SOPPY WARNING
Today I started work on creating a video compilation based on my daughters first 21 years of her life. I was eagerly looking forward to paging through her and my families history and creating a short 15-20 min video of her life so far to present to her at her 21st birthday party in June.
How WRONG i was! Of course I'm happy to have relived moments of her life from birth to adulthood. Growing up and having a wonderful life filled with music and dance and enjoyment (least that my opinion), and of whom i am immensely proud of. But when reviewing the years of videos I'm starkly reminded of the family and friends we lost along the way.
Very little has bought me down to earth so quickly with such a stark reminder of the circle of life. I think that my semi retirement at 54 is a good thing and one i'm glad to have done. As the old joke goes, "nobody on their death bed wishes they had spent more time in the office". I've done my utmost not to emulate my fathers life that was filled with poverty, hard work, a World War, 2 jobs and few friends!
foot note:
My Dad is now 91 with failing health and he is a constant reminder that life is a one way journey, and a reminder of how not to have lived ones life given a choice. Although for the early part he had little choice in what was going on. He's from the generation that fought in the 2nd World War (Italian POW) captured on the russian front and held prisoner in Siberia for 2 years. I have no doubt that affected him greatly in the way he lived his life. He came to England to make a life for himself and his family 52 years ago and only knew hard work to support his family.
Bloody videos!
Dario
Today I started work on creating a video compilation based on my daughters first 21 years of her life. I was eagerly looking forward to paging through her and my families history and creating a short 15-20 min video of her life so far to present to her at her 21st birthday party in June.
How WRONG i was! Of course I'm happy to have relived moments of her life from birth to adulthood. Growing up and having a wonderful life filled with music and dance and enjoyment (least that my opinion), and of whom i am immensely proud of. But when reviewing the years of videos I'm starkly reminded of the family and friends we lost along the way.
Very little has bought me down to earth so quickly with such a stark reminder of the circle of life. I think that my semi retirement at 54 is a good thing and one i'm glad to have done. As the old joke goes, "nobody on their death bed wishes they had spent more time in the office". I've done my utmost not to emulate my fathers life that was filled with poverty, hard work, a World War, 2 jobs and few friends!
foot note:
My Dad is now 91 with failing health and he is a constant reminder that life is a one way journey, and a reminder of how not to have lived ones life given a choice. Although for the early part he had little choice in what was going on. He's from the generation that fought in the 2nd World War (Italian POW) captured on the russian front and held prisoner in Siberia for 2 years. I have no doubt that affected him greatly in the way he lived his life. He came to England to make a life for himself and his family 52 years ago and only knew hard work to support his family.
Bloody videos!
Dario
