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Just One More Time…

I usually find myself a few times each day thinking to myself, “just once, I would love to go back in time and do…..” basically, reminding myself of the days or years in my past. It always brings a type of warmth to my heart and a smile to my face thinking of the friends, people, places and activities that I used to enjoy.

I know that it isn’t healthy to “overindulge” or “dwell on the past” too much on the things of the past, but sometimes, when life gets hard, crazy, or hectic, it’s always nice to sit back and think of the special things that happened…when life was simple and pure.

So, if I could, I would love to go back and do some of these things…just one more time…

  1. Stay outside until the street lights came on…which meant it was time to come home
  2. Have bike races around the block with baseball cards flapping in my spokes which we thought made us sound like we were riding motorcycles
  3. Hear the dinner bell ring…which called us all home for dinner
  4. Listen to grandma calling all of our cats letting them know that their food was ready
  5. Go Snapper fishing with my dad off the boat docks until sundown
  6. Help my mom decorate her classroom and get it ready for her students
  7. Play baseball and kickball with the kids in our neighborhood for hours each day
  8. Build a tree fort in the trees in our backyard
  9. Play and “Hide and Seek” in the woods and discover things around creeks and ponds
  10. Save the world from evil and chaos as super heroes Batman (and my brother) Robin
  11. Sit on my grandfather’s lap and listen to one more of his stories
  12. Go sleigh riding down “Mueller’s Hill”, fly off the snow ramps and navigate around the obstacles that we made
  13. Give my mom and dad one more hug
  14. Visit neighbors with my brother and then enjoy the treats that they would give us
  15. Have crabapple fights with the neighbors
  16. Build sandcastles then making a big sand wall trying to prevent the incoming tide from destroying my fortress
  17. Smell the aromas of the sausage and pepper sandwiches, homemade French fries, fresh cotton candy and pizza that that were always present at the boardwalk
  18. Hear the sounds of the binging and ringing of bells, whistles and other noises emanating from the boardwalk arcades
  19. Feel the sudden pull of the line on my pole as a fish got snagged on the hook and the excitement of the “fight”
  20. Experience my heart “skipping a beat” as I asked a girl on the first date of my life
  21. Watch my dad take portraits of people in his photography studio
  22. Take a family vacation with my wife and two boys
  23. Experience the excitement and magic of dating my wife then marrying her
  24. Go to Yankee Stadium with friends
  25. Stand on the rock jetty by the beach, watching fishing, luxury, and other boats come in
  26. Go to college again
  27. Play miniature golf during a beautiful summer night
  28. Go to a family reunion

I could go on and list more things for hours…but the one thing that I wish that I could do….just one more time…if only for a moment…would be to TELL my mom, dad and grandma…how much I loved them…and thank them for all the love that they showed me.

Life is short. Take the time each and every day to enjoy the big AND small things. Appreciate and be thankful for all the people that are in your life and let them know how much they mean to you…before they are all gone.

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