2020…Where has the time gone!

“As I get older, the years seem to run into each other.” That is a statement I hear much too often from family and friends. Yet there is nothing we can do about the passage of time. Another decade has started!

I have always looked at the beginning of January as a chapter in my book of life. Each decade begins a new addition of the book. I was born in 1959, so the 60’s were my childhood. Some high points were lost because I was so young. When JFK was assassinated, I was 4 years old. What I remember is the picture on TV of the horse drawn carriage with the flag draped casket. That is also when The Beatles first came to America. I was almost 10 when Neil Armstrong walked on the moon, I remember sitting on the floor watching our black & white TV. Listening to the famous phrase “That’s one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind”. I was in my teens when the Vietnam War ended, President Richard Nixon was impeached and The Beatles broke up. I voted in my first presidential election. In my 20’s, I got married and moved to another city, twice, The Challenger Exploded, and I ended the decade by moving to Guam. My 30’s brought the Persian Gulf Conflicts, moving back home and having a child. My 40’s were filled with raising a small child, the planes flying into the World Trade Center, changes. A fleeting look back and realizing that the world would never be the same. In my 50’s, life goes on. Raising a teenager, spending time with family & friends and starting to travel more.

Now my 60’s and 2020 are about to begin. I’m not sure what will happen. We have some wonderful trips planned, our son is about to graduate college, we will look to “down size” in a few years. Things will change, and life will go on. Wishing everyone a wonderful new decade. May it be filled with joy, love and happiness! Happy New Year!