Enough with the levity. Time for another dose of melancholy. I started this months ago and left it in Drafts, forgotten, until now...
- Being born (1964)
- Spending the Summer of 1974 in Colorado with my mom and grandparents
- Sliding down a high roof during construction and being saved by my belt catching a rivet head (1983)
- Playing with a rock band on stage in front of 2000 people (Slades Park, 1983)
- Staying with my older brother Joel in NYC (1984)
- Going on a blind double-date in D.C. to meet my future wife (1986)
- Being with my father after his stroke, on life support until he passed away (1987)
- Moving my fiancee from Michigan to Virginia (1987)
- Experiencing the birth of each of our four children (1990, 1992, 1996, 1998)
- Communicating with my mom when she was in the hospital by tracing letters on each others palms (1997)
- Talking with my mother on the phone the night before she passed away (1997)
- Graduating college (2000)
- Being laid off and unemployed for a few months (2008)
- Selling off most everything I own to keep our house (2008)
- Losing two friends in one year (2009)
- Getting back negative cancer test results (2010)
- Waiting to see what tomorrow brings…
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