Lately I have been finding that mentally I feel like I am still in my 30’s with lots of time for life plans. Then I either stop and think about my actual age, or I’m carded, for what seems almost anything now, and it hits me like a ton of bricks. I’m moving along in … Continue reading Time
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46Years!
Today would have been my brother’s 62nd birthday. Unfortunately, I haven’t been able to see him for 46 years. Kevin Becknell 1960-1976 You see I last saw him when I was six. He was killed November 1976 by a drunk driver. He was on his motorcycle coming home from his part-time job at the local … Continue reading 46Years!
The inner voices.
People are so afraid of dying. They aren’t living to begin with. They are like mass. They exist and take up space.
I will never forget.
I will never forget this day. I’m presently watching the streaming of the reading of names in New York and the service at the Pentagon. They started playing Amazing Grace and as much as I try I can’t stop tears recalling that day. A person jumping to escape the flames from one of the towers … Continue reading I will never forget.
Smithfield, Virginia
If you’re a lover of ham, bacon, etc. then I’m sure you’ve heard of Smithfield hams. I lived in the small town from 1978 to 1984. At that time it was the place I had lived the longest and consider it my childhood home. Main Street Sunday night I took a drive and ended up … Continue reading Smithfield, Virginia
I’m feeling old.
Maybe I am. According to my birthday I am 51. Yet, inside I don’t feel any different from when I was in my twenties. Yet the world is changing so fast I’m starting to feel I’m falling behind. A generation Xer who grew up on technology, the home computer, video games, cell phones. I am … Continue reading I’m feeling old.
Again?
CDC expected to announce masks everywhere regardless if vaccinated or not. Just go ahead and shoot me now. Allergies are kicking me hard and I’m fighting with breathing. Now put the stupid diaper on in this humidity. I’ve had your stupid shots. I’m over this. Normal… I will never feel normal again.
Happy birthday dad
Yesterday would have been my father’s 86 birthday if he was still with us. He passed away on July 3rd, 2002. Hard to believe it’s been 18 years. Life instantly changed for me at that moment and I don’t really know if I can describe how. It was a feeling that struck me to my … Continue reading Happy birthday dad
My Middle Age life! 