Today was a very relaxing day. I woke up this morning much later than my usual 4am. Instead, I woke up at 10am and had to rush to make it to breakfast. We had to leave the apartment by 12:30pm to make it to Shen Reflexology by our appointment time at 1:30pm. We had 90 minutes of foot reflexology and 30 minutes of hand reflexology. Lyndon and I shared similar, unique experiences with our massage therapist.

After we got done with reflexology, I had set up appointments for both Pieter and Lyndon to do Float Therapy at Liquid Sanctuary. Lyndon had floated before but Pieter had not. Both of them loved it. While they were floating, Doug and I walked around to get dog treats, stop at the ATM and sample a piece of carrot cake at a newly opened Suzette’s in Bandra at Pali Naka. After their float session, I taught a session of Yin Yoga and put everyone to sleep.

I noticed their faces completely relaxed after about an hour of breathing and light stretching. Normally, their faces contain stress especially between their eyebrows and on their foreheads. Whispering snores let me know that they felt safe and completely relaxed on their mats. How do you bring about peace for two people that work for themselves and are full of stress and grief?

You be the best friend that you can be and let them be stressed and grieve. You job is to make sure that you don’t add anymore stress to their life so much that they have moments that they forget about their own stress and grief. You show them a world unfamiliar to them. You show them a world that is unrecognizable to anything that they have ever seen. You show them love that will be there in the best of times and the worst of times. This is true brotherhood.

A spa day turned into a learning lesson of how I love people. It turned into being grateful for three people that I love very much. I turned into a day that I grew as a partner to Doug. This spa day turned into a day that I will remember for a long time.