FAMILY, FRIENDS, PRECIOUS TIME.

I woke up this morning and remembered I'm 62! 62?

Why, yesterday I was only 13!

How did that happen?

Life passes in the blink of an eye, but you don't realize it until you're old, like me.

Here is what I have learned from my fast moving, TOO fast moving, life.

Money, possessions, awards...these are not what satisfies our deepest needs.

Real peace, happiness, and satisfaction comes from spending our precious time with family and friends.

We never had much in the way of material things when I was a kid, but, boy did we have family and friends!

That is what I remember, that is what's in my heart. The laughter, jokes, long conversations, the warm feeling when a friend put his arm around me and picked me up from being down and depressed.

Precious time should not be wasted on things that we won't even remember in our later years.

Precious time should be reserved for our family, and close friends.

Toasted Cheerios (a cheap snack), talking, teasing each other, making up our own silly songs, and feeling part of something real and cozy is what I hold in my memory, and in my heart.