What does my darling wife
and one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Larry Bird,
have in common? Other than both being extremely dedicated and hard working her age now matches his retired jersey. Her birthday got me thinking about the time I turned 30. Susan threw me a surprise birthday party but I was not in the mood for the celebration. I looked back at the past 30 years and thought life is basically over now. I dreaded the change. Being 29 was as least still being 20. But being 30, well I thought I might as well buy a grave plot and put my name on a waiting list for some nice retirement home. Even though I had children of my own I still thought of myself as a child of my parents. How had 30 came so quickly and how did I get so much responsibility and how did everything get so expensive? I remember when it was eighty-five cents for a gallon of gas, one dollar for a gallon of milk and what happened to wacky wafers? I remember being dropped off at the community pool (which only cost a quarter) and being able to spend the day without my parents having to worry about who or what was going to happen to me. I think of simpler times and that was only 25 years ago. What is the next 25 years going to bring and how much more complex and in a hurry is everything going to be?
and one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Larry Bird,
have in common? Other than both being extremely dedicated and hard working her age now matches his retired jersey. Her birthday got me thinking about the time I turned 30. Susan threw me a surprise birthday party but I was not in the mood for the celebration. I looked back at the past 30 years and thought life is basically over now. I dreaded the change. Being 29 was as least still being 20. But being 30, well I thought I might as well buy a grave plot and put my name on a waiting list for some nice retirement home. Even though I had children of my own I still thought of myself as a child of my parents. How had 30 came so quickly and how did I get so much responsibility and how did everything get so expensive? I remember when it was eighty-five cents for a gallon of gas, one dollar for a gallon of milk and what happened to wacky wafers? I remember being dropped off at the community pool (which only cost a quarter) and being able to spend the day without my parents having to worry about who or what was going to happen to me. I think of simpler times and that was only 25 years ago. What is the next 25 years going to bring and how much more complex and in a hurry is everything going to be?
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