Damn he was my age.
If I go without saying goodby to you fookers, just know it was a blast being here!
A good thought...just turned 56 yesterday and spent a lot of time thinking about this because of us losing Paul Demers and now John, as well as my son's young friend. It reminded me of a conversation I had just last week with my oldest daughter. She had brought up her feelings about life, loss, and the unfinished thoughts left unspoken when loved ones pass unexpectedly.
I told her when that time comes for me, that I want her to remember this:
"Never doubt how much I loved you. Know that my life has been and is everything I made it to be, and that each year of my life I'm happier and more at peace than the last. I have no doubts at all when I say that I'm the "luckiest" (as in getting more from life than I could ever have expected) man I know, and I'll only be sorry that I left the scene without seeing how everything turned out."
I then told her I hope she doesn't have to remember and reflect on this conversation for another 40 or 50 years.
It was an important moment between us, to be sure.
