I spent some time Saturday night reading through some old emails I had totally forgotten I still had. See, when I left DPM back in 1999, I took a copy of my emails to keep at home. Since I was (and still am) using the same mail program -Pegasus Mail- it was simple to create another user id in order to keep them separate. Well, saturday night I remembered about them and decided to switch into that user id and read. I remembered having deleted thousands of them so I knew there wouldn’t be that many. But still, the ones that were there filled me with so many memories it almost became hard to breathe at times.
Sure, there were the typical operational ones of my telling my assistants to do some kind of work, or informing users of work being done on their systems, but there were also a lot of personal emails. Of course, like anyone else, I do send the occasional personal emails 🙂 The range of emotions were vast and wide. From personal and intimate messages with Chantale, to friendly joke mails with others, to some heart-breaking and very personal ones. Heck, I even found the email
So what’s this all about then? Just that no matter how often I think back to that company and all the time spent there, I can’t deny the fact that the people I worked with became a big part of my life and many things happened then which still affect me now. Sad things like folks I considered Friends whom I can’t get a hold of. Good things like folks I considered Friends whom I’m still in contact with. And Very Good things like folks I considered Friends who I consider Close and Very Good Friends 🙂
I guess I’m just blabbering and waxing nostalgic because of all those messages which got me thinking to how different my life is today. Driving to the Gym last night, I got to thinking again about how incredible my life is with Chantale. As wonderful as it is now and special as its been in the past, there is always the promise that “tomorrow” will be even more so. And every morning when “tomorrow” comes, I realize that the “yesterday” which just passed was indeed nicer and better than the “day before last” 🙂
My Life seems to read like the most amazing Love Story at times. Every chapter brings new revelations and something’s always happening, but no matter how the storm rages around us, together we weather it. And no matter how sunny the skies, together we enjoy it more. And no matter how hurt we may feel after a nasty fall from whatever event, we help each other up, nurse each other back to health, and then, together, carry on proudly with our heads held high.