Aging gracefully, indeed! It's a really nice photo, too. Rick
http://photo.net/photos/RickW --- On Mon, 9/5/11, Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> wrote: > From: Christine Aguila <christ...@caguila.com> > Subject: PAW--Week 35--Dad at 81 > To: "PDML List" <pdml@pdml.net> > Date: Monday, September 5, 2011, 12:43 AM > Hi Everyone: My dad turned 81 > today. As you can see from the picture, he's aging > quite gracefully--and he's active as if he was 60. > He's a retired 8th grade science teacher, and he's retired > military, having served in Korea, then as a reservist for 31 > years. He was a paratrooper as a Green Beret and also > earned Canadian jump wings during his military career. > A few months ago he went to the doctor because his > knees have been really bothering him. At one point his > doctor asked, "Now, Charles, how many jumps have you made in > your career?" When my dad said about 60+, the doctor > said, "Well, no wonder your knees are bothering you at this > age! Sheesh!" > > It's so hard to think of my dad as 81. He just hasn't > changed much to my mind: he still tells his funny stories, > he's always chauffeuring various offspring and grand kids > about town, and he and my mom still sneak off to downtown > hotels for get-away weekends--in fact, I was informed > tonight that they are "going away" in a few weeks to one of > their favorite hotels on the south side of Chicago near Hyde > Park. Go, Dad! Cheers, Christine > > http://aguilapaw.posterous.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
