you can't tell time to stop, no matter how many times you reset your clock.

[lenoresfairy]

i went to go visit my grandfather tonight. he was saying that it's his time to go to the "happy hunting grounds." i sat there next to him, looking at his tiny, frail, depleting frame and saw 90 years just crumbling, sinking down into the little bed where he was laying. so many things happen in one single year of my life that it's hard to imagine sitting there after having gone through 90. i don't think his condition right now is that, that serious, but he is getting really old and time is taking it's toll on him. i don't think that he will be visiting the grim reaper as soon as he thinks, but i know that what he said was true: "As time goes by, new people are born as others die." it's really sad to think about, but looking at his wall and seeing pictures there of him and my grandmother is an amazing feeling. i find my family's past really interesting and when the time does come, i know he'll never have to worry about his story being passed on.
anyway...getting past that, another unusual thing that happened to me tonight is that i saw a firefly for the very first time. it was really pretty and was bouncing around the grass in my front yard. a very very cool thing to see. so neat.
i wish i could see them more often...