In her 50's my sister went to a funeral, picked up an old boyfriend and married him. The funeral was for Pete's father, she and Pete had dated in high school and gone separate ways. Pete had gone off to college, she had moved to the nearest town, gone to work, and married the guy down the hall. Pete finished a Phd, worked as a professional counselor, and had been married and divorced three or four times. She had three plus decades in an increasingly unhealthy marriage and had decided she needed to be treated better. Pete flew home for his father's funeral, and never returned to where he had been working.
Shortly after the dust settled on her divorce and moving in with Pete, my mother's health declined, and my sister and Pete moved to Florida, lived with my parents and provided care that made it possible for my parents to live out their lives in the home they loved.
In the months before before being called to Florida, they flew to Amsterdam and had plans to go onto Paris to place a love lock on a bridge over the Seine. Things went sideways when the boat they were staying on Amsterdam took on water, they put off going to Paris, saying they would do it later. Then they were off to Florida and said we will do this when we move back to Michigan. By the time Dad died and they moved back to Michigan, Pete was already being treated for cancer. Still they said, as soon as he is better we will go and do. Except he bounced from treatment to treatment and never got better. And they never did go and do. A dream, never to be realized.
Define your dreams and go and do, now while you can. There is no guarantee that later will be possible.
I am on a digital detox. This post was written ahead of time and scheduled to appear today. I have not missed posting at least once per day in over a decade. While on this detox, I will not have internet access many days, when I do have access it will be limited. Please continue to leave comments, but I may not reply to comments. I will read comments when I can. Normal service will resume in late May.
