I went to McKay’s after work because I needed to indulge my inner multimedia nerd. It worked.

One of my finds was an Elvis Presley box set that has sentimental value to me. That’s because it’s the same one that my grandfather bought for my grandmother for Christmas roughly 34 years ago.

Of course, there were no CDs in 1980. I’m almost positive of that. So my grandfather bought the 8-album (also known as LPs or records) set where mine was a 4-CD set.

I had very fond memories of my grandmother showing me that gift because she was so proud of it, especially after my grandfather had passed.

On the way home, I was listening to John Lee Hooker and thinking how proud my uncles would be to know how much I’ve broadened my musical horizons. At times like these, I miss them most but I also see the legacy of a love for music that they left me.

Life is bittersweet. Very rarely will you have pure happiness or pure sadness. Usually, happiness is tinged with a bit of sadness or visa versa. So choose to focus on the happy while acknowledging the sadness.

It won’t always be like that.