Blue Ridge Reflections

Posted on the 6S Social Network 15Jul10

I started the day by taking a drive along the parkway: windows down, radio off, a full on thinking binge. I was lying on my back; now in the woods of the Blue Ridge Mountains on a crisp fall afternoon, utterly alone, looking at the multi-colored leaves resting peacefully in chaotic order on the ground. Jesus Christ, last week my kids were babies and now they’re grown, making their own babies. My eyes grew heavier, but I knew that if I went to sleep, I would lose the time, so I fought to keep them open, burning as they were. Clichés the only thoughts running through my mind: I should have spent more time at home with my kids and less time working...I should have taken more of an interest in my wife’s hobbies...what were her hobbies...Did she have any?Just before I closed my eyes for the last time, I looked over at the rattlesnake that I beat to a pulp and asked it, “What have we accomplished?”