Turned 40 today and spent most of the day in a funk. Typical behavior for me around birthday time every year. Taking stock and all that…what have I done? What successes can I point to? What have I learned? Who have I helped? I think normal questions at the half-life point (ah if I could only be Cesium, but then again, who wants to live that long?).

Well, the answer came at dinner.

There’s a 5 year old in my house that adores me, and an 18 year old that gave me a wise-ass card about getting old, and a wife that bought a singing card with one of my favorite artists and a special song about love. It’s all good.

So often, the answers lie right in front of us. Someday, I think that God will be more concerned with what I did in this little part of the world than anything else…

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