In forty seven days I hit one of a few milestones in the same week. I not only turn 40 ( odds were not in my favor 24 years ago.) and a few days later I make the biggest leap of both faith and love that one person could make in life, I get married. Today we buried my aunt Anita and as I sit here having a few cold ones before I take a red eye flight home to my future wife it really has hit home. Over the past 12 years my family has laid to rest three people who were a big part of my life and in the next few years I know we will add a few more names to the list. As I have become the person I am today there were many years I wanted nothing to do with my loved ones but age (also a few gray hairs) and realizing that we need each other in more ways than one. Age and the love of a beautiful woman does help change a person also the realization that knowing where you come from makes you a more round person in life. I regret not being at my mothers funeral (pride and not wanting to see her in a negative light no young man wants to see.) but seeing My cousins (especially Eric) holding it together all day was amazing. Death should be never a good reason to bring family together it just means it could be a short or long time before we all see each other again. I know death is a way of life if we choose to believe it or not. If we embrace that one day we will breathe our last breathe and at some point we will meet our maker. Always let your friends and family you love them for a day might pass the light my dim and those words mIght never be heard.
Posted on: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 05:27:11 +0000
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