It is good to feel the Sun. The warmth transcends. Life is never more real than right now. The immediacy of today is our ocean. We swim in it…We are immersed. Our sense of place surrounds us. Nothing is coming down the road better. Now we live and move and have our being. The orchestra is playing…the sound of the Woods surrounds us…We have arrived.

‘There is a feeling of change in the air,’ Chet commented. ‘It is like coming aboard a Cruise Liner…we are going somewhere special,’ Chet continued. ‘I remember the warmth of the Eldorado spring and summer days,’ Chet reflected. ‘How we dreamed of what would be,’ Chet said to himself, smiling. ‘Sunday afternoon in the Orpheum Theatre…Sunday night, watching Lassie and the Wonderful World of Disney,’ Chet recalled. ‘It seemed I was always planning, imagining….waiting for the big tomorrow,’ Chet said softly. ‘Watermelon at Grandma A’s and catching fireflies…watching the Drive Inn Movie at the Starlight Drive Inn and wondering what it was going to be like when I got older,’ Chet continued. ‘It seemed nothing had happened…it was all before me…in a hurry to reach tomorrow,’ Chet laughed. ‘There was Neva J full of happiness at Pounds Hollow…eating Moo and Cackle Hamburgers on the way to the Hollow in Neva J’s 57′ Chevy convertible…little money and no worries,’ Chet said with tears in his eyes.

‘Daddy, this is the best Christmas ever,’ Aaron said. ‘I have a toy dump truck and a Fisher Price Farm with a farmer and his family,’ Aaron continued. ‘Our Christmas Tree is giant,’ Aaron laughed. ‘Did you cut it yourself, Daddy?’ Aaron said. ‘When I look at the Nativity Set, I think how lucky we are,’ Aaron observed. ‘Is it really handmade?’ Aaron asked his father. ‘Did it cost a lot of money?’ Aaron giggled. ‘I hope we will always live here with our humongous Christmas Tree…Homemade Nativity and Fisher Price Farm Set,’ Aaron exulted!

‘Teddy Ruxpin is quite a talker,’ Jonathon said with a grin. ‘His mouth moves…he is smart,’ Jonathon said. ‘I think I will make him the leader of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,’ Jonathon proclaimed. ‘The Nintendo is magical…you can play baseball on it,’ Jonathon laughed. ‘I like Mario and Luigi and their chases,’ Jonathon said. ‘I am up to level 5, and now I am unstoppable,’ Jonathon called out as he went back to playing Nintendo.

‘I wondered and worried if I was good enough to accomplish the Herculean task of managing a department at the University,’ the Old Man said. ‘How would I survive today and arrive at the Golden Retirement of tomorrow,’ the Old Man mused. ‘I have watched good managers fail,’ the Old Man continued. ‘Perhaps I can make it to the other shore,’ the Old Man said to himself, laughing.

So it is the storms come, and they go. We look for a better tomorrow sitting by the side of the lake of heavenly Today.