I am back!!

I am back!!

Our DSL modem went out last week so I was grounded.  Weird, though, I thought I would miss internet access more than I did.  But I got a lot of things done that I might not even have started had the modem not gone down.  I guess it just goes to prove this artificial sense of busy we are under the spell off in this 21st. Century. 

I chose to put this picture in my journal because it is one I will always treasure.  In fact it is not a picture at all; it is a digital still frame from my camcorder.  I went to pick up Justin (my nephew) from school last year.  He was looking for his grandfather and started to look anxious when he didn't see him.  Then he saw me and man-o-man did he brighten up.  I know that part of his elation was due to the fact that he had not been abandoned.  But I want to believe that he was real glad to see his uncle.  The way he ran at me that day made me nostalgic for my own childhood.  Do you remember how you felt when the school day was over?    I wish there were moments in life you could put in a jar and save them forever.  Maybe you could take a nip here and there from that jar and you could savor those past moments again whenever you needed to.  I would definitely can that moment.  Thank you Justin for giving me this memory.