Passage of Time

It's strange how the passage of time seems to be coloured by who you are with and your terms of reference.

We had a sixteenth birthday party for Melinda. Somehow having a lot of the same group together made it seem like Bryan's funeral had been only a few days ago. I can't help but feel that the prospect of these family gatherings are very difficult for Jeffrey who along with Bryan were the first of that generation of cousins with quite a age gap until the next group.

It's strange how technology has changed our perception of the durablility of things. We expect anything electronic like computers or TV's to break or be obolete in a few years. Even a microwave oven we expect to break long before our traditional stove and oven. When you look at the old things built in Europe that continue to be admired centuries later, you wonder about what will be the legacy of this generation.