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Friday, December 17, 2004

The End Nears

December is full force upon us. We're in the middle of the month, a week before Christmas and half a month away from the New Year.

This December I heard from a couple old friends whom I rarely see, wishing me the best of the season. We still keep in touch with a few short phone calls every few years, but we never seem to have the time to get together and really talk.

What happened to all the extra time we had when we were teenagers and young adults in our twenties? We did all kinds of things together. Sure, circumstances changed some. We got married, had kids, bought houses, got divorced, and so on and so on. I guess that meant we could just take a break from each other for all those years.

Now we're middle aged or older, the kids are grown, life's pace is slowed down a little, and we're looking each other up to find out what's been happening. I was asking about some of the other guys, and was shocked to learn two of the old gang are no more. Kicked the bucket, gone, dead! That's not supposed to happen. We're not old enough to just die like that. Or are we?

That is sad. I'll never see them again, but it was a rude awakening. I'm to blame for my own sense of loss. I should have attended that party I was invited to five years ago. It was a sort of reunion and most of the gang was there. I chose instead, to meet with a client who I thought was more important than a party.

So my New Years resolution will be to look up and make some time for all of my remaining old friends during 2005. Who knows, maybe next December I'll be among the missing. We're not getting any younger and time seems to be rapidly running out.


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