Sorry about a downer thread,but this is what's on my mind right now,the older I get,the more I despise watching my family and friends die.Whether they are in a better place or not,I'm a selfish person and would rather they were still in this world in my life.
Being the youngest of 5 brothers and 1 sister I have endured losing one brother in Vietnam,and one more changed forever by that war.When the one that survived returned we bonded through hunting and fishing more than I did with the others,even though he was the oldest and myself the youngest.
Lost my Mom in 98',then lost my oldest brother in 2005 (he bought me my first gun and rabbit dog)and it was hard on me.Now my sister has breast cancer and is in a bad way,My father is 84 and slowly going downhill,which is painful to watch.The topper I learned this morning was my longtime friend who lived up the hollow from me growing up and we spent 5 decades together doing everything from work to play found out he has later stage colon cancer and the Docs gave him 4-6 months to live
at best.
What is even more terrible is he lost his job about a year ago and took work without any health insurance on him,then his stepson had a baby with another drug addict and they spend all their time in jail so Jack took the baby boy that is now 2-1/2 years old and raised it as his own,the little boy thinks the world of him and is by his side all the time,thinks my friend is his father.
I just don't have any idea what to do,no words can express my feelings at this time.
Glenn Pennington