Last night was MJ’s Birthday Dinner. We look forward to these Dinners! Jennifer joined us and made it special. For many years, we Brooks have celebrated our birthdays in installments. One of the most important things is the Birthday Dinner. We are young but the clock says we are all getting older.

My friend Jeff asked me on my first trip to Europe if I had ever dreamed when he and I were teenagers that one day we would be standing in Paris. I knew that I had not but then again a trip to Gatlinburg, Tennessee was a big deal to me…still is…

What a kaleidoscope of events colors feelings and happenings of life. It is like being on a carousel when you look out at the watching crowd and can not see their facial features clearly. They become the wallpaper of the moment.

I take thousands of photos in a vain attempt to capture life before it slips out the back door. A catalog of memories is in my mind.

Things change…love remains…

Two kids bought their first home. Four rooms and a bath. They were rich beyond their dreams. The young man thought that we were finally in the Game. A big home was bought. It must be a mansion or at least a McMansion he considered. Rooms and more rooms…we will never fill them all he said. It was not about rooms…it was about who was in them…