Ten Years!

It's hard to believe that it's been 10 years ago today that I had the surgery to repair my broken heart. It's been a short time span, but lots going on in that little bit of time. Some good, some not so good. I'm glad to still be here, but it hasn't been without some heartache along the way. I lost my Mom, my siblings have been a royal pain in the ass and the winters are getting longer and longer every year. But, I have my health, a wife that tolerates me, kids that love me, and a granddaughter that brings me great amounts of joy every day. We just came back from one of the all-time best vacations ever. I miss my daughter and it was great to be able to spend some time with her, and taking the graddaughter to see her Mom was the icing on an already great cake. The older I get the more I realize how important my family is. Time is spinning faster all the time. Now that both of my parents are gone I feel it even more. Someday I will be just a memory to my kids, and I want it to be a good memory. I'm going to hope they remember how much I loved and supported them and let them grow to be the great people they have become. I'm pretty proud of them. Anyway, here's to the next 10 years. I'm going to do my best to stick around. Hopefully I can get out of these never-ending winter blues.