In a couple of months I will officially be a quarter of a century years old.

Although I have only been on this earth for a relatively short period of time, I have experienced more than a lifetime of love, sorrow, triumph, heartache, success, failure, and sense of purpose.

and what an adventure it has been....

If for one reason or another this path were to end tomorrow, and with my dying breathe I was granted the opportunity to go back and do it all over again, I would not change a thing.

Whether or not my life is deemed to be a success or failure in the eyes of others does not concern me. I am not the shirt on my back or the numbers in my bank account.

and I never will be....

I have looked into the eyes of others and felt the warmth of their souls. I have tasted the lips of love and heard words of sincerity and genuine understanding.

I have lived.

I still have a few autographed pictures left if there are any of you out there who may want one.