Make The Most Of It

On Sunday the man who was my High School shop class and other such type of classes and the previous owner of my old Allis, my 1944 Allis Chalmers Model B, passed away at 89 years old.  Another link to my past has passed away as well as the father of my childhood friend who was our neighbor and then a few days later his older brother both from Cancer. I watch as many whom I have known are now passing and more links to the past break away.

As we march on through life and many begin to fall it is a bit sad and reminds one of their mortality.  It is part of life, but a part of life most of us like to ignore or try to not pay attention too for it is heartbreaking and sad.  When one is young life seems to be endless and one takes comfort from those around them who have always been there. Death rears its ugly head in our youth and sometimes it is devastating but our own mortality seems to be a very distant future….  But, its not you know.  Its closer than one thinks.

 

No, we are not trying to be downers, just a word of advice. Make the most of your time now.  You don;t know when it will end for you or those you love.  So, hug them now, hold them…. have some fun and tell them you love them. That way the memories if you go are sweet and if they go you have no regrets of we should’ve,   we could’ve… for you did.  I know I still hurt from losing Trevor but there are no regrets… for we gave it all we had….. oh I miss him terrible and always will…. soon it will be the anniversary of his passing and I will once again weep at his grave…. but he knew he was loved and he passed surrounded by those who loved him.  No regrets…..

Make the most of your time…..

-Old Allis’s owners have been three. The first was born in the 1890’s and served in WW1, the second served in WWII and both are gone now.  With tractors it is about preserving and passing along to keep a piece of history alive and taking care of something that was the family provider for decades and taking care of something ppl depended upon for a living and taking care of a machine they cared about and were proud of.. its sort of a legacy thing….

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-with collies, children and other family members it is about loving, family and taking care to preserve our family for the future and to love and make the most of our time together. It may be a legacy but it is more about love.  Our children carry on without us, God willing…. and hopefully our collie lines continue on, but collies differ in that there is a bit of me that is preserving something that Terhune had at one time and passing their bloodline along into the future.  While children begat grandchildren and we watch our families progress into the future, our collies reach back and forward and we get to see many more generations of them.  But, unlike old Allis and other grand old machines… collies die…. we die, hopefully we make the most of it and pass onto our children and their children our love, family and if we are lucky the legacy of those things that made some important family time such as collies, tractors and other antiques. But, the most important thing is passing onto our children our love….. make the most of it while you can……. I don;t know if this is clear as to what I am trying to say.. I hope so….