Twenty years ago today, my family and I arrived in our new
town—after moving 2000 miles across the country. I can’t believe it’s been that
long. But, I double-checked the calendar and it appears it’s so; it has indeed
been twenty years. Still, it’s kind of hard to grasp because it seems like just
the other day we drove into town in the U-haul. It seems like just yesterday my
kids were young, running through the house, playing, laughing—and yelling at
the top of their lungs! And now they are all grown. And I have grandkids. How
could that be? Where did the time go?
Away, I think—to answer my own rhetorical question. Gone.
But not forgotten.
I remember thinking back then how the idea of my kids moving
out on their own seemed so far away. That was fine with me because I rather
liked my children (still do too). So, while the empty nest thing concerned me,
I didn’t really think about it much. I guess I figured there’d be plenty of
time to worry about it in the future. Well, the future is now.
Not that the house is empty, really. I’ve made sure to fill
it with lots of stuff—junk mostly, according to my wife. Still, it has a
certain emptiness. For the most part, I think I deal with it okay. But
sometimes. Sometimes, my overactive memory kicks in. My memory that remembers
events, facts and figures, along with other useless trivia—and dates. Like
today. October 16th. The date we arrived in Oregon. And then, as you can see, I
start my trip down Memory Lane. ~
Bruce
A. Borders is the author of more than a dozen books, including: Inside Room 913, Over My Dead Body, The Journey,
Miscarriage Of Justice, The Lana Denae Mysteries, and The Wynn Garrett Series. Available in ebook at www.amazon.com/Bruce-A.-Borders/e/B006SOLWQS
and
paperback on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and Books-a-Million. Bruce A. Borders
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