Time and Tide.

[RDW]

For those of us that have come to the conclusion that there are more years behind us than there are ahead.
i forget how all those times when our fathers before us told us that life was like a roll of toilet paper, The closer you get to the end, The faster its unrolls.
well let me tell you, I am really starting to feel it. Sitting here looking at all these projects and things that i have worked so hard on 7 days a week for the last four years.
It is really starting to feel like im running out of time. This last week my 2 oldest kids. Heather my first child and the import love of my Life Michael, My Son inlaw who i have grown so close to just turned 32.
Burying my Father inlaws ashes yesterday just brought it all home as im sitting here drawing cylinder plans on another thread for yall.
So whats really important in the long run huh!
Holy cow man. check this out. My screen saver on my programming computer. Those of you who have been here recognise this. My Angel Karmen and Heather.
Karmen the absolute love of my life sitting on the porch young and at about recently becoming legal drinking age. Hahaha. And my daughter heather about 1 to 2.
Gosh man what a good day.
I think about it all the time.



34 years of Marriage, and 3 grown kids later and still going strong.
This was us last Thanksgiving. My little 5 foot 3 chunk of love  has on a shirt that says i came in like a butter Ball and i just acquired a 3 xxx that says im going out like a butterball.
For this upcoming thanksgiving. hahaha.




I cant beleive she has put up with my Big Ass for so long but im sure glad.
I guess i just wanted to share that.
What is really important to you?
R

[mcquade]

I’m right there with you brother. All of my childhood friends have crossed the river, lost the last one 6 months ago at the ripe old age of 56. Too many of my former co-workers are gone also, either by natural causes, or by their own hand. I lost my father in 2018 and just visited my Father-in-law this morning. He’s at the end stage of dementia. He might have 2 weeks left. My BIL took his own life 3 years ago.
All of this does get a man to thinking….
I told my wife last year that if there is anything she’s ever wanted, go get it. Life is to short .
Now, I like the quiet life. I spend most days walking the woods with my dogs just like I did as a kid. Like they say, life comes full circle.
I consider myself very lucky to be here and I don’t take tomorrow for granted anymore, stopped that long ago.
So, if there’s someone that you appreciate, love, or despise. Let them know while you can…

[squawberryman]

Seeing your pictures and hearing you express gratitude is important to me, so is fish pictures.

[Burnston]

Hats off to you, yours, and a life well lived. Will look forward to twenty years from now when you post your 2024 Thanksgiving picture in remembrance and ask, “where has the time gone?”

[hgunhtr]

good looking couple- keep reflecting on the good things in life. friends, family and doing what you love.

[contender]

Ronnie,, I, like so you & most of the other folks here,, I too know there are fewer years ahead of me than behind me.

Yet,, I often count myself truly lucky. Why? Because I learned LONG ago to not take each & every day here for granted. I have tried to live my life & not put things off for "sometime in the future."
And I too look at my blessings.

My blessings of a wonderful lady in my life for the last 31 years. We truly love each other & share that expression often. Not a day goes by that we don't say it.

Our blessing of having 2 grown men who are both successful, and also married well. It's a joy to see how they have turned out. And to see both of them happy with a great lady in their lives as well,, icing on the cake!

Blessed with pretty good health overall, and still enjoying work.

Blessed with so many good friends,, both in person, and via this internet.

I give credit for all of this to God. He has blessed me.

And sadly,, I too see so many of my peers & others I've known for decades pass on. Just this week,, I lost another one. So,, as we all progress towards our own final day,, I say; "Appreciate every day, love those close to you, share your love, and never these things for granted!"

[iwsbull]

It appears you know what’s important the hard part is remembering it. I often forget that myself until someone brings it up or when my wife and I set out on the deck or I look at my son and wonder where the time went as he is now engaged.

[bushog]

I can relate…..she is a nice lady….

[bula]

Agree with all. This Oct, what was to me, start of bow season an grouse season, became our anniversary. That was , well 40yrs this fall. Last Sunday I broke a rib or two and a partial hamstring tear doesn't want to heal. She had carpel tunnel surgery monday. We've been taking care of a lot of each others little needs. The silver lining to this past horrible week has been a uptick in intimacy of the non-sexual kind, and as important to a long term relationship. Stay the course, and  Thank You LORD. The day we met, I was to be on a short run day, per my schedule, 6-8 miles. My schedule was carved in stone. At the cross road where I was to turn to make that mileage, I didn't turn, and went on to a later turn and total or 18 miles to get back home. So went past her high school and saw her out front.. I've always believed a little divine guidance was involved. 

[singleaction]

Turning 50 in 6 weeks and my wife has put up with me a little over half that time. I’m a little neurotic, I guess, as I’ve often thought I’m getting old since I turned 30. My wife reminds me to just enjoy and cherish the moment, work less, and do things that are truly important, like spend time with the kids. I worked way too many hours in the oil field when they were growing up, and now they are grown up and out of the house. I feel desperate to spend the time with them that I should have done years ago, but you know how that goes…”Cat’s in the cradle…”

[RDW]

Man Oh Man Oh Man. It just Keeps on a Coming. Hahaha.
Not one hour had passed since i wrote this post, My Little Rat Doggie who is 18 years old and couldnt hear or see anymore, and laying right behind me in the office as im typing .
Let out one last yelp as if he was chasin a wooly booger or hob Gobblin in his sleep and cut the throttle, shut off the fuel and dumped the chutes for his last pass.
Looked up at me and went to sleep for the last time. Man he was a trooper. 18 years old. whats that in dog years? A hundred and twenty something.
He sure was a cool little pooch. I sure loved him. Really gonna miss him at the beach. He loved to chase crabs and would get on the surf board or boogie boards with me and ride like the dickens. He has gone back and forth with me every day to the shop ever since i got him. The lady i got him from when he was about 4 said they named him Camper because he stayed at the shelter with them so long. Nobody wanted him because he was a Matty little grey rat Dog. He had so much personality though, i took him instantly and he has been a great freind now for all these years. Changes and adjustments huh? Well i still have my Horse dawg here with me. 160 Pound labradane. Shes sulking to. Have to get us a new puppy soon. Amazing how attached you can get to a dog huh? But you look at 10,000 year old cave wall paintings and you see men going for a hunt while the women gather and cook, and the kids being babysit or playing with Wolves or dogs. They say dog is mans best freind and i agree. I guess thats why we named them DOG, GOD backwards.
Sure gonna Miss ole Camper.

[aciera]

That’s tough Ronnie. It would be tougher if you never knew them. Pups get to ya. And some stay pups all their lives.
Read thru this thread. My lil girl is 47 now. Her mom wanted to be a Yuppie so I became a single dad when she was 8.
Every thing else in life is way down the list.
I’m over 70 and have said goodbye to so many folks in the last 2 years.

You are right. Time and tide waits for no one.

I’ll steal a quote also.

Get busy living……or get busy dying.

[rWt]

My sympathies, Sir!

I lost my best buddy, an English Setter named Winston, in November. We were together for 16 years.

[kings6]

Losing our fur companions is a whole different kind of loss! I feel for you Ronnie, I really do. I still miss the little Boston terrier we lost last year.

[RDW]

Mar 4, 2024 12:44:02 GMT -5 aciera said:

That’s tough Ronnie. It would be tougher if you never knew them. Pups get to ya. And some stay pups all their lives.
Read thru this thread. My lil girl is 47 now. Her mom wanted to be a Yuppie so I became a single dad when she was 8.
Every thing else in life is way down the list.
I’m over 70 and have said goodbye to so many folks in the last 2 years.

You are right. Time and tide waits for no one.

I’ll steal a quote also.

Get busy living……or get busy dying.

Love the quote. How true it is.