Happy birthday Gantz

May I remind everyone again how fast time flies. I gave that some thought today as I cleaned up the bits of corn and rice from my daughter's side of the dinner table. She is 16 mos old going on 16yrs. Words are tumbling out of her mouth, her eyes seem to look deeper into mine the more I read and wrestle with her. Maybe time goes by quicker as you get older because we all become slaves to work, don't vacation enough or take the time to thank those around us in our penned up suv, bluetooth, hurray for me and *#$@ you world. It seemed like when I was young time moved more slowly. I crammed as much into my waking 19 hour day as possible; stringing together education, work, girls/social life and food consumption. From a video perspective the music video for Live's 'I Alone'. A performance in slow motion on MTV but was shot at double speed to give it the slow appearance. Love that band and I am now on a severe tangent... Enjoy that cold beer on a Friday after work a bit slower, knock 5 mph off your drive into work to stretch the time between visits at the pump, watch the sun set as you blow bubbles with your kids this summer and don't forget to remember Jonathan Gantz as his birthday would have been today.

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Anonymous said…

Wow Will! This is awesome. Thanks for the reminder to slow down and enjoy each day. Okay, going to get off of here and go hug my daughter. Be well.

9:32 PM

Anonymous said…

Thanks for remembering Jonathan Gantz on his 27th b-day...

9:46 PM

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