66?
Is it possible? Are my eyes deceiving me? How can I now be 66? Where did all that time go? I have two adult children? I could do a long emotional bit where I emote all over the place, but I am above that type of wrangling and will accept my lot with pride and dignity. Just give me a moment to get my head together.
What is sobering is that my father and his brother did not make it to the age I currently occupy. And I do miss them. It was also sobering to learn that on August 8, my dad's last sibling passed away. This is sad. I will miss these people, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Beverly, George, Sr., Uncle Allen, and Aunt Barbara. They were the five children of my grandfather Ralph Ellsworth Frost, who was a veteran of World War I. The trouble with being a certified senior citizen is that there are far too many goodbyes. I promised not to be so emotive, but did not keep that promise.
But one promise I will keep is to celebrate 66 with anticipation of good things to come. Speaking of good things to come, I am including some more of my stories that include the following:
What is sobering is that my father and his brother did not make it to the age I currently occupy. And I do miss them. It was also sobering to learn that on August 8, my dad's last sibling passed away. This is sad. I will miss these people, Aunt Ruth, Aunt Beverly, George, Sr., Uncle Allen, and Aunt Barbara. They were the five children of my grandfather Ralph Ellsworth Frost, who was a veteran of World War I. The trouble with being a certified senior citizen is that there are far too many goodbyes. I promised not to be so emotive, but did not keep that promise.
But one promise I will keep is to celebrate 66 with anticipation of good things to come. Speaking of good things to come, I am including some more of my stories that include the following:
- Return Tour: Thirty years after serving his country in Vietnam, Rodney Godfrey is returning to the country where he lost some of his comrades in Da Nang. He meets a young man whose father also served, but then could not find his way home. While in the modern city of Da Nang, Rodney meets a fisherman who served in a VC unit at the same time. Once bitter enemies sworn to kill each other, they become friends on the docks of the city.
- If It's Not on the Menu...: Have you tried out that new place, Togals? Morey Munson wishes he hadn't, because what is not on the menu is what ends up knocking his world upside down.
- Wise Words: While attending University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA), I was lucky enough to hear a professor from an Inuit village talk about the idea of intelligence and how this can be often misinterpreted.