I’ve been trying to spend less time on social lately as I feel like my life is just moving too fast…and I don’t typically post pics of myself or people I know, but this past weekend I had one of those experiences that took me back in time.
In the left is a pic of me and my best friends kid, @gabecruz12 , circa 2003… this was before social media and right around the time I graduated college.. The pic on the right is of us at his wedding this past weekend.
When my childhood best friend told me he was about to have a kid, I was crushed. I knew I’d never be able to have those experiences that 20 year old dudes were set to have with one another. But once he asked me to be the godfather of his son, things took a different turn…
As my first order as ‘godfather’, I decided Gabe needed a haircut and he needed a pair of shoes. So that’s what I did…I went out, found some baby prestos (the ones he’s wearing in the pics) and brought some clippers over to his house to line him up (to the great dismay of his mother).
Throughout the years he was growing, I was living in New York and Oakland and San Francisco, and traveling all over the world. But any time I rolled through my home time I spent time with my other family and watched Gabe grow into an incredible young man.
This past weekend, we went to his wedding and I was all the feels. So many memories, so much love. Made me think…this social media stuff is cute, but it just can’t compare. Life is life. Social media is a game. It gave me all kinds retrospectives that I just don’t want to be sinking all my time into these apps when there’s real life to live.
I know my input on his life experience was minimal but I’m so proud to have been there..