I listen to a variety of music but I do tune in most often to Radio Margaritaville or No Shoes Radio. One of Kenny Chesney’s songs that I hear fairly often on both stations is titled: Don’t Blink.
There is a lot of truth to that song and the lyrics. Life goes very, very fast. Enjoy every day the best you can. Here’s a quick “blink” of my past 20 years or so…
Engagement cruise to the Bahamas back in 2003
Emily’s birth in 2006
Mikey’s birth in 2010
Mary and Emily in St. Kitts in 2024
Mikey and I in Alaska in 2025
Deke at around 10 weeks old in December of 2020
Mikey on the day we picked up Delaney (8 weeks old in August of 2024)
Don’t Blink by Kenny Chesney
I turned on the evening news
Saw an old man being interviewed
Turning a hundred and two today
Asked him what’s the secret to life?
He looked up from his old pipe
Laughed and said, “All I can say is
Don’t blink, just like that you’re six years old
And you take a nap
And you wake up and you’re twenty-five
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might miss
Your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads
Next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years
Goes faster than you think, so don’t blink
I was glued to my TV, when it looked
Like he looked at me and said
“Best start putting first things first”
‘Cause when your hourglass runs out of sand
You can’t flip it over and start again
Take every breathe God gives you for what it’s worth
Don’t blink, ’cause just like that you’re six years old
And you take a nap
And you wake up and you’re twenty-five
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might miss
Your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads
Next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years
Goes faster than you think, so don’t blink
So I’ve been trying to slow it down
I’ve been trying to take it in
In this ‘here today, gone tomorrow’ world we’re living in
So don’t blink, ’cause just like that you’re six years old
And you take a nap
And you wake up and you’re twenty-five
And your high school sweetheart becomes your wife
Don’t blink, you just might miss
Your babies growing like mine did
Turning into moms and dads
Next thing you know your better half
Of fifty years is there in bed
And you’re praying God takes you instead
Trust me friend a hundred years
Goes faster than you think, so don’t blink
No, don’t blink
Don’t blink
Life goes faster than you think
So don’t blink
Life goes faster than you think
Don’t blink
Don’t blink
Life goes faster than you think