Did you ever notice how one thing leads to another and another - like how When January ends here comes February then March, etc...
Now that September is here October is right around the corner and that is one month that I do not really look forward to. Don't get me wrong I now have two things to celebrate in October, Eoin and my birthday's, but I still think of October as a generally bad month.
For the longest time I really hated October - In 1985 my father passed away on Halloween and ever since I have not looked forward to this month.
Now we are attempting to plan a birthday party for Eoin, a costume party, where he can invite all of his friends but with the weather the way it is lately I am almost afraid that it will be too cold to have an outdoor party but who knows - maybe it will be 80 degrees outside.
The closer it comes to October the more I think of the past and the future - I want to be able to give my boys more than I had growing up and thankfully they do not have to share a birthday.
I have heard a number of people say that twins have a special bond growing up - apparently these people never had a twin. When I was younger I very rarely spent time with my twin brother - now that we are older we talk once in a while. Every other year I will call him and wish him a happy b-day and he usually calls the years that I don't. I forget who's year it is but one way or the other we will talk on or about our birthday.
If you are wondering where I am going with this - so am I.
I guess that this is part of my yearly ritual where I think of my past and wonder about the future. I have learned that what was true yesterday is not necessarily true today. You can go to sleep one night and wake up 8 hours later and life has changed. I still get sad when Halloween comes around but I now have two very good reasons to enjoy the day. I hope to teach Eoin and Liam all that I know and learn from them when they get older.
Now that Di and I regularly attend church I know that when your time is up on Earth, you have a better brighter future ahead. I know that while life is a challenge - that challenge is there to help you grow and to push you into being the best person you can be and I am thankful for it.
I kind of remember an old phrase that goes something like this "Live for today as tomorrow will never come and yesterday is past".
To Today - I hope you have a fun and exciting time with your families.
Walt
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
My Music - My Life
I can't believe it's been a month since I created my last entry.
Over the last week or so i have been remembering some of the songs from my past - songs that in one way or another have a special meaning to me - have added a few of these songs to the player on this page others are not available and could not be added (or I just don't know the name of the song).
One of the many songs that I remember is from M*A*S*H - I taped the final episode of M*A*S*H last week and finally watched it. I thought when they originally aired the last episode that they played the words to the song 'Suicide is Painless' but when I watched it - they just played the song. One of these days I will have to get this on DVD to see if they actually sang the song as I remember or if they just played the music.
Another song is by Mike & the Mechanics called the 'Living Years' - this song is special to me because it reminds me of my father. There are many things I remember about him but the one thing that always sticks out in my mind was that I never really knew him. He went in the hospital in the beginning of October 1985 when I was 16 and passed away on Halloween when I was 17. He was very strict when we were growing up - we had chores to do and he always woke us up in the morning singing 'School Daisey's' in his worst singing voice. I never really got the chance to really sit with him and ask him the many questions that I have to ask him today.
He was a very loving parent but as a child I was concentrating on my school work and my many social activities. Like everyone else I knew - I figured I had many years to ask him these questions, I was wrong. I am very thankful for the things he taught me and now that I am older with children of my own I realize that he taught me more that I ever thought he did. By being strict he taught me how to take care of myself and my family. I hope to pass these on to Eoin and Liam.
One song that I do not know the name of or could not find is the title song, at least I think it's the title song, to 'The Mirror has Two Faces'. I first heard this song when Diane and I were engaged to be married. This song describes two people who just met and when I heard it with Di it seemed to describe both of us to a tee. Although we met a different way - it just described how I felt for her. Now almost 11 years later and I love her more and more each day - I do have to thanks her niece Kerry for getting her to go on a second date with me.
Other songs are from my favorite group, Alabama, that I used to love listen to when I was growing up. Until I watched 'Footloose' with Kevin Bacon I did not like anything but Country music. For some reason this movie made me realise that there was other music that I liked. Now all I listen to is talk radio but who knows that might change in the future (I doubt it but who knows).
I also like listing to 'The Statler Brothers' - this was one of my mothers favorite groups. I bought s set of CD's with their songs on them and left them with her when she moved to Florida along with my radio. I still love to listen to their songs but when I play them it reminds me of how much I miss her as well.
As my life goes on I know that there will be more songs that have a special meaning to me or someone close to me - I guess that is one way I can help mark the very special moments in my life. Right now I am sitting with my boys - they are watching cartoons and I am listing to the songs on my blog. I need to update my journal which I have also been neglecting and get a little more sleep before Church today.
Over the last week or so i have been remembering some of the songs from my past - songs that in one way or another have a special meaning to me - have added a few of these songs to the player on this page others are not available and could not be added (or I just don't know the name of the song).
One of the many songs that I remember is from M*A*S*H - I taped the final episode of M*A*S*H last week and finally watched it. I thought when they originally aired the last episode that they played the words to the song 'Suicide is Painless' but when I watched it - they just played the song. One of these days I will have to get this on DVD to see if they actually sang the song as I remember or if they just played the music.
Another song is by Mike & the Mechanics called the 'Living Years' - this song is special to me because it reminds me of my father. There are many things I remember about him but the one thing that always sticks out in my mind was that I never really knew him. He went in the hospital in the beginning of October 1985 when I was 16 and passed away on Halloween when I was 17. He was very strict when we were growing up - we had chores to do and he always woke us up in the morning singing 'School Daisey's' in his worst singing voice. I never really got the chance to really sit with him and ask him the many questions that I have to ask him today.
He was a very loving parent but as a child I was concentrating on my school work and my many social activities. Like everyone else I knew - I figured I had many years to ask him these questions, I was wrong. I am very thankful for the things he taught me and now that I am older with children of my own I realize that he taught me more that I ever thought he did. By being strict he taught me how to take care of myself and my family. I hope to pass these on to Eoin and Liam.
One song that I do not know the name of or could not find is the title song, at least I think it's the title song, to 'The Mirror has Two Faces'. I first heard this song when Diane and I were engaged to be married. This song describes two people who just met and when I heard it with Di it seemed to describe both of us to a tee. Although we met a different way - it just described how I felt for her. Now almost 11 years later and I love her more and more each day - I do have to thanks her niece Kerry for getting her to go on a second date with me.
Other songs are from my favorite group, Alabama, that I used to love listen to when I was growing up. Until I watched 'Footloose' with Kevin Bacon I did not like anything but Country music. For some reason this movie made me realise that there was other music that I liked. Now all I listen to is talk radio but who knows that might change in the future (I doubt it but who knows).
I also like listing to 'The Statler Brothers' - this was one of my mothers favorite groups. I bought s set of CD's with their songs on them and left them with her when she moved to Florida along with my radio. I still love to listen to their songs but when I play them it reminds me of how much I miss her as well.
As my life goes on I know that there will be more songs that have a special meaning to me or someone close to me - I guess that is one way I can help mark the very special moments in my life. Right now I am sitting with my boys - they are watching cartoons and I am listing to the songs on my blog. I need to update my journal which I have also been neglecting and get a little more sleep before Church today.
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