Twenty Years
Ran into a guy who I met twenty years ago.
Weird to imagine that so much time has passed, and the twenty year anniversary of things is hitting me hard because 1997 happens to be the year I was married, and became a Dad, and moved into my current home...
...and a lot of other things.
And it's weird when you think back to those days.
I was 32.
I felt good!!
"Imagine how quick it went and then imagine twenty years from now," my buddy said. "You'll be 72 in the blink of an eye."
Damn!
And I think about all the living packed into the twenty years.
Kids, dogs, four Yankee titles (on average), zero Bills playoff appearances, five presidential elections...
Laughs, tears...
...passes and fails.
A lot happens in two decades worth of time!
The milestones will be different.
The next twenty will probably be filled with weddings of our kids, grandkids, hopefully retirement...
...things slowing down.
Unless we blow the whole thing up.
Then I'm not quite so sure what comes next...
...but gotta' see what happens, right?
"I can't believe I've known your dumb ass for twenty years," my friend said. "Same stupid old jokes."
"You wouldn't change a thing," I said.
He laughed.
"That's the thing about the past," he said. "You can't stay stuck there."
Weird to imagine that so much time has passed, and the twenty year anniversary of things is hitting me hard because 1997 happens to be the year I was married, and became a Dad, and moved into my current home...
...and a lot of other things.
And it's weird when you think back to those days.
I was 32.
I felt good!!
"Imagine how quick it went and then imagine twenty years from now," my buddy said. "You'll be 72 in the blink of an eye."
Damn!
And I think about all the living packed into the twenty years.
Kids, dogs, four Yankee titles (on average), zero Bills playoff appearances, five presidential elections...
Laughs, tears...
...passes and fails.
A lot happens in two decades worth of time!
The milestones will be different.
The next twenty will probably be filled with weddings of our kids, grandkids, hopefully retirement...
...things slowing down.
Unless we blow the whole thing up.
Then I'm not quite so sure what comes next...
...but gotta' see what happens, right?
"I can't believe I've known your dumb ass for twenty years," my friend said. "Same stupid old jokes."
"You wouldn't change a thing," I said.
He laughed.
"That's the thing about the past," he said. "You can't stay stuck there."
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