Another Year Gone By.....

It seems like yesterday that my brothers and I were at the Countryside Golf Course in Mundelein, IL playing 18 holes and enjoying the sun, the fun, and the beer. That was actually a year ago though, and now we once again have found ourselves out on the course....lie'n about what we're lay'n......never care'n about what we're sayin, and talkin about our lives.

Golf really is a great game. It gives us all an excuse to get together and enjoy the sunshine, the green grass, and getting a year older. None of us are any good really, but every once in a while we'll hit a great shot, possibly get a par, and think to ourself.....damn I'm good, so I need to keep playing this game. The truth is none of us are very good at all, and we often lie about our score. The important thing though is that we keep on trying and keep on playing. We're all another year older now and probably deeper in whatever....but it makes no difference. The game of golf gives us all an excuse to see one another, laugh about our misfortunes, and remember that we all started our life journey together as very young boys, under the toughest of circumstances.

None of us are likely to improve as players of this game, but hopefully we'll continue to make time for days like this......because even the good lord knows, our days are numbered. When we get together, most talk is about the past and most of that is nothing but the good times. Somehow, we only seem to remember the good times. Somehow, the worst of times are automatically filtered out of our brains and out of our conversations. It is the good times that come to the surface.

It may only be once or twice a summer, but I am quite sure the three of us will soon play again. As for this day, we only got 17 of the 18 holes in but Bob and I are going to give John a pass on this one....because when he got that phone call at the 16th t-box and started talking about a need to get home all of a sudden, we all just knew it was time to go!