Life in One Day

Ah, the wisdom of Mr Jones

If I've said it once, I've said it a million times here in the Den - the music of the 1980's rules.  Just rules.  I am drawn to it like a moth to the flame, and in some cases, like a dog to its vomit (I'm talking to you, Huey Lewis - we're still waiting for the apology for what you inflicted on us). Today was no exception as I was in the car for awhile and the iPod was on shuffle when it served up the wisdom of Howard Jones that is found in "Life In One Day."

Before that song played, I'd been absorbed in thought, pondering all that's going on right now.  Trying to sell the house is top of mind.  Lots of showings but still waiting for that magic offer.  Concerned about how the commuting life is impacting my family. Pondering what I'm missing while I'm commuting.  Then my thoughts jumped over to CAL - she's headed back to her own private Idaho to go back to school.  She's doing it all on her own this time.  She's moving into her place by herself, getting herself situated.  I'm so proud of her!  I was awash in thoughts about her and how she's grown up.  Then it was on to Our Lady of Awesome.  She graduates from university in six days.  She will be the second generation of Den residents to graduate from the Mother Ship that is BYU.  'It hardly seems possible that I have a child graduating from college,' I thought.  'It was just yesterday that I was holding her for the first time,' I thought and followed that with thinking, 'It's all going too fast.'  It was then that the dulcet tones of Howard Jones blew over the stereo speakers of my OMC (Old Man Car).  Ah, the wisdom of 'Life in One Day."

A couple of nuggets from the song that clicked for me again today:

Try and enjoy the here and now

The future will take care of itself somehow

Don't try and live your life in one day

Don't go speed your time away

Howard's right.  The future will take care of itself somehow.  The stunningly patient and mighty fine SML and I are not just sitting back, waiting for things to happen as it relates to all that's going in our world.  We've always trusted, believed, had faith that the future would take care of itself.  It has and it will this time around.

Sure, our kids are growing up, faster than we know.  And certainly faster than I'd like.  It really does feel like it's all happened in one day.  I know it hasn't.  This much I know though that it will  be good to be with all of them later this week.  I'm looking forward to standing next to my wife, holding her hand, as our oldest gets her college degree, with her husband, her sister and brother alongside us.  I'm going to do all I can to not speed that day away.