In May, my son who works in Los Angeles was flying into Chicago for business. I proposed that I drive up from Indiana to have dinner with him the night before his business meeting started. I also proposed that I drive to Wisconsin to retrieve his two grandmothers and drive back down to Chicago for a special dinner, because who knows how many more times such a thing would be possible.
Was it worth more than 11 hours of driving on my part to make this dinner happen? Less than three months later one of the grandmothers is no longer with us. I'd do it again in a minute.
Whenever someone floats that idea of "What four people would you invite to dinner," people list four historical figures, great thinkers, and influential statesmen. I always say "My dad, father-in-law and two grandfathers." I would love to have an evening with them.
There's a reason the saying "Carpe Diem" has lasted millennia.
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In May, my son who works in Los Angeles was flying into Chicago for business. I proposed that I drive up from Indiana to have dinner with him the night before his business meeting started. I also proposed that I drive to Wisconsin to retrieve his two grandmothers and drive back down to Chicago for a special dinner, because who knows how many more times such a thing would be possible. Was it worth more than 11 hours of driving on my part to make this dinner happen? Less than three months later one of the grandmothers is no longer with us. I'd do it again in a minute. Whenever someone floats that idea of "What four people would you invite to dinner," people list four historical figures, great thinkers, and influential statesmen. I always say "My dad, father-in-law and two grandfathers." I would love to have an evening with them. There's a reason the saying "Carpe Diem" has lasted millennia.
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