Marvin Dansie
Life - the opportunity to make that short journey through this amazing world.
The beginning is unclear, and the future is always uncertain - with one exception.
When that moment occurs - the moment when our journey through this world ends - we will know the truth about death (a prospect that terrifies many). But death is the price for living - you can’t have one without the other.
We all face that one certainty - our job is to fill that time with joy and the wondrous experiences of life with the time we are given.
My earliest recollection is when I was about three years, that memory is still pretty clear to this day. I don’t recall the first time I was aware that I was alive - it sort of just sneaks up on you.
For the most part, most of us growing up in River City had life pretty cozy compared to the majority of the people on the planet, past or present. The world we lived in was a small town just trying to deal with everyday life of the 1950s & 60s.
A lot has happened since then, we have lived to become old - a luxury denied to many of our classmates. It has been an amazing trip.
The slice of history that is ours has been the most exciting and magical time since human history began. The Springville of our childhood was a pretty cool place to grow up.
Dave - I wish I could join everyone for lunch - sounds like a good time.
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