Birthday

Happy Birthday to me!  Well today is my 50th birthday a real milestone in life. A day of reflection to say the least.  I am not having any mid life crisis or anything but I am reflecting on my life so far....  Births, School, Weddings, Divorce, Childrens life events, Injuries and Deaths.  I guess anyone of us can insert the names and dates into these events to make them relevant. 

Going backward, I will make an effort to visit my parents and grandparents today.  It will be a walk through the cemetary, but I am still going there.  Carole volunteers there, so I guess she has a better connection than I do.

The "injury" is just part of my life now.  I don't really have any lasting effects from it.  I do still have some tingling in the tips of my right hand and in the bottom of my right foot.  But, it doesn't bother me and it's been the same for the last several years.  I do have a much greater sense of brain injuries and people that do.  Your brain is important take care of it!  One of my sons friends has had three concussions and he is only 17.  Not good....

Under the children heading, I have had them move out, move back, have girl friends, go to college, graduate high school, attend proms etc.  I guess the politicly correct term is "significant others".  None are married and there are no grandchilren at this point, but they are all well rounded, grounded, hard-working, handsome young men with skills.  As a dad I am very pround of that, feels like my greatest acheivement....