I’m the luckiest man
A concert, a reunion and an apology
I cry a lot. It’s not unusual for me to break out in tears. Like the scene in Dumb and Dumber when Harry and Lloyd are in the Aspen hotel and bawling their eyes out at what we assume is a heartfelt moment in a film only to find it’s a telephone commercial about family members reuniting.
It’s an important and meaningful scene. It’s both hilarious and terribly relatable.
This past weekend I had a chance to spend time with my older brother Brad. We haven’t always been on the same page. But this past weekend we spent some time together. Amongst friends and family and one on one.
We went to see the Wood Brothers at the Fillmore. I didn’t know going in how meaningful the last few days would be but in the end I find myself here on Tuesday, with tears in my eyes listening to and feeling like the Luckiest Man.
Between my wife, my family, my friends, my health… I just am incredibly grateful and it makes me cry because I lost my mom and it was a very eye-opening experience. It really made me realize how fleeting life is. How all of this love will sadly disappear into something one day. No one knows what it will be and it doesn’t matter. Not because I don’t care or because I don’t fear it. I absolutely do. But all we have is today. We just had these wonderful few days and who knows what will tomorrow will hold but I am forever grateful for the times we had.
Don’t ever forget, this is the show. Today. Now. Right now. This is it. Embrace it. Good or bad. Relish it. Soak it in. This is the show.
I love my brother Brad and I’m sorry if I ever hurt him.
