I was reminded of how short life is and how we need to make the most of it when my younger brother passed away at the age of 48. It seems like yesterday that I was at St. Thomas Aquinas seminary, but it's going on 35 years now.
When I was born, WW2 had just ended 23 years prior. I thought that was ancient history as I was growing up, but about 23 years have now passed since 9/11 ... which doesn't seem like it was that long ago.