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On a light note, Costco samples. Hadn’t been since last winter til recently, it wasn’t the same. They just stand there and tell you how good the apple chips are, it’s cruel.
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I've told Mrs45 to spend the insurance, build a swimming pool and hire a pool boy. I know instead she will use it do give her sons and grandkids what they should have to earn.Quite frankly no, does not matter other than my wife of nearly fifty years will mourn my absence and not knowing where my remains rest. My only hope is that my spot be peaceful and range with critters. Yes, dead is dead. I do not fear it as my time has and will continue be an adventure. MTG
Hunting and fishing with my sons. The youngest turned 28 yesterday. All three are far enough away and have their own lives now. We talk on the phone and they tell me how they wish they could get out with me if they had the time. (Harry Chapin plays in the background somewhere...)
My youngest started fishing with me again in 2020. As a child he hated it and ruined every outing. Now he has discovered that he likes it a lot.
My granddaughter, Miss T, has been a godsend in this regard. I think I am getting her out in the woods to teach her their ways, and I am.
But I do not take for granted how much it is for me also. Her parents split and she lives close to us with her mother and stepdad. My son has moved a full day's drive away.
The corollary is that I will never take for granted the time freedom I had as a free range kid in the 60's and with our sons even 20 years ago. Miss T is so over scheduled at 11 years old I that have to book her two weeks in advance to take her on an outing. I think that planning an adventure is important, but being able to just grab your rifle or fishing rod and running out is too. Or throwing your car camping kit in your rig and hitting skid roads.
I have missed a lot birthdays and recitals over the years. I've learned if you want them to be into your thing, you need to be into their thing.I'll tell you that some of us in the younger generations are feeling this as well. I'll be 34 in a couple weeks and have three kiddos myself, ranging from 10 to 4. I'm looking to make a move from FL to TN partially because it will be easier (weather and access) to just spend time outside with the kids and slow down. It's so easy to get over scheduled and never feel like you have time to just idle with the family. That's not how I want to raise my kids.