[jhynesrockmtn]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I was very fortunate in my choice of parents.

About 5 years ago, a guy I went to high school passed away suddenly. Friend's sister was a sales rep who frequented the hospital. I thought she meant the father, who was also a doctor and a very old man, said as much. No, John, who apparently smoked a lot of cigarettes.

It was heart breaking to see his father up there at the funeral, talking about his son, cry just thinking about it. E

Everybody was so old. I guess I got clear of the first wife before she aged me too much. At our son's wedding I met his father in law for the first time. He was clearly shocked that i had been married to her. The years have not been kind to my ex wife. Now, none of the grandkids like her, which I thought was funny at first, but it is really kind of sad.

I had a couple exes try and reconnect, mostly during my brief foray into facebook. Not a lot of good reasons for a former flame to look you up, even fewer to respond.

Unless you are looking for trouble. Trouble finds me easy enough already.

I went to a childhood friend's funeral a few months back. His Mom was my kindergarten teacher. She's now outlived 2 of her 3 kids. Just sad. He was a seemingly healthy and fit guy who had a heart event just shy of 60 and didn't recover. Life is short. I get more reminders of that frequently.