Nostalgia has a powerful pull on the human heart; its deception delightful. Mystically moving our minds eye to a time and terrain that no longer exists and maybe never really existed. A reel of re-imagination that revolves inside our head. A cerebral sleight of hand that heals the heart as it recalls a reminisced reality. […]
Tag Archives: aging
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Sep
Sep
I’m days away from celebrating my fifty-ninth birthday. Ready to take my final stroll (running seems so unnecessary), across a decade that’s been less than fabulous. My fifties have been tumultuous, terrifying and troubling. A decade of distress marked by being laid-off twice (something I’ve never experienced prior in my life). The death of my […]
02
Aug
Aug
I know I am a blessed man even as my body breaks down; battered and burdened by time. My life measured in decades of days. An earthy existence that’s eluded millions and millions of my brothers and sisters who never attained the years I have been given in this dimension. As I near the last […]
16
Nov
Nov
We are born into an earthly existence that is measured in milestones, memories and moments. A process that begins at birth; recording our arrival time and location. A process that ends with death; recording our departure time and location. Our lives bookended by numbers that simply state our commencement and our closure as the dearly departed.