When I don’t have the words, I often turn to someone else’s words to fill the void.
I’m sure if you search, you’ll find lots of hits for this news item, but I’ll give you this link — from Dan Fogelberg’s website. I’d encourage those of you that are (or know and love) men in the 40s and 50s to read this.
We drank a toast to innocence
We drank a toast to time
Reliving in our eloquence
Another auld lang syne…
life in the minivan lane 
My favorite album of his is either The Wild Places (which was on the CD player during my daughter’s birth) or Netherlands.