his. He was tracing the outlines of her lips with his thick fingers, fixing her lipstick. Making sure she’d colored in the lines. Job done, he squeezed her chin and gave her a kiss on the forehead. The light changed, and we all moved on.
All the while, Sonny and Cher’s “I Got You, Babe” played on my headphones.
It was a moment of unbelievable serendipity, followed quickly by another. This time, a mother and son on the 4 Express train. He played with the cross around her neck; she licked a thumb to smooth his eyebrow. Sonny and Cher were wrapping up,
Then put your little hand in mine
There ain’t no hill or mountain we can’t climb
At Duane Reade this morning, I spied the Easter candy and made a quick pass down the aisles searching for Cadbury Mini Eggs. When I didn’t find them, I had a brief pity party and left the store. I’ve never even had to buy my own Mini Eggs. You see, they’re as much a part of me as the brown eyes and freckles. I do love the Cadbury Mini Eggs. And every Easter, they seem to find their way to me. My sister. A coworker. Boys. Even J has been insightful enough to hunt them down for me.
And because, perhaps, serendipitous moments come in threes, the first email I read this morning was from Harris.
h.
i better see you soon
or else i will be at you doorstep faster than you can say mini eggs
got it?
good.
h.
p.s.-i fucking miss you 
That doesn’t put the delicious Cadbury Mini Eggs in my greedy little hands, but it does make a girl feel loved. I mean, I can find the candy on my own. It’s just nice to be thought of.
I got you to hold my hand
I got you to understand
Babe.
aw …
Love is in the air . . .
Harris is my back-up. Let’s not invent any sort of romantic love that isn’t there, okay kids? You know, just for the record.
I knew we connected at the soul Fish. I adore the mini-eggs and also do not by them for myself. On the West Coast you can get them in ginormous bags. My Mom sends me one every year. So glad thigs are going swimmingly for you.
XOXO
Ismat wrote recently about marshmallow eggs; my personal must-have are Hershey’s Eggs. Ate a bag yesterday; might eat another today.
When I read the title I thought of a completely different “i got you,” this one from the Fugees f/Eryka Badu, I think.
lovely
I just started reading your blog and truly enjoy it. I do have a question for you. Was your move to NY because of your career or did you decide to make the move first? Ok, two questions…mind if I ask what you do for a living? You talk about “a firm” and was wondering what that entitled.
My first post of the day was ALSO about mini Cadbury creme eggs. Well…I mentioned them.
The regular ones always make me lonely…my highschool boyfriend and my best friend used to hide them in funny places in my car…which wasn’t so fun when I didn’t find it before it got warm, but oh so sweet of them when I’d find it on a bad day at the perfect moment.
Oh, and Michael Too, that’s the Roots, not the Fugees. But, good song.
Damn! I think I knew it wasn’t the Fugees but that’s who I thought of. Should have looked it up. Great song.
Go through bags and bags at Easter time. Leave them on my desk to bribe my production team into getting what I need done… done. Someone on my team told me they were like crack. I keep them behind me so I can’t easily access them. Dang I love them things.
Cadbury Eggs. =) One of the best commercials ever. Thank you Easter Bunny…Boc Boc! Hope you get those magical eggs before Sunday.
I love the Cadbury creme eggs — I can only manage to eat one per year, though. Too sweet for more than that. We did, however, put one on our seder plate this year.
I got you babe.
http://www.landofcadbury.ca/lo/mompop/products/cremeeggs.htm
‘Tis the best I could do here in cyberland =:-(
Calorie-free … tho =:-)
AWWW! this is the first time I have been to your site and I love it… Now I have to add you to my ever growing favorites list…