On 1/13/2015 2:07 AM, Becca EmaNymton wrote:
> On 1/11/2015 11:18 AM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Sunday, January 11, 2015 at 3:51:39 AM UTC-10, George L wrote:
>>> Today is my 65th Birthday (and I have the Medicare card to prove it) I
>>> woke up at 6 AM and smelled something baking. Becca had gotten up before
>>> 5 AM and made me chocolate éclairs from scratch to have with my coffee.
>>> My first day as an official Geezer is off to a wonderful start! With a
>>> life this good, it will be hard for me to become a Grumpy Old Man!
>>>
>>> Yesterday, my step-son and his wife took us out to dinner for the
>>> occasion. We went he
>>> http://www.pappadeaux.com/location/138 One of the best fringe benefits
>>> of marrying Becca was becoming a step-father. I never had children and
>>> my daughter=in-law calls me Dad... and I really like that.
>>>
>>> I hope you all have as wonderful a day as I am.\
>>
>> Normally I would, but I have to go to two funerals today. Both at 3
>> o'clock. It's a weird coincidence.
>
>
> Saying goodbye is always hard.
>
> When I was a toddler, my father hired a man named John, and my mother
> and John's wife became friends. Like my dad, John worked for a few
> months at a time without being able to come home, he worked in Africa
> and Venezuela, mostly. John and his wife had two daughters and our
> families were close. John came to my mom's funeral last year, and
> sadly, last week, we went to John's funeral, he was the last surviving
> member of our four parents. This closed a chapter in a good book.
>
> Becca

Sounds like they lived a good life. That's something to be thankful for.
Living a life of no regrets would be the best we could ever hope to
achieve. Take care.