My Weekend Reflections

I must say....this weekend has been a time of reflection for me. I think regret is one of, if not THE most bitter pill life has for us to swallow. I spent some time at my sister-in-law's house Saturday, at her garage sale. It just so happened that a little photo album with pictures in it had accidently found it's way into the sale. Carol picked it up and I looked through it. It was as if someone had punched me in the gut. There in that album, were her beautiful pictures of her tw adorable little girls. I looked through it and was filled with regret that that season is over. Those girls are pretty much grown now, the youngest is Senior in high school. The oldest has a baby of her own. There were other things this weekend....like we drove through Bristow today, and my mom used to travel to Bristow every weekend for a craft mall thing that they had in an old school building there. I never, ever even went there to see her there. I know that hurt her feelings. She never said anything, but I just know it did. That was a very important thing to her.

So, today we went to Keystone Lake to check it out to see if it is a place we want to camp during Fall Break. Keystone Lake happens to be close to Sand Springs. I happen to know someone in Sand Springs: An old band director of mine. He was a major influence in my life in high school. I have wanted to contact him for years, but I have not been able to work up the nerve to do it. And today I almost talked myself out of it. I kept thinking things like, what if he has Alzheimer's and doesn't remember me?? Like Don said, "If he has Alzheimer's he won't remember that you called!" LOL. Anyway, I worked up the nerve, called him and talked to his wife. She always has been a very sweet lady. Unfortunatley, he is in Germany. He is doing some contract work of some sort. He is retired from teaching and from the Army. He used to fly helicopters. I asked her if it would be okay to call him after he got back and she said, "Absolutely!" So I will be calling and hopefully seeing him in October.

I can't do anything about the past, things I have or haven't done. I just want to do my best to prevent future regrets. That is all I can do. Once a minute has passed, we can't get it back. I am going to do my best at making each minute count.


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