Forest, thanks!

[Vick]

Don't often get real into my personal life here but

An old High School friend who I was very close with looked me up about 6 months back. He's a good guy, going on his 2 year chip. Really hilarious with a lot of great stories.

His Mother had passed away 3 years ago and it was just him and his 80 year old Father living in their house, no other close relatives.

It was kind of funny as they were 2 grumpy old men sometimes but they loved each other and were all each other had

His Father had a few TIA's (small strokes) and had a big stroke this past August 24th while at a VA hospital receiving treatment for low blood pressure

He never got to return home and my friend moved his Father from the VA hospital to a private nursing home due to the poor care he was receiving at the VA hospital

He passed away late Sunday night, I was at the viewing today and the funeral is tomorrow

Trying to help him make the adjustment to a different life

Guess everyday we have with our parents (as they age) can be a treasure

I'm looking at my own Father at 62 and seeing where age is starting to catch up to him

I see my Grandfather at 85 and when ever possible I try to get him to tell me all the old stories, from his childhood (he remembers bi-planes buzzing over his house as a child and he'd go down to the airfield and bug the mechanics and pilots- finally one of the pilots took him up and they buzzed his house, he came home all excited and his Father was saying "Did you see that idiot flying over our house"

He's full of great stories, from the great depression through WWII, the times he lived in California and traveled to Mexico

Maybe our children and our parents are the treasures ...... and we're just the link in-between