Observations/Reflections: On Missing My Family
Status: Dictated but Not Reviewed
Published: 4/07/2011
Written: 12/22/2010
Dictated By: Flint McGlaughlin

It is 5:11am and I am on my way to the airport again. I have been crying all the way. I miss my family more than I can express with words. It is not just that I feel the present absence, but I also feel the future absence. My children are growing up. Age is laying its claim on my life, and that of my wife. Sometimes the horrific truth about my finitude breaks through. It is almost more than one can bear. Still, I realize all the more that it is in the midst of pain, I feel most alive. Life is meant to be lived within the current of my passions.