[sygazelle]

......because I'm alive.


My wife and I were in a horrible car accident in 2012 and the experts said we should not have made it. After several years of physical therapy and time to get my head back on sort of straight, I'm doing great. We were at our son's house yesterday for a pool party and a BBQ and I'm sitting there watching both kids and all 6 grand kids playing in the pool. I thought to myself, I could have missed all of this if we hadn't been so lucky.

I was always a pretty positive person, but our close-to-death experience really made me rethink and assess what's important in life.

Just to be a human being on this amazing planet is like winning the lottery every day. Having had the opportunity to work my ass off and have a great career, amazing family, wonderful friends, and a healthy (I think) perspective on the world and my place in it, makes me feel lucky, happy, and grateful each and every day.