Gawd! I love this thread and everyone posting on it!

Somewhere between gettin' the livin' crap scared outta m'self, becoming slightly homicidal towards our fools at the helm and spending a bit 'o time wallowing in despair and resignation... I began to see that we are learning to sail the solar slipstream while dancing barefoot together in this epically wonderful dream.
...even while the children spill the drinks and do their best to trip the dancers in glee!

Yes! Oh Yes, I do believe that's faery dust covering the floor and rising in tiny puffs about our feet!