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Date: 08 January 2006 19:35:40
I'm glad that I'm not the only one to have started thinking "what if" after reading ERG's wiblog entry. The particular 'what if' which came to mind happened nearly 30 years ago, and probably doesn't bear too much thinking about. And I haven't drunk enough wine (I'm being careful, because I gave blood this afternoon, and I'm at work to-morrow). But I'm almost in tears listening to a CD of Schubert's "Die Schone Mullerin" (having heard the tail-end of a performance on the radio this afternoon, where the accompanist was my namesake).
What do we do about it? It's facile to say - just get on with it - or - pull yourself together. There's real pain in some of these memories. But I (speaking for myself) have much to give thanks for - and it's easy to betray the present (and present companions) by wallowing in what might have been. We are all on a journey, and where we are now isn't the destination.
It is that time of year, isn't it? To-morrow, the children are back at school, and Wife is back at work, and I'm on the (help) desk Monday morning (thankfully not first thing). And to-day didn't really feel at all wintry. God is good.
And let me offer a general hug to all.