| 3,008,0025 HEART BEATS and GOING STRONG!!!. some beats were faster than others!!! |
| TODAY IS MY BIRTHDAY...MY VERY SPECIAL DAY (as with everyone...a birthday is YOUR day..) On this birthday I want to send a message to everyone on my email list... YOU are there for a reason.. .you might be a life long friend that I have shared many UPS and a few DOWNS with, a Marine or Sailor that I danced the night away with, someone that I spent 8 hours a day with at a job, a former or present neighbor that shared an abode, or a person that stepped in and out of my life... but not off my email list I have a little of YOU in my life, You are a part of Me AND for that, I'm thankful ITS THE PEOPLE THAT COUNT... THAT MAKE EVERYONE'S LIFE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE |
| ITS OKAY TO BE A LITTLE EGOCENTRIC ON YOUR BIRTHDAY... Ive earned it BELOW IS A LIFETIME OF PHOTOS PICK THE PLACE YOU ENTERED |
| My days in Hawaii |
| The day I left Hawaii, the first time, leaving my job and starting the second half adventure, Motor home trip Living in N. Caroliana and Fla. and back and forth to Hawaii |
| Spending special times with Brother Bob ... my dream to get old with Bob did not work out... he did not get old!!! |
| Life is good in Bakersfield kind of a full circle... I'm so very grateful for the life and health that I enjoy... sharing with son, Ken and friends .. I hope I can blow out all those candles before the fire truck arrives... ........................................................... THINGS i HATE Now people ask, when they see these pictures "Did that use to be YOU?" |
| Think this could be my defining PORTRAIT.. Life is a BEACH especially at Kailua or Bellows Beach |
| Wonderful days of Motherhood Ken and Carol |
| Don't know why I thought of this today... On my 12th birthday, I entered the La Jolla Rough Water Swim, which in those years was a 1 3/4 miles in the ocean, from Scripps pier to the La Jolla cove. I belonged to Florence Chambers swim team...all litttle girls from 10 years on up ... we swam a mile a day...for practice. On this day I won a trophy for placing in my division, but the AAU rules were so strict that they did not award me the cup and honors at the awards ceremony, because my birth hour was after the race started... As you can see, I did get the trophy later... THINK THE LESSONS LEARNED WERE Rules Stink Rules can be changed Better be happy within yourself for your accomplishments You will get your rewards...eventually...perhaps not as expected. MOSTLY All things are Temporary... PEOPLE MATTER MOST NOW TO KEEP THE OLD TICKER GOING FOR ANOTHER FEW MILLION MORE BEATS Thanks for the cards and messages Aloha, Bow |