Life it's ownself

Bummed...seriously bummed. I didn't know Tom well in high school. I do remember a guy referred to as 'Tommy'. He was a year ahead of me, even though he was only a couple of months older than me. See, I was born in December, and I missed the cut-off for being in the class of '77. I had to wait another year. I digress.

Like I said, I didn't know Tom well in high school. I knew who he was, and had enough recognition to speak in the hallway between classes. We had some mutual friends, so he was the proverbial 'friend of a friend'. We went our separate ways, and his name never crossed my mind for many years. But I did not count on the magic of modern technology.

I had always turned my nose up at social networking. "I don't have time to tell you what I'm doing every second of the day!" Usually an early adopter of most things technical, I came to the party fashionably late. I found it was a great way to re-connect with people that I had not heard from in years, and it has become a part of my life now. That's how I really 'met' Tom.

I got a request from him and recognized the name, so what the hell...we exchanged a few posts and I realized that he remembered me in much the same way as I remembered him, the 'friend of a friend' thing. I got to where I looked forward to reading his posts. He had a really funky sense of humor, and I could relate to what he was saying. We talked about having a cup of coffee together if we could ever get in the same place at the same time. Unfortunately, we didn't get to. Tommy passed away last weekend, suddenly and unexpectedly...much too soon.

Temporal. One day he was here, the next day he's gone. We all have that to look forward to, death knows no boundary. I guess my job, while I'm here on this dreary little rock, is to love as much as I can, as often as I can, and make it count. Can you ever say 'I love you' too much? I don't think so. Whaddya say we try a little experiment?

Let the folks you love know how you feel often enough to annoy them. Don't make them assume that you do, let them know because you told them...a lot. Start now, not tomorrow. Before you put head to pillow, tell someone that you love them. See if you can make them holler 'Enough!'. Bet you a quarter it won't happen. I, for one, don't want to leave outta here with the important people guessing how I feel.

If you've read this far, I guess you'll be my first guiena pig...I love you all.