Every, every minute - Charleston Marathon Part VI

Do any human beings ever realize life while they live it?--every, every minute?

No. Saints and poets, maybe--they do some. 

- Thorton Wilder "Our Town"

Being an occasional poet and knowing some saints, I can say without reservation or fear of sudden, inexplicable death that January 15, 2011 was one day that I realized life, every, every minute.

Where two became two

The other day was December 31, 1998 when I married Jennifer. Our families were intact with the exception of my dad who has passed 10 years earlier. It was just a perfect day, an idyllic setting in Rockville for our ceremony. Our dinner cruise in the Charleston harbor came complete with a glorious sunset.

These are the days of the endless summer
These are the days, the time is now
There is no past, there's only future
There's only here, there's only now

- Van Morrison

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"Oh, earth, you're too wonderful for anybody to realize you." 

- Thorton Wilder "Our Town"