Comments on: welcome home, family http://davidherndon.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/welcome-home-family/ Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:35:15 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: jimmorrow http://davidherndon.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/welcome-home-family/#comment-696 jimmorrow Mon, 31 Jul 2006 15:36:07 +0000 https://davidherndon.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/welcome-home-family/#comment-696 I have an idea what you mean. My wife was out of town for the entire week, too. I thought I'd have some time to catch up on some reading, movies, and friends. Really, though, I was bored. Pretty lonely sometimes, too. I've decided that being married is an amazing thing! Good to see you yesterday. Jim <a HREF="http://jimmorrow.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow">http://jimmorrow.wordpress.com</A> I have an idea what you mean. My wife was out of town for the entire week, too. I thought I’d have some time to catch up on some reading, movies, and friends. Really, though, I was bored. Pretty lonely sometimes, too. I’ve decided that being married is an amazing thing!

Good to see you yesterday.

Jim
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]]> By: Dennis Rice http://davidherndon.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/welcome-home-family/#comment-694 Dennis Rice Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:06:37 +0000 https://davidherndon.wordpress.com/2006/07/31/welcome-home-family/#comment-694 Awesome post David. What's the point of grieving over the passage of time, when there is so much to look forward to? Lots of people have heard me say through the years that aging does not bother me, for the very reason you stated. There are always great things coming. I believe very strongly in the "seasons of life". You GET to be a kid and have all that fun, then you GET to be a teenager and have more fun, then you are a single young adult, A young married person, a parent for many great years, an older adult where you can revert back a bit and have some time to yourself, and then comes grandparenting and retirement. I am looking forward to each one. Right now I am at the edge of having raised my children (they are 17 and 21), and they are a great source of joy to my life. Next though, my wife Sandra and I get to be "alone", which will be great, especially since this is a second marriage for us both, and we missed that young married together time before kids. Then I get to be a GrandPa -- man am I looking forwzrd to spoiling those grandkids and watching my son and daughter grow into adults! There has been a lot of great things happen in my life, but there are so many more to come. Thanks for the reminder. Enjoy every day of your life, and the gifts God gives you every day. Awesome post David.

What’s the point of grieving over the passage of time, when there is so much to look forward to?

Lots of people have heard me say through the years that aging does not bother me, for the very reason you stated. There are always great things coming. I believe very strongly in the “seasons of life”. You GET to be a kid and have all that fun, then you GET to be a teenager and have more fun, then you are a single young adult, A young married person, a parent for many great years, an older adult where you can revert back a bit and have some time to yourself, and then comes grandparenting and retirement.

I am looking forward to each one. Right now I am at the edge of having raised my children (they are 17 and 21), and they are a great source of joy to my life. Next though, my wife Sandra and I get to be “alone”, which will be great, especially since this is a second marriage for us both, and we missed that young married together time before kids. Then I get to be a GrandPa — man am I looking forwzrd to spoiling those grandkids and watching my son and daughter grow into adults!

There has been a lot of great things happen in my life, but there are so many more to come.

Thanks for the reminder. Enjoy every day of your life, and the gifts God gives you every day.

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