October 2, 2012

• Moments Define Us

   

  Age is measured in years, but life in moments…..Charlie

  

   

   

      We may live to be 100 now a days. At least well int o our 70′s, if they vote down Health Care Reform, (sorry about that last comment). Anyway……our lives have always been defined by very select moments. We may all share many of these special time events, but nonetheless, they are all very unique to each of us. These moments are so clear and defined in our minds that we relive them often and with great emotional clarity.

  My youth……
  From my youth I am impacted with memories like my first pube!….First wallet….First key chain….First shave….First zit….First time behind the wheel….First man to man with Dad….First prom….First slow dance….First love….First lover….First heartbreak….First time I hear, “Sweetheart” .

  My early manhood……
  First “legal” bar drink….First car….First bill….First job not bagging groceries….First time fired….First real friends….First real enemies….First blind date….First one night stand….First feelings of superiority around women….First indications that I was an idiot around women….First time in combat….First time seeing death….First time scared shitless….First proposal of marriage….First mortgage….First child….First time I hear, “Daddy”.

  My middle age……
  First doubts….First divorce…First depression….First repo….First bankruptcy….First heart attack….First lost of parent….First time I hear, “Grand Dad”

  My senior years……
  Second heart attack….Second grandkid….Second size larger pants….Second mortgage….Second love….Second time I hear, “I do” .

  My final years……
  Final grand kid (12)….Finally retired….Final mortgage payment….Final set of golf clubs….Final time I cut grass (grandkids)….Finally content….Final time I hear, “Put the lid down!”

                                                                                  Charlie
  

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