The passge of time

Looking at Kelly's blog, I noticed that it had been 7 months since I last wrote anything on here. Then I got to thinking about the amount of time that has passed since other events in my life.
It's been:

-Nearly 50 years since I came into this world. (How I could be that freaking old, I don't know).
-About 44 years since my throat knew what tonsils looked like (and my earliest memory).
-About 42 years since I could see without binoculars hanging off my nose.
-Also about 42 years since the first time I "drove" a school bus (sitting on dads lap), the first 2 times I went to the emergency room (busted lip at school, gashed knee).
-About 41 years since we moved into my parents current house.
-37 years since I first strapped on shoulder pads.
-36 years since a surgeon removed a small piece of my knee (now there's a funny story) and probably 36 years since I actually stood with my weight evenly on both feet.
-34 years since I first actually drove a school bus (not sitting on a lap).
-34 years since I truly learned about anatomy (you'd think that after 34 years of repeatedly doing different versions of pretty much the same thing, it might get a little old. Not the case!!!).
-32 years since I graduated from high school.
-28 years since I graduated from College.
-28 years minus 1 week since I first said "I do".
-About 25 or 26 years since I won State and local school bus driving competitions (called road-e-o's).
-21 years minus 1 day since I spent my first night working at DHL.
-between 20 and 21 years since I essentially said "I don't" (not really sure of the official date).
-20 years since I finally finished my thesis and completed grad school (need help sleeping, try reading my thesis).
-About 18 years since the last time I went camping in the woods (Avg overnight temp: -10).
-16 years, 2 and 1/2 months since I met this beautiful woman named Kelly (another real good story).
-About 15 years since a STYX concert at which a certain young lady said, and I quote: "are you kidding?" when I proposed to her (this was the second try, the first attempt was postponed when River Bend flooded days before the scheduled concert, allowing me to go ahead and buy gutters for the house).
-14 years (minus about 3 months) since I knew for sure that I would not have to wake up by myself every morning for the rest of my life wondering if there actually was the right woman out there for me.
-12 years and 3 months since I knew for sure that I was finally going to get to try my hand at being a daddy.
-11 years and 2 months since I knew that I got to try being a daddy with a daughter.
-5 or 6 years since we "discovered" the Vineyard Church's.
-5 and 1/2 years since the last time I climbed into an aircraft without passengers.
-2 and 1/2 years since I found myself living on the North side of the Ohio river.
-Almost 2 years since I got my head cracked taking a Jesus bath (getting baptised again).
-I think a year (maybe 2) since the holes appeared in the ceiling of our family room (Someday, I will fix that).
-1 day since the dinner Kelly fixed was chosen only because I had a few days earlier mentioned to her that it was something I'd like to have in the future.
-2 hours since I kissed my wife (too long).
- About an hour since I started typing (also too long).

So what's this all mean?
1: Time passes quickly, enjoy all you can.
2: I'm getting old (or at least what I would have called old when I was a lot younger).
3: Take notes. It's impossible to remember everything, including the stuff that completely cracked you up, pissed you off, or caused tears at the time of it's occurrence.
4: Life happens while you are busy. (first one restated).

VWS and me

Last week, several at church were asked to talk about the effect VWS has had on their life. I've thought about this and this is what I've come up with.

1. The most obvious-this church had a large part in our decision to move north of the river. Without getting into it too much, we were given the option of reselling this house at cost after two years if we decided not to stay in western hills. As much as living in northern Ky. has it's advantages, I can't move the whole church body there with me so I guess I'm stuck here in the land of the buckeye.
2. For the first time in my life, I actually sat down and started reading the Bible. While I haven't read the whole thing, I did most of the Bible in a year thing.
3. Never would have I have imagined that I would get up at 6:00am on Saturday mornings to get together with a bunch of other guys to talk about our lives and the role God is having in them.
4. I always had a belief in God and Jesus, but I didn't really think that they got involved in our lives. I'm starting to see that they are more involved in our lives than I would have ever believed.
5. I've seen my wife's spirituality grow, along with the friendships she's developed through the Vineyard.
If I tried, I'm sure I could spew out a few more things that I could trace back to our decision to get involved with Vineyard West Side. But these are the ones at the front of my mind.