HMMM....SITTING HERE THIS EARLY SUNDAY MORN...CAN'T GET THAT SONG--"SAILING AWAY TO KEY LARGO" OUT OF MY BRAIN...THE WORDS GO--"WE HAD IT ALL...JUST LIKE BOGEY AND BACALL..WE CAN FIND IT ONCE AGAIN,I KNOW....SAILIN' AWAY TO KEY LARGO..."
YEP--I FEEL LKE I'VE BEEN TO 20 FUNERALS IN THIS PAST WEEK...BUT DO BELIEVE THAT WE WILL STAY INTACT, AND GOD WILL PROVIDE FOR US TO STAY IN EACH OTHERS LIVES---AND I THINK THAT THE NEW "KEY LARGO" WILL BE EVEN BETTER....AS MAYBE THIS HAS BEEN A WAKE -UP CALL>>>>THEY SAY WE DON'T REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE TIL WE LOSE IT........HMMMMM>>>>>I AM HUMANLY GUILTY..TRY AS I MAY TO HONOR THOSE IN MY LIFE AS IF THEY WON'T BE HERE TOMORROW.
I CAME HERE WITH THE LOVE OF PINO AND THE LOVE OF COMPETITION......AND A LIFE MANIFESTED WITH A MARRIAGE,FRIENDS,AND MUCH JOY--MUCH SORROW AND A FULL PLATE TO DEAL WITH EACH DAY>>>>>>AS WITH ALL OF YOU.....EACH OF US IN DIFFERENT WAYS--WITH DIFFERENT ITINERARIES ON OUR PERSONAL JOURNEYS. I FOUND MORE THAN I EVER COULD HAVE IMAGINED HERE--AS IT BECAME , FOR THE MOST PART--A PLACE AND TIME IN MY DAY TO COME AND LEAVE THE DEMANDS OF LIFE BEHIND....AND PLAY A GAME I LOVED [ADDICTION IS THE WORD..LOL]---
BUT I SEE CLEARLY NOW THE GAME BECAME ONLY A CATALYST TO FINDING THE HIDDEN TREASURES OF NEW TRUE FRIENDSHIPS... LOVE GIVEN...LOVE RECEIVED....EMOTIONAL AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH....LESSONS LEARNED AND HUMBLY LEARNED BY US ALL...
SOME OF YOU--I KNOW WELL AND LOVE DEEPLY>>>>>>YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE.....AND MANY OF YOU TIME HAS NOT ALLOWED FOR A PERSONAL BONDING.....BUT I REGARD AND RESPECT YOU HIGHLY FROM AFAR. THX FOR THE LAUGHTER,THE LOVE,THE TEARS OF JOY AND SADNESS SHARED, THE GREAT COMPETITION YOU PLACED BEFORE ME ON THE ROUNDTABLES...WOW!
NOW, I PRAY, WE WILL SAIL ON TO A NEW PLACE....WHEREVER THAT MAY BE-----BETTER PEOPLE THAN WE WERE A WEEK AGO. THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES------HERES TO THE NEW... LET US "SEIZE THE DAYS" THAT LAY AHEAD,AS IF THERE WERE NO TOMORROW. SINCERELY, MAGGEE