Apt. 124

From Maple Leaf

1976amcgremlin272aWhere did the time go? My Mom would take my Sister and Me to the lake when we were kids. I remember being so excited about spending the day swimming, playing, an
having fun. As a child - No Worries. I remember how the week would just trudge along. It felt like the weekend would never get here. “Are we going to the lake today, Mom?”, I would ask. “Is today the day!” My Mom would patiently say, “No, not today.”Fin
lly the day would arrive. We would pack the car (a beautiful orange - if my memory is correct - Gremlin). Yes, we had a Gremlin. It actually caught fire one day and burned up in the parking lot, but that is another story… The Gremlin had no AC. Man, it
was brutal driving in higher than 35c with a humidity rate of 95%. The day never seemed like it would get here and the drive to the lake was even worse. “Are we there yet…How bou’t now?” Actually, the drive was worse than waiting for the day to arrive.
hat I’ve always found strange was that, even though the day never seemed to get here, it went so fast. Before I knew it we were packing up and leaving. The drive that seemed to take forever, raced by. Suddenly, the day I had been waiting for was over.

This year has been like that for me. Where did it go? One truth I’ve learned from all of this -

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