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- Remember when I was young and so
- were you And time stood still and love
- was all we knew. You were the first,
- so was I. We made love and then you
- cried...
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when we vowed the vows
- and walked the walk gave our hearts,
- made the start, it was hard. We lived
- and learned, life threw curves There
- was joy, there was hurt.
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when old ones died and
- new were born and life was changed,
- disassembled, rearranged. We came
- together, fell apart And broke each
- other's hearts.
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when the sound of little
- feet was the music we danced to week
- to week. Brought back the love, we
- found trust, Vowed we'd never give it
- up.
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when thirty something
- seemed old. Now lookin' back, it's
- just a steppin' stone to where we are,
- where we've been. Said we'd do it all
- again
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when we said when we
- turned gray, when the children grow up
- and move away, we won't be sad, we'll
- be glad. For all the life we've had
- And we'll remember when...
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- Remember when...
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- Remember when...
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- [DAVE'S NOTE:] It occured to me that,
- should I fulfill the actuarial
- promise, I have about 200 months left
- in this life. That is not such a big
- number. About 64 months ago, I woke up
- in my car galloping across
- barrow-ditch grass, heading for a
- power pole. I turned the wheel for all
- I was worth, and evidently caught the
- pole with my left headlight.
-
- The air bag deployment obscured my
- vision and probably knocked me out for
- a moment. Sheri and I woke up upside
- down, and scrambled out of the
- minivan. I looked back, wondering if,
- as in the movie Topper, I would see
- our bodies crumpled up in the vehicle.
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- They weren't. The tow truck driver
- said he knew why we were so fortunate.
- Over our car, hanging by the power
- lines, was the cross-shaped remains of
- the pole.
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- This was a wake-up call -- not just
- about driving when bone tired, but
- reminding me that from here on out, I
- am living on the final stretch. I do
- not fear death. I know that God will
- take care of whatever is to come. As
- my dad put it, when asked about his
- impending death: "It will be
- interesting!"
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- So I now cherish life in a new and
- enriched way. With 190 months to go, I
- do not need to spend much time kicking
- myself. The energy of kicking is
- wasted. And as the "kickee," it has a
- double cost. Screw it. I have my gifts
- and graces and my weaknesses and
- failures. These are not going to
- change appreciatably in 190 months.
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- I hone my skills and loves, and try
- not to waste too much time bogged down
- in my morass of "should be's". I do
- spend more time Remembering When --
- for every retelling of the spiritual
- journey brings forth new insight and
- understanding of the road I have
- traveled.
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- DMM
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