Booney wrote:I attended a funeral yesterday for a friends mother and spoke to some friends about what lies ahead for us all.
In the last 20-25 years we've all married, had children, built homes and lives, become the people we are and with our friends developed relationships with those you know and love. The next 20-25 will be filled with loss as our ageing parents leave us.
Seems a little unfair that just as you find life unfolding as you would have hoped there's a bend in the road ahead that's unavoidable.
The groups overwhelming sense was to make the most of every day, be the person you want to be. Love and be loved.
That’s the cycle of life. Because you associate with the same age group, generally, then you tend to all have the same cycle. 18th birthday parties, 21st’s, then engagement parties, weddings, christening’s.
Then as you mature, funerals, your parents, aunties and uncles, and your friends parents, and it seems that the only time you get together is at a funeral.
Then the sun comes up again, your kids 18th, 21st’s, weddings, your friends kids weddings, grandkids, grandkids christening’s, friends grandkid’s christenings.
Personally, I think I’m enjoying this time more than the first time around. There’s nothing warmer than a granddaughter wanting a hug from grandad.
And at the end of the day................. you hand them back to mum and dad. You just can’t beat having grandkids.