I've had this one finished for a while, just thinking it "wasn't the right time" to put it up yet. So, why now?
Because, you know, you never know. I'm heading up to see my mom again in a couple of days, check on her progress in the rehab unit. Then back to help marry off a little girl I watched grow from stubborn, genius toddler to stubborn, scary-genius woman.
Might be the recent downturn my friend had in his fight with the Big C. Or maybe it's that a friggin' satellite's fixing to crash to Earth today and they still can't tell me it won't part my hair in a new fashion.
Or just that I've been hanging with Grace herself, the star of this vid. She'll shoot you straight:
"I know I didn't come here to stay on this earth."
Whatever the cause, I've been feeling the nearness of my future final escort this week. Not that I have any reason to believe he'll be pulling up to the curb anytime soon, mind you. Just seen him pass by down the block once or twice, don't you know? Little reminder he'll be by, by and by.
So I figured I'd drop this reminder to myself, that the time is always tight.
At Grace's the other day, I passed the big Bible she always keeps on her front table, open to Ecclesiastes.
"You read that one a lot?"
She nodded. "Need remindin'."
"Always good to remember, yeah."
Time is always tight.