Getting2knowu, 88

WHERE DO I START: Hmmm... OCTOBER 23, 1935 IN MY GRANDPARENTS FARM HOUSE IN ORCHARDS,WA, A LOUD MOUTHED KID OPENED HIS EYES TO A GRAND NEW WORLD...NAW, THAT'S TOO FAR BACK. LET'S JUMP FORWARD: FLYING PAST THE KID GROWING UP PRETTY MUCH ALL OVER THE WESTERN USA; PAST A STENT IN THE ARMY DURING THE KOREAN WAR; PAST FALLING IN LOVE WITH, AND MARRYING THE GIRL OF HIS YOUTHFUL DREAMS; PAST 52 YEARS OF MARRIAGE, THREE KIDS - NOW SCATTERED ALL OVER THE WESTERN USA; PAST TIMES OF DELIGHT AND SORROW,ENJOYING THAT CHAPTER OF LIFE; AND PAST THE CLOSING OF THAT CHAPTER OF LIFE. [SOME MEMORIES ARE RETAINED; SOME GOOD, SOME BAD... BUT THEY ARE NOW ONLY MEMORIES] ... AND, NOW, HAVING CLOSED THAT CHAPTER, HERE I AM TODAY: 80 YEARS BY THE CALENDER, BUT YOUNG AT HEART - AND HAVING BEEN DECLARED IN GOOD HEALTH BY THE DOCTORS DECEMBER OF 2015. I HAVE A SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE, AND A PLACE IN MY HEART FOR LOVE TO COME KNOCKING; A GUY THAT LOVES LIFE AND CARRIES NO PAST BAGGAGE [BUT REMEMBER, I HAVE LIVED LIFE AND I KNOW THE DARK SIDE AS WELL AS THE BRIGHT SIDE]; AND I AM A GUY THAT HAS EXPERIENCED GOD'S FORGIVENESS AND LOVE; AND WHO IN RETURN LOVES GOD. I AM ALSO A GUY WHO, DUE TO WIFE'S EXTENSIVE MEDICAL BILLS, LOST EVERYTHING FINANCIALLY... BUT WHO HAS ADJUSTED WELL TO LIVING ON A SMALL SOCIAL SECURITY. I HAVE NO REGRETS, AND A LOT OF PEACE AND CONTENTMENT. BUT I DO MISS LOOKING INTO THAT SPECIAL SOMEONE'S EYES, AND SAYING FROM THE DEPTH OF MY HEART,"I LOVE YOU", I MISS THOSE SPECIAL DELIGHTS OF TOUCH, QUIET CONVERSATION, AND COMPANIONSHIP AS I journey THIS GREAT NEW ADVENTURE... HOW ABOUT YOU