Day 345 July 15, 2011

Tai and I in Glencoe Station

Do you like looking at old family pictures, like I do?  My eldest daughter, Tai, looks about 4 year's old in this photo I posted, so that means this photo is about 35 years old.  In the photo we are walking up a beautiful stone path to our friend's house in Glencoe Station, Cape Breton.

In a week or two I'll walk up that same stone path to see the same friend.  Old friends make life worth living.  Old friends make you feel just as comfortable as a good, broken in pair of walking boots.  They fit.  You can be yourself around them.

Family is just like old friends too.  The more you stick around with your family, the more comfortable you feel with them.  You know these people and they know all about you.  One strange part is noticing how old everyone looks, including yourself.  It's like time travel.  You remember being a little kid and now, all of a sudden it seems, you're ancient.  Such are the blessings of growing older.

I hope that all of you grow old enough to appreciate this feeling of closeness to your family and your friends.  Maybe if you just see what is really right in front of you, people that love you, you won't need to grow old in order to appreciate it after all.