This past weekend, my wife, Joyce, and I attended an engagement party for her nephew, John Kupiec and his lovely fiance, Julia Pinover. It was a family reunion of sorts. The party gave us the opportunity to touch bases with relatives we hadn't seen in years.
It brought to the forefront one of the genuine truisms of life: The older you get, the more you appreciate family and friends. That isn't to say I didn't give a rat's behind about family in my younger days. But as you approach your senior years, you are more aware of how tenuous life is, and how much meaning and satisfaction loved ones bring to your life.
When you're young, it's all about raising a family, earning a living and paying bills. Retirement, on the other hand, not only provides more liesure time, it allows ample opportunity to reflect on your life. And what you come to realize is that family relationships are truly special and unique; and as the years pass and life winds down, you come to understand that they are your life, and that the shared love and memories make us who we are.
Hold your loved ones close while you can, for those are the priceless moments that make us human, and make life worth living.
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