Wedding Crashers

Susan and I went to a wedding this past weekend - a wedding for the last of our unmarried friends. An Era has come to a close. I am at the age that my social life (no matter how small) now consists of at the very least married couples and soon my social group will mostly consist of couples with kids. I heard this morning a saying that made me think - 'The older you get the quicker times goes'. I find that looking at my children grow the time is but a glimpse, a whisper - here one moment and the next just a memory. It makes me think of the movie Click with Adam Sandler where he fast forwards through parts of his life and he doesn't realize where it all went. I don't have that magically remote but I feel that the time I have been granted is quickly falling through the hourglass of time that I have left. I, of course do not know if the time I have is almost over or half over (there abouts), but I do know that time does seem much more precious the older I get.

The wedding was very nice and it was good to be able to celebrate the coming together of two friends as one couple. It so much different going to a wedding than being in your own, of course more than the obvious - the vows and such. My own wedding was a blur. I do remember the first time I saw her on our wedding day coming down the aisle. I got emotionally overwhelmed to see how beautiful and wonderful she looked and that the prospect of spending the rest of my life with her made me weak in the knees. Being at friends wedding you get to relax and enjoy the food and company and are able to socialize and not worry when everything does not go just right. I am slightly sadden at the thought that I will not be able to celebrate any more joining of unions in my social network of friends because that part of my life has come and gone before I have realized it. Life goes whizzing by and the chances of getting off the merri-go-round are getting fewer and fewer. The opportunity to stop and step back and see how blessed we all are and taking inventory of what truly matters is so much more important as the time seems to go by faster and faster. The mountain of sand at the bottom of the hourglass can not be replaced at the top. Cherish the time you have been given.