I have a good life, but…
Posted on December 5, 2011 - Filed Under Uncategorized
I think some people, maybe most, will at some point in their lives see someone living a different life and think to themselves, “That’s the kind life I always wanted. That’s the life I still wish I could have.” (Maybe some of those who don’t think they’d ever say that just can’t bear that level of self-honestly.) Today, thanks to NPR, I did just that. You have to listen to this to understand what I am talking about.
So, yeah, I wish that was my life: Living in the mountains, and not just any mountains—the Blue Ridge Mountains; growing up listening to my parents and relatives sing songs from long ago; teaching those songs to my children while sitting on the front porch enjoying the view. Yeah, yeah—you can tell me that living in the mountains and learning/teaching songs can still happen. Whatever. The reality is, some times you give things up because it’s the only way you can see to make things work. And you love your family enough to make those sacrifices. That’s adulthood and the culmination of the choices one makes over time that have a way of leading to or denying opportunities. Sure, one day, IF Erin and I work hard enough financially, we will be able to go back home to Western North Carolina. And, maybe, if she and I work hard enough at parenthood, Maggie and Wyatt will visit and allow us to teach them and any grandkids they give us some songs we ourselves have learned. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy the story put together by NPR.
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