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Time goes by fast
The humidity is finally
diminishing, some of
the leaves are trans-
forming into picturesque col-
ours because like the year
before... with the speed of
snapping your fingers, sum-
mer has come and gone. For
all individuals over 25 or per-
haps a more accurate depic-
tion, for all those with
responsibilities, time flies.
As temperatures change
from hot to cold in the ever
revolving door of existence,
people in your life go through
modifications of their own as
well.
In a flash, best friends turn
to acquaintances, grandpar-
ents pass away, uncles with
full sets of hair turn bald and
the innocent baby girl you
call your daughter starts her
first day of junior
kindergarten.
As I write this a tear trickles
down my face. I look at my
baby girl Gavriella with her
beautiful dirty blond hair (a
mirror image of her mother)
and think to myself, where
Column
Shaun Gregory
did my baby go?
Wasn't it just yesterday that
we were bringing you home
from the hospital?
I don't know if you've ever
heard the song by Lukas Gra-
ham called "Seven Years.» It's
honestly been on the radio
for 12 months straight and
the lyrics of the song depict
every morsel of the feelings
I'm going through to a tee.
The first verse of the chorus
goes:
"Once I was seven years
old, my mama told me,
"Go make yourself some
friends or you'll be lonely."
Once I was seven years
old."
Terry Fox Run
The non-competitive event
known as the Terry Fox Run took
place in more than 9,000 commu-
nities September 18. Seaforth has
been following the charity under-
taking for decades. Marty Bedard,
the Fire Chief for Huron East has
been in charge of the event since
Second verse:
"Once I was twenty years
old, my story got told,
Before the morning sun,
when life was lonely
Once I was twenty years
old."
Third verse:
"Soon I'll be sixty years old,
will I think the world is cold
Or will I have a lot of chil-
dren who can warm me?
Soon I'll be sixty years old.
Just as the Danish pop
star's music fills my head-
phones with the sweet mel-
ody of the truth, we as earth-
lings need to come to grips
with the fact that soon we'll
be aged. The life form you
saw on the black and white
ultrasound image that was
the size of a lemon will sprout
into a fully functioning and
capable adult. It's such a
harsh reality. Right now it's
grade school, next thing you
know that child is graduating
from post -secondary and the
list of life's events that will
inevitably follow.
You can view these
1985. He's currently looking for
someone to take over the respon-
sibility. "I have been doing it for
that long and I am ready to retire,
circumstances as a tragedy
or you can embrace the
constant change. To allevi-
ate this stress, take pictures
until your thumb gets tired
from pressing the button on
your cell phone. Build a
scrapbook to maintain your
memories, write things
down. I guess that's why I
had three more children
after our eldest. The crying
of four children under four
may make hot steam blow
from my ears at various
times throughout the day,
but on the other hand I
need to look at the bigger
picture. Soon enough, my
woman and I will be in our
house by ourselves. Those
stinky diapers, bottles of
milk (bubbas) and Terrible
Two temper tantrums will
just be a memory.
Signing out from the
Expositor office on this
amazing last Friday of the
summer, Shaun AKA in 20
years I will be saying once I
had four babies and now
they're all grown up.
I think someone else could make
it so much better," he said. There
were 47 participants and the
event raised $1,781.
Here is a photo of the
Crowley's last Sunday. They
walked for Frank Crowley who
passed away.
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