I'm sure you can remember certain days, like where you were when something spectacular, horrific or life changing happened, but can you remember the specific date?Yes I'm sure we all can remember specific ones, but have you ever just sat down and wrote them down? My memory isn't what it once was, or maybe it never was what I thought it once was...
11/22/63 - JFK was assassinated and my dad was assigned to a desk in the old city building for the next couple of weeks due to our last name
9/15/79 - Got married and became a family at the same time
8/5/82 - Adrianne was hatched / learned the meaning of polycystic kidneys at the same time
10/29/85 - Nick was hatched
9/15/87 - Move to Topeka (Topuka)
12/13/87 - My Papa passed away
8/17/91 - My brother passed away at the age of 31
5/1/01 - Moved back to Wichita
9/11/01 - Learned the true meaning of being proud to be a American
1/1/04 - My father in law passed away
9/8/04 - Vic's kidney's were removed
9/28/04 - Vic got a kidney transplant from her older sister
12/13/04 - Became a Papa for the first time
9/15/05 - Started at the Wichita Eagle
12/13/05 - Made the decision to have my dad taken off life support, moved my mother in with us and celebrated Aidan's 1st Birthday all on the same day
3/1/06 - Vic's mother passed away
7/26/07 - Woke up at 3 am having a heart attack, who would have thought?
7/17/08 - My mom passed away
11/18/09 - Celebrated my Granny's 94th birthday with her and all the grand kids - little did I know this would be the last one with her (don't let those days pass by, make time for them for they're just fleeting moments in time)
12/10/09 - My Granny passed away
4/1/10 - First bike night of the season and the start of some great rides and friendships
5/8/10 - My first 5 State Poker Run - one cold and windy day of riding
6/22/10 - Not sure why this sticks in my head (there goes that old-timers again) but it must have been something great to stick
7/16/10 - Thought I was going to win a bazillion dollars in Miami
9/8/10 - Learned you shouldn't text and drive
9/13/10 - Thought I made a complete fool of myself, but not so much
9/30/10 - Attended my first Bike's Blues and BBQ
Notice a pattern here for December?
Of course there are other dates that stand out as well, Reniece's Birthday, Reniece's Wedding (the first time I think I cried) Jaxon, Maddox, Austin and Harley's birthdays but for those the year just isn't that important. Then there are the bad days, but we prefer not to remember those, they all seem to blur into our memories, we remember them and we pull them out when we need them but I think it's best if we bury them.
Then there are the day's that stand out, the first Harley, the most recent Harley, the vacations, the car wrecks, the graduations, the weddings, the days you made new friends, the days you met old friends, the days you lost something or someone close to you, the first time you were "jethro'd", the first time you just sat and talked, the first time you just listened, (I'm still learning that one), and the days that you made the decision to do something good for yourself of someone else.
Life is filled with firsts, have you ever driven by someplace that you've been before and remembered the "first" time you were there? Sometimes it's nice to revisit the places where the "firsts" happened and remember the days that made a difference.
Are there things in your day that you wish you could have a "do-over", things you wish you had done, things you said that you wish you could take back, things you wish you had said but didn't, I've had more of those days than I care to think about.
Our lives are filled with just a certain number of day's and at the end of the day we're really the one's that are in control of how we filled our day, spent our day and lived our day.........what are you doing with yours tomorrow..................
Me? I plan on getting mine back on track
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