dverna - I hear what you're saying , , , , I think as we all get older we go through the same thing , , , or will if you haven't already. Lost schoolmates . . . . some regrets as we look back . . . things we wished we had kept or experiences we wish we could go through again and feel the thrill of them and the magic of youth.
This past year, the wife and I lost seven good friends within about five weeks - two from Covid and the others from other causes - three of them were my Lodge buddies and I'm still trying to wrap my head around that. A week ago, my wife and I ordered our headstone - something I wanted to get done - I'm fine in doing that as I didn't want it to fall on my wife to do alone if I go first or somebody else as we don't have kids. Things like that do make a person reflect on a lot of things.
If it is one thing I have learned all these years it is to live my life with no regrets, focus on the good memories of things past and those we knew and loved and to look forward to the next day and the pleasures that God will provide . . . live the Golden Rule . . . . let those you love know it and the rest will take care of itself according to God;s plan for each of us. Smile, laugh often and enjoy what we have and can still do . . . .