So.....It seems I am getting to that age that people are starting to pass away more frequently. I am 61 years old now and getting those calls about old friends from years past and current ones that are suddenly gone.
It puts things into perspective and can clear up your thinking about your future and what you want to do or.......You can let it get you down and be afraid for what comes for all of us eventually. As the saying goes nobody gets out alive.
Next week will be one year since my Mother passed. She had 11 children (me being one) and lived to 92. Good thing is I talked to her the day before her passing. I have nothing left unsaid to my Mother and we had a very good relationship. She knew where we stood and I don't have regrets that I shoulda said this or shoulda said that before she passed. I can not say that for other family members and they will carry around a burden for the rest of their lives. RIP Mom
About 3 weeks ago a woman that I had been friends with for a very long time passed after a two month battle with cancer. I knew she was sick early on but I just assumed she would be OK as she was always upbeat no matter what. Then no more contact from her. I told a friend about her being sick and he told me she already passed on. I was shocked to hear that. We had been talking about my trips coming up in the 5th wheel and talked about flying her in for a portion of the trip. Well....that obviously is not going to happen now. She will be missed. RIP Robin
Just the other day I received a message that an old high school buddy was seriously sick and fighting for his life in the hospital. Last I had communicated with him he was recovering from a bad Brown Recluse bite but was getting better from that. What I believe was unrelated shortly after that was that he had a brain hemorrhage and strokes kept coming. The family decided to pull the plug and let the ultimate fight for life take over at that point. He had just decided before this to marry his high school girlfriend and she accepted. He was a retired Marine, tattoo artist, musician and Harley rider. We had recently talked about getting together on my trip if-when I came thru Oregon. We were pretty excited about it and looking forward to getting together. He did live a full life while here it seems. RIP Rori
So.....Just a very personal reminder for me to get out there and LIVE MY LIFE and do things while I still can.
Time is shorter than you can imagine peeps. I would suggest that we all make sure to LIVE LIFE and not just go thru the paces everyday like zombies. Slide head first into home plate with dust flying and come up with a smile on your face
It puts things into perspective and can clear up your thinking about your future and what you want to do or.......You can let it get you down and be afraid for what comes for all of us eventually. As the saying goes nobody gets out alive.
Next week will be one year since my Mother passed. She had 11 children (me being one) and lived to 92. Good thing is I talked to her the day before her passing. I have nothing left unsaid to my Mother and we had a very good relationship. She knew where we stood and I don't have regrets that I shoulda said this or shoulda said that before she passed. I can not say that for other family members and they will carry around a burden for the rest of their lives. RIP Mom
About 3 weeks ago a woman that I had been friends with for a very long time passed after a two month battle with cancer. I knew she was sick early on but I just assumed she would be OK as she was always upbeat no matter what. Then no more contact from her. I told a friend about her being sick and he told me she already passed on. I was shocked to hear that. We had been talking about my trips coming up in the 5th wheel and talked about flying her in for a portion of the trip. Well....that obviously is not going to happen now. She will be missed. RIP Robin
Just the other day I received a message that an old high school buddy was seriously sick and fighting for his life in the hospital. Last I had communicated with him he was recovering from a bad Brown Recluse bite but was getting better from that. What I believe was unrelated shortly after that was that he had a brain hemorrhage and strokes kept coming. The family decided to pull the plug and let the ultimate fight for life take over at that point. He had just decided before this to marry his high school girlfriend and she accepted. He was a retired Marine, tattoo artist, musician and Harley rider. We had recently talked about getting together on my trip if-when I came thru Oregon. We were pretty excited about it and looking forward to getting together. He did live a full life while here it seems. RIP Rori
So.....Just a very personal reminder for me to get out there and LIVE MY LIFE and do things while I still can.
Time is shorter than you can imagine peeps. I would suggest that we all make sure to LIVE LIFE and not just go thru the paces everyday like zombies. Slide head first into home plate with dust flying and come up with a smile on your face