As a kid we want everyone to be our friend. Friends mean everything is OK, people like us. In today's modern world we typically have lots of friends as in on Facebook. If you are on Twitter you have followers. I like followers it makes me sound more important ;-). I can really only think of one person I have kept in touch with that I knew before the age of 16.
I have as a young adult to a 30 year old human have changed so much. Much of my old crowd of friends tend to do the same things we did as young dumb kids. Three of them are dead One for over a decade due to a motorcycle accident. One for almost a decade due to a drug overdose. The other for a few years due to a work related accident.
However young me moved away from home because I noticed that pattern of same shit different day. I left home because I was getting into trouble and I knew if I stayed it would get worse. I left behind the town I grew up in, the Fire Department I served in, the barber I had know for all of my life, the cemetery that held the earthly remains of my grandparents and the girl I had a crush on. Not to mention my group of friends who hung out daily.
I often wonder what if I had stayed. However as much as I wonder I do not for a moment regret leaving. I found the love of my life, my in laws that accept me with all of my flaws and now I have my beautiful daughter.
Life has more meaning now. I have a few close friends that are always there for each other. We still do stupid things together but on a much tamer scale. Often the stupid things we do are for a good cause like holding charity events for those in need while wearing a bikini.
My loving wife has had my back for almost 10 years now. She always pushes me to be better and to chase my dreams. Sometimes she forces me to chase my dreams because I often give up to easy. That is something money can never buy.
She is currently pushing me to achieve a very big dream. Grow and run my business as my primary job. It is a big beautiful and scary dream. My biggest issue is organizing myself and taking bite sized pieces as I figure out what to tackle first.I often think I need to do it all at once and get very overwhelmed.
My loving wife has had my back for almost 10 years now. She always pushes me to be better and to chase my dreams. Sometimes she forces me to chase my dreams because I often give up to easy. That is something money can never buy.
She is currently pushing me to achieve a very big dream. Grow and run my business as my primary job. It is a big beautiful and scary dream. My biggest issue is organizing myself and taking bite sized pieces as I figure out what to tackle first.I often think I need to do it all at once and get very overwhelmed.
This next leap is huge and I am excited and scared all at the same time. We are looking at updating equipment and taking on new things. If go ahead with this update we will be able to offer a lot of new services and take on jobs we could not before. This may lead into needing to rent office space. But that will be a ways down the road yet. Either way things are changing and I am excited. I thankfully have the help and support of some awesome friends.
