[CS-FSLUG] Just Yesterday...THIS SAYS IT ALL..

[Fred A. Miller]

  You know, time has a way of moving quickly and catching you unaware of the
passing years. 

  It seems just yesterday that I was a young girl, just married and embarking 
on my new life with my husband. 

  And yet in a way, it seems like eons ago, and I wonder where all the years
went. I know that I lived them all...  And I have glimpses of how it was back
then and of all my hopes and dreams.

  But, here it is...the winter of my life and it catches me by surprise...How
did I get here so fast? Where did the years go and where did my babies go? And
where did my youth go? 

  I remember well...seeing older people through the years and thinking that
those older people were years away from me and that winter was so far off that 
I could not fathom it or imagine fully what it would be like.

  But, here it is...husband retired yesterday and he's really getting 
gray...he moves slower and I see an older man now. He's in much better shape 
than me...but, I see the great change... 

  Not the one I married who was dark and young and strong... but, like me, his
age is beginning to show and we are now those older folks that we used to see
and never thought we'd be. 

  Each day now, I find that just getting a shower is a real target for the 
day! And taking a nap is not a treat anymore...it's mandatory! Cause if I 
don't on my own free will...I just fall asleep where I sit! 

  And so, now I enter into this new season of my life unprepared for all the
aches and pains and the loss of strength and ability to go and do things. 

  But, at least I know, that though the winter has come, and I'm not sure how
long it will last...This I know, that when it's over...I will enjoy the Spring
in the arms of my loving Father...and wait for my loved ones to come when 
their winter is over too.

  So, if you're not in your winter yet...let me remind you, that it will be 
here faster than you think. So, whatever you would like to accomplish in your 
life please do it quickly! 

  For remember that scripture?...our life is but a vapor, it vanished 
away...So, do what you can today, because you can never be sure whether this 
is your winter or not! 

  You have no promise that you will see all the seasons of your life... so, 
live for the Lord today and say all the things that you want your loved ones 
to remember.

-- 
"As Internet technology itself vaults into new areas, so too does the
Microsoft monopoly and its tried-and-true bag of tricks."
-US Senator Orrin Hatch, (R) Utah