Almost been another year
Holy Crap! It’s recently dawned on me that it’s almost my birthday. It’s been years since I thought of a birthday as being a big deal but this one is sticking out a bit more.
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Just recently I have connected with a lot of old HS friends and have been dumbfounded to see how much they have changed - Married, kids, successful jobs, cruises. I really hope that despite distance (in some instances) we can keep in touch and pickup where we left off.
1 thing that was so delicately pointed out to me last evening as I was sharing the additions of my Facebook friend list with my wife is that I’ve also made those gigantic changes. Have I really changed that much to?
I’ve said it many times that since college (and really HS) the John you see today is the John you knew back then but when I was ragging on a friend to my wife about him cruising and having a kid vs his old life my wife stopped me cold in my tracks and said “you cruise [been on 4 or so in that last 6 years] and have 2 kids [1 on the way].”
So now the whole bday thing means a bit more to me now. This “me” that I have been trying to hold onto to; the me I have been so proud didn’t change like too many of my then close friends ended up.
It’s inevitable though I guess. Especially when you throw a family into the mix. I’ll always wear my bead Jim Morrison necklace but there will be times that I wear it in the first row at a ballet recital. Or, very soon to come if not already passed, can’t watch Coming to America while the boy parrot is up and playing in the living room (actually saw it last night - I forgot how awesome and rated R that movie is).
So I guess the moral of the story is that there will always be a bit of the old John in me but with every year that passes the new John isn’t someone to shy away from.
Now lets go get a beer and watch dazed and confused.
10 months ago