Papa’s World – May 7th. 1949 – 77 years – ME!

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I was born in Olean, N.Y., at Saint Francis Hospital.

I had a sister, 15 years old at the time, and a brother, 10 years old at the time.

My mother’s mother lived with us.

Grandma took care of me as both my parents worked.

My earliest memory is sitting on her lap on the front porch-

And seeing a neighborhood young boy across the street-

On his way walking to school!

I asked her when I could go to school, and she said in two years.

That would make me about four years old!

My younger brother was born about four years later.

Today I turn 77 years old –

And I think back to, “Where did the time go?”

Yet, I have no regrets as I feel blessed to have experienced all that my life offered.

The first 30 years I spent living in a small town in NWPA –

Near the border of WNY –

In what is called ELDRED, PA.

At 18 –

One week after I graduated from H.S.-

I started work at AMERICAN OLEAN TILE –

Across the border in Olean, N.Y.

And – 47 1/2 years later –

Retired from the same company, now called DAL-TILE!

After transferring in 1999 to NVA –

Working at six different locations –

I ended up in Dulles- Chantilly –

At the Slab yard – Sales Service Center warehouse.

I wore many hats during those 47 1/2 years.

I also met Sherry at the Olean Factory –

She was in Payroll, and I was in shipping.

That was around mid 1980 –

That we began to date after she went through a divorce-

And I did too!

We were married on June 25th. 1982!

That was almost 44 years ago!

My two sons still live back in that area –

And her two daughters live in NVA!

We now live in Ocean Isle Beach in N.C.-

Near the border of S.C.

We moved during the Pandemic –

Form here in NVA –

To North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

We eventually had a house built in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach on the mainland in N.C.

The Pandemic changed our lives –

We sold our home after 14 1/2 years –

It went way up in value as the 401K dropped.

We said our goodbyes –

Loaded our car and left for the South.

Warmer weather –

And live out our senior years.

Our health was a big factor these past Twenty Years!

So we did the research – read the published studies and decided to take a supplement!

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Today I am 77 years old – In two months, Sherry will be the same.

On June 25th.

It will be 44 years since we got married.

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Papa’s World – Memories of good times!

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Sherry at the BILTMORE ESTATE on one of our trips.

We have been here twice and want to visit during the holiday season to see the decorations!

In 2020, during the Pandemic –

We spent the first nine months here in North Myrtle Beach until our new home was finished!

We really explored all of the area and into N.C.

This area was high on our list, but we just could not find anything that did not require a lot of money-

To update!

A lot of good memories from our time here!

June 25th, 1982 – our wedding day!

It seems like only yesterday –

All the years have gone by-

GOOD MEMORIES!

While we were in ASHVILLE,

We visited the SERRA NEVADA BREWERY!

We were on a tour and saw how the beer is made-

And then we did a tasting!

GOOD MEMORIES!

LOL – However – I like PBR!

In fact –

We have a local hangout on the beach –

Called – “PELICANS PERCH” –

Where can I get $2.00 PBR’S!

Last time there with my buddy – Bob-

We each had three PBR’s and a meatball sandwich,

And a bag of chips –

FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $17.00 each!

GOOD MEMORIES!

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At a resort just outside Asheville-

We just stopped and looked around.

GOOD MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Ten years ago – the CALM before the STORM!

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We lived at Minerva Drive in Brambleton, Va.

For fourteen and one-half years!

Ten years ago – the day started out sunny – somewhat warm –

And we took our normal two to three-mile walk –

That we did every day!

It was a calming day –

And the weather forecast was that a storm was approaching!

We lived in a community just behind the DULLES AIRPORT!

This is Northern Va., and while we did get snow and ice-

It stayed green outside until early winter.

LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE –

WAS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM!

A view from the porch steps of the intersection in front of our home!

To the top left is the house that –

THE DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE COUNTER TERRORISM LIVED FOR THE FBI!

He retired before we did.

And moved away!

This is the intersection that I was watching from my chair on the front porch when a car pulled up at an angle-

In the middle of the intersection.

A man rolled the window down,

And he leaned out and started taking pictures of the house.

I was caught by surprise,

And it was over in mere seconds.

He did a U-turn in the middle of the street and sped off back the way he had come.

Later that day, I walked across and spoke to my friend –

I told him what had happened.

He asked me if I got the plate number,

And I said “NO” –

It was all so quick,

And I did not even think about it!

He then told me –

His wife had seen a BLACK SUV pull up across the street –

On the right-hand side, park.

She recorded the plate number and called him at work in the capital.

He ran the plate number,

And it came back –

It did not exist!

He had been testifying in Congress against the Chinese –

He took out his wallet –

And handed me his card with his name and phone number on it!

He told me if I ever saw anything again-

Call him right away and try to get the plate number!

I never saw anything after that –

But I still have his card,

Although he retired years ago.

Anyway, that is a side story to the STORM and this intersection!

The next morning after I took this picture –

We woke up to this!

The calm had passed, and the storm became real!

As high as the snow is piled-

It was nowhere near as much of a storm we had while living here.

Sherry and I lived in NWPA and WNY for 50 years.

I can say – in NVA –

We had three storms-

That left more snow than we ever had back there.

Most was recorded by the DULLES AIRPORT –

From our second story, we could see the tower.

We had 48 inches in a day and a half!

National Harbor with Buck and Cindy!

Around the time we lived back in NVA.

Our house – the front porch and before the storm –

Christmas lights –

THE CAM BEFORE THE STORM!

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Papa’s World – As a SENIOR – AGING!

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AGING – Where have all the years gone?

With that being said, I feel blessed!

I am happy with my life- everything I have done and how I lived.

Now – in our SENIOR years-

We have settled in at Cameron Woods Community –

And in a few months, five years have passed!

We have made this home “OUR HOME” in our Senior years!

We enjoy golfing –

Not very good at it –

But – just being outside-

And the chance for a par, or if lucky, a birdie.

I am just happy not to lose my ball! LOL

We live near so many golf courses.

And I purchased a card called “THE TRAIL CARD”!

That gives me a discount on a great number of courses and as a guest-

Sherry also gets a discount!

Today, we are at the age of just being satisfied playing nine holes-

Then going out to dinner as we prefer to play around 2pm.

We have lifelong friends with whom we play or just get together-

Movie – dinner or a show!

Buck and Cindy were our neighbors back in WNY!

Today, we live 38 miles from them in OIB.

We now have a lot of friends who moved to NC and SC, and we meet up with them!

LIFE AS A SENIOR IS GETTING BETTER!


Our Community entrance!

We selected this community because of all the land and trees that are protected and will remain here.

Yet, we are but a few miles from the beaches, shopping, and entertainment.

SOUTH CAROLINA – the border is but 7 miles away.

Our community is quiet, yet we know many people.

My grade school buddy – Bob and his wife Pam-

Have leased a home nearby after 61/2 years of RVING all over the country!

They are testing it out to see if they like it here and yet still be a day’s drive from families!

Our neighborhood friends –

A friendly Steelers vs. Bills get-together!

Another football game watch!

At a open air concerts at the park in OIB!

Debby – Papa and Sherry –

On one of our many trips to the JUICE PLUS CONVENTION!

Being a SENIOR requires us to age as healthily as we can.

For me, making choices for my health in what I eat!

For Sherry – my go-to – helps me in making those choices!

She is a CERTIFIED HEALTH CONSULTANT!

She has guided me since my HEART ATTACK back in 2013.

I LISTEN!

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Papa’s World – Well being – Memories!

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Our senior years – making memories and remembering them!

Not as easy as it sounds!

We both have calendars-

Which we write down all sorts of things!

MEMORY JOGGERS I call them!

I also make notes and keep them within sight!

This is all part of aging!

On Monday, Wednesday and Fridays –

I can go to the recycling-

At the park across the street.

These are the days when the bin is changed.

Then there is Tuesdays!

That is the day we make sure all trash baskets in the house are cleaned out!

The garbage bin is rolled out around 4pm.

Wednesday morning –

The garbage truck comes and empties around 9am.

BUT – That sometimes does not happen until the afternoon!

WHY? I do not know –

But to make sure it is out there –

We- the neighborhood – put out the trash late Tuesday afternoon!

So – for memory – that takes care of Monday – Tuesday – Wednesday and Fridays!

SPORTS!

Football – NFL – they play multiple days of the week!

And we have two favorite teams –

The Commanders and the Bills!

And that helps with memory also!

For me, I also follow college basketball –

My team is The Saint Bonaventure Basketball BONNIES!

Ever since my father took me to games in the mid 50s-

I have been a faithful follower!

SPORTS HELP ME TO REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE WEEK!

As does CHURCH!

Sundays – we belong at Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church of Sahllotte-

Right on highway 17 – some ten minutes from our home.

Another reminder of what day of the week it is!

We accept the Senior life!

We volunteer – we help when we can and donate what we can.

Life as a senior can be eventful –

You just make it as you can and accept what you can not do!

LIVING HEALTHY AS YOU CAN!

Doctors – meds- appointments – all part of being a SENIOR!

WELL BEING – LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER!

FAMILY – STAYING IN TOUCH AND SEEING THEM WHEN WE CAN AND ARE ABLE!

We have been maintaining our healthy living for over TWENTY years.

Aging as healthily as we can into and through our SENIOR YEARS!

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We help one another to remember in our SENIOR YEARS!

I do most of the driving –

She does the directions, and it works for us!

I AM PAPA, and SHERRY is my love.

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Papa’s World – Life in NC at Cameron woods!

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At the entrance to Cameron Woods Community at Thanksgiving!

For the fourth year in a row-

The community gathered and walked to the entrance to do a “TURKEY TROT”!

They meet at the community center and walk together to the front, and then those who want-

Continue to walk the different side streets!

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –

The “WHY” we chose to build our home and live here.

A previous year of meeting to walk.

The group has gotten larger each year.

Our front porch in Cameron Woods Community!

This is the one thing I wanted –

A FRONT PORCH!

Covered from rain and shaded from the hot Carolina sun!

I sit here and say hello to those who walk by or wave to those riding by.

You can say it is my little place of heaven as a senior!

Our journey brought us here as seniors.

Today, we have no plans to sell and move on!

This is our final home.

WE ARE BLESSED to have been able to do this!

FRIENDS – FAMILY have all shared our home here.

That is why we designed it to do just that!

Health – well-being – senior living!

All factors into this.

Every year, we reset our healthy living!

We maintain a healthy lifestyle so we can stay in our home.

Life is short-

A healthy life prolongs that life.

For over TWENTY years, we have been building our IMMUNE systems to stay active and healthy!

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Papa’s World – Sunshine – blue skies – beach life!

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A view of Ocean Isle Beach from the “GROIN” area looking SW.

The area behind the “GROIN” pictured here –

It is eroding fast!

The dunes are almost gone, along with the trees and vegetation.

The surf comes in and pulls the sand out.

The “Groin” was put here to stop that from happening where the houses are.

A beach replenishing pumped acres of sand in from dredging operations.

First and second avenues had disappeared, and third avenue was in danger of vanishing!

At high tide,

The ocean water actually was almost under the white house-

But for huge sandbags –

Surrounding it!

Those bags remained there, and sand blew in over them.

Such is beach life –

We chose to stay on the mainland –

And commute to here when we want to!

SUNSHINE – BLUE SKIES and BEACH LIFE!

This is the OIB public park on the island.

Open-air concerts are held here from mid-May to the beginning of October.

After October, there are festivals held here!

It is one of the perks we knew of when we decided to build our home in –

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY!

SUNSHINE – BLUE SKIES and BEACH LIFE!

Our home –

The driveway looking toward the sunrise in the East.

This part of the coastline faces almost due South-

Because of the curvature from Charleston to the Outer Banks.

The storms tend to come up the coast and veer out, but sometimes –

They hit.

We have had one Category One storm.

It was scary, and not sure if we will stay for the stronger ones.

We are back some two to three miles from the coastline.

It is the wind I worry about and the protected nature trees we have here.

We have protected wildlife areas here and large trees behind the house.

But – the wind seems to come sideways, and the trees move in that direction-

And not toward the house.

The beauty of all the trees is one reason we chose this community-

Instead of all the clear-cut ones.

And in the picture, you can see a little part of all the trees!

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2024- on the beach celebrating our 75th birthdays with family!

We have now going on five years-

Being in our current house.

We are living our best senior years here.

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Papa’s World – Family times!

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A picture of Sherry and me with five granddaughters!

Left to right: Sarah – now a freshman in college-

Maddy – Graduated from college –

With Enviormental Science degree and is working!

Sherry – holding Cassidy, who is a freshman in H.S.

Papa, who is holding Taylor, a freshman in H.S.

Ella, who graduated from college with a degree in Elementary Physical Education!

This is before Bode, and the twins were not even walking!

FAMILY TIMES!

Marcus, Bode, and I are at a restaurant for lunch!

Bode is now in 5th. grade about to go to middle school.

Marcus runs his own company in NVA doing insurance claims.

This was at the OLD ANCHOR BAR AND GRILL in the Villages of LEESBURG!

This is a franchise and a Buffalo Bills bar and grill!

BUFFALO CHICKEN WINGS!

Papa – holding Taylor and Cassidy!

Taylor and Csssidy with MARLEY –

First day of H.S.

FAMILY TIMES!

Ella – Maddy and Sarah –

All grown up!

FAMILY TIMES!

Debby – Maddy – Ella – Sherry and Sarah.

SWEDISH GENES-

FAMILY TIMES!

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The kids have had almost all their lives.

And the younger ones, while in the womb!

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Papa’s World – one last day at our daughters house!

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We spent a last day before we leave and go to South Carolina

at the house of Mike and Debby’s

with the two granddaughters!

Ella pushing Sarah on the tree swing

And we spent the entire day outside – chilly but bright sunshine.

This is how they live – hiking – sports – outside – campfires!

Their home is beautiful – set in the fringe of the woods.

The girls have lived here for 15 years

He has a complete backyard with different skill learning activities

A fire pit

There is also a zip line and in winter – a run to slide in the snow.

A trampoline – hiking trail –

Soccer practice equipment

It also was the second weekend of the community wide garage sale!

We helped them set up and take down.

Had to wear my jacket as it was in the low 60’s!

We planned this so we could spend one last time before we leave.

It is never easy to say goodbye

but the upside will be a place to come and visit

and being retired we will come back often

we are keeping our doctors – and dentist –

Mother and daughter
Bonding mother and daughter
This goes for both daughters Debby and Tammy! LOL!

We took them out for dinner the night before

sharing one last meal

missing our oldest granddaughter

who is away at college!

Sarah you just never know what she will do! LOL
Ella and her mother

Life is never easy – leaving will be hard – but – it is time.

We have all been close in NVA.

For over 21 years.

Proud of Debby – she gave up creamer!!!!

Our last day was spent just like we expected

outdoors – blue skies – sunshine –

a little chilly – campfire the night before

eating healthy –

loving life and watching the girls

have so much fun togehther

laughing – playing –

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Papa’s World – Past memories – family and friends!

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My journey through life these past 45 years has been amazing!

You see –

That is about the time Sherry and I started seeing each other, plus a few months.

Our lives together have spanned all that time.

We raised two sets of children –

Her two daughters and my two sons (they still lived with their mother).

Those days were a struggle as money was just not there.

But we made do!

June 25th. 1982 – our wedding day.

The early years were spent living way out in the country!

The daughter’s school was about eleven miles away,

And my son’s home is about fifteen miles away.

We were constantly driving the kids back and forth.

Our driveway was 1/10th of a mile long!

Good for sled riding in winter snows –

But had to be plowed often.

We could just see the neighbor at the end of the driveway,

And the same across the hill at the other neighbor.

Cindy and Dottie –

Two of our earliest friends,

Along with Buck and Jimmy, their husbands.

Cindy – Dottie – Sherry – Buck and Jimmy!

Our friendships have lasted since the end of the 70’s and into the 80’s!

We have vacationed together and traveled the world.

Our children were all involved with us as friends!

Today we are all retired –

All have grandkids.

Life has been good-

And as seniors –

We live as healthily-

As we can.

We have taken a supplement for over TWENTY years!

Building our IMMUNE systems –

Which, in your senior years, is so important!

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Papa’s World – Living life one day at a time.

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Living life for me is one day at a time!

After experiencing a major heart attack-

I have learned life is short, and unexpected obstacles appear.

That being said –

I now only look ahead to the day in question and live it to the fullest.

Sherry and part of her “TEAM GENERATIONS”!

She and her two daughters –

Twenty-odd years ago –

Formed “TEAM GENERATIONS” –

To help grandchildren with healthy eating and lifestyle –

To go toward “GENERATIONS” to come.

Mothers who teach their children the concept of FRUITS- VEGETABLES and BERRIES-

Nutrients in daily consumption.

As “TEAM GENERATIONS EXPANDS –

All up and down the EAST COAST-

Families are entering their children into the Juice Plus Childrens Reaearch program-

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As long as they continue –

They can sponsor one child –

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These capsules are loaded with the dry powdered nutrients of 30 fruits, vegetables,

And berries if you also take the Vineland capsule.

Plus – if the child has trouble swallowing the capsules –

It is available in GUMMIES!

They are all entered into a database by the parents-

And their health is tracked for years –

The research program shows the health benefits of these nutrients.

TEAM GENERATIONS – twenty plus years –

Getting healthy one day at a time!

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Tammy – Sherry and Debby – Mother and Daughters –

Over Twenty Years ago –

Started “TEAM GENERATIONS”!

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Papa’s World – In our world – family-Friends!

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Andrea and Troy – my son and Sherry on the pier!

FAMILY is so important to us.

My sons have driven some 15 hours to come and visit us!

Trisha and Shawn – my younger son, Sherry, and Papa.

They have been down several times –

And want to come in mid-summer to see the Sea Turtles hatch!

Having family stay was a major consideration when we built this house.

We have room for them.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN THEY COME BACK!

FAMILY TIME!!!

FRIENDS are also important to us.

We have lifelong friends whom we see two or three times a year.

Cindy – Debbie – Dottie and Sherry!

We try to get together for long weekends and golf.

The four guys –

Waiting for the gals to tee off.

No – they said to go first! LOL

We play a scramble against them –

And after much discussion –

Strokes are given –

Not many because it is close without them!

And we won by “ONE STROKE”! WHEW!

It is always a fun long weekend.

FRIENDS ARE AWESOME!

FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – Life in general!

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In this year –

We have reset our goals.

As aging seniors –

We take care of one another.

Our goals are to age healthily as long as we can.

For me-

I do not drink sodas – and have cut out milk entirely.

I also have cut way back on having the occasional beer!

I limit my intake of red meat –

I watch out for starches because I am borderline diabetic.

I take meds for that.

I blog every day –

For this is a journal of our lives!

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It keeps my mind active in memories!

Writing them down and storing them on my WORDPRESS site.

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Taylor -Cassidy and Tammy.

Youngest daughter and granddaughters.

Debby – oldest daughter!

Debby – her husband Mike and the three oldest granddaughters –

Sarah – Ella, Maddy, and her boyfriend, Kendrick.

The six grandchildren with Bode, the only boy!

Marcus – Bode and Tammy!

THE BILLS WANT TO MAKE YOU SHOUT!

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The grandkids were raised on it!

They all got it for free as they were sponsored by one adult!

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LIFE IN GENERAL is mainly for GENERATIONS of grandkids and great-grandkids to come.

To see who we are and how we lived.

Our families –

Friends and where we lived.

From our beginnings –

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Papa’s World – One day at a time – LIFE!

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Living is far from simple!

Living healthy is not easy!

So – I have taken this for me –

“TO LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME”!

When you have ailments that prevent you from walking long distances-

At least in my case –

I still go out,

Although I take shorter walks.

My problem is my right calf.

After a walk –

It starts to hurt, and I begin to limp!

There is a 50% blockage there –

But – it is calcified and will not break free.

I just have to work through it until I can no longer endure the pain afterward.

I am monitored by a vascular doctor-

My heart doctor and my GP!

All those early years of poor eating led to this.

I still maintain a healthy lifestyle –

Eating healthy –

For the past twenty years.

I still walk short distances –

With no pain and no problems.

But – I am learning –

I am doing what I can –

And thanking God that I have lived my life –

I am closer to 80 than 70!

I still golf as long as I have a cart.

And it still is fun for me!

LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

I am blessed to have a wife who coaches me –

Watches over me, and we are growing old together.

After twenty years –

I still need to take this supplement-

To help me on my journey!

Those early years – if only I had them back!

But I am committed to this every day.

I believe it is helping me!

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I am enjoying every day –

I love my life-

I am still here-

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Papa’s World – All things past!

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Sherry and I both believe we should care for our neighbors-

Friends – Family and all others –

We do not hate – we believe in the teachings of our religion.

We care for the less fortunate and try to help where we can.

Volunteering – helping to raise money and goods.

That is who we are.

We are grateful for our life together after all these years!

Soulmates- friends –

As we are one.

Five granddaughters –

One grandson –

They all are older now-

But-

Much joy comes when they visit,

And we visit them!

ALL THINGS PAST INTO the PRESENT!

Today, we capture the last time we were all together,

The past to the present-

Grateful to have the time to spend together.

Past – FRIENDS –

And still friends to this day-

Decades and decades of friendships!

Always laughing –

Present – the friendships are passed down to the next generation!

Mothers and daughters.

ALL THINGS PAST TO THE PRESENT!

A HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM!

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EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER INSIDE!

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To make the world a better place!

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Papa’s World – “The Lords Food Pantry”!

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Sherry and I volunteer through our church-

Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church – Shalotte, N.C.-

For the ministry of the South Brunswick Interchurch Council.

Our congregation is responsible for the second Saturday of every month-

To provide volunteers to dispense food to those in need.

For over FORTY years –

What is known as “THE LORDS FOOD PANTRY” –

Has been a community partner –

In addressing the issue of food insecurity in Brunswick County, NC.

To give you a scope in size-

Brunswick County, NC. –

Is roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island.

A population of 166,866!

Brunswick County is one of the fastest-growing counties in the USA.

Brunswick County has a poverty rate of 14%!

That is over 23,600 individuals.

The number of clients The Lords Food Pantry served in 2024 –

Was 32% higher than 2023 –

And in 2024, served over 23,000 individuals.

2025 most likely was even higher.

During the first six months of 2025 –

The Lord’s Food Pantry –

Provided life-sustaining food for three days –

To an average of 642 children, 987 adults, and 573 seniors per month!

NO ONE WAS TURNED AWAY!

The food given will feed them for three days of the week.

I usually check in the cars and get them parked.

What strikes me most are the Seniors.

Many can not get out and walk.

Yet are grateful for the assistance we give them.

In talking to them –

They have many aliments and some have breathing problems.

It breaks my heart to see them in such shape.

The Lord’s Food Pantry has outgrown the space they now have,

And the lease is up in a little over a year.

They have moved to several locations in the 40-plus years.

Outgrowing each other as the population of the poverty level increases.

Today, the need for support is more than ever.

A plan has been put forth –

Seeking donations and grants –

THE LORD’S FOOD PANTRY is seeking a long-term location –

One that will not require a year-long lease and provide the space needed to serve-

The Brunswick County poverty level.

If you choose, you can support with the following information.

The Lord’s Food Pantry

3610 Express Drive

Shallotte, NC 28470

Phone number- 910-477-3430

email: thelordsfoodpantry@gmail.com thelordsfoodpantry.org

Mailing address – P.O. Box- 1461

Shalotte, N.C. 28459

The new fundraising drive to find a permanent place to call the Brunswick Food Pantry –

Is – ” FEED MY SHEEP”!

A ministry of the South Brunswick Interchurch Council!

If you would like to learn more and or donate –

The address and email above are for you to consider.

The area churches are all involved, and more are added as time goes by.

Sherry and I welcome all the support for this endeavor.

Volunteering in our own senior years –

Reaching out to those in need through our own church –

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Papa’s World – Refelctions of the past!

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And then the sun sets in Cameron Woods Community!

Our three oldest granddaughters are jogging down the street toward us!

Sarah – the youngest – is now a freshman in college!

Maddy – graduated from college with an Environmental Science degree-

Now works for a national Environmental firm.

Ella – graduated from college as an Elementary PHYSED teacher-

And now teaches in Loudoun County, VA.

From Sunset to walking the beach at sunrise with family!

It is not often that all three granddaughters are here at the same time.

But the family came for a visit before they all became really busy.

Thus, these pictures are –

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST and for future generations of the family to see!

That same view facing SW as a storm approaches.

These storms roll in off the coast –

From a westerly direction and sometimes –

From the SW.

The coastline here is unique.

Because of the curvature from Charleston to Wilmington –

Our beaches face almost south!

We are somewhat protected from the major storms as they steer off in a NW direction.

BUT – major hurricanes have hit here in the past 75 years!

The Myers family –

Oldest daughter and her husband,

And their three daughters.

This picture was taken behind the church on OIB –

The sunset across the marsh!

CREATING FOR US –

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

For better health-

Education on health –

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Papa and Sherry –

Living our dream by the beaches!

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Papa’s World – More memories – friends!

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The high school I graduated from-

It was in 1967.

Otto-Eldred H.S.

I have many long-time friends from that era of my life.

I stay in contact with –

Some I see yearly –

Others through social media.

But the Memories are still present –

The times we spent together as youths.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Bobby – Pam – Sherry and Papa.

Here is my longtime friend from grade school – Bob.

We have stayed in contact all these years.

They have traveled the country for the last six plus years in an RV.

They decided to lease a house some nine miles from us for a year.

So – we play golf together –

See shows and have get-togethers –

Time spent in friendships!

From childhood friends to senior living friends!

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Here we are –

Buck – Cindy – Sherry – Papa – Dottie and Jim.

Dottie – Jim and I grew up in Eldred, Pa.

Buck and Cindy were our neighbors in Portville, N.Y.

But knew Jim and Dottie.

We have all been friends for decades and decades!

We all now live in N.C.

Jim and Dottie in the North of the state, and Buck and Cindy-

Some 35 miles from us.

We still get together –

We still stay in touch after all those years.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Three friends and their daughters.

GENERATIONS OF FRIENDSHIPS!

For our health, twenty-plus years –

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Sherry – Adam and Peggy.

We worked with Adam at American Olean Tile in the mid-90s.

Adam was my boss.

He went back to Armstrong before we were acquired by Mohawk.

They vacation yearly in North Myrtle Beach, and we get together –

MORE FRIENDS AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Writing for family!

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Sherry’s father – “Bill”!

A WWII vet –

And a master craftsman in building furniture!

He made three Hutches –

One for each daughter –

They come in two pieces –

The top has glass fronts and doors.

The bottoms have wooden doors and shelves.

The upper also has shelves where you can display your fine china, etc.

He was self-taught –

And would use a small piece of paper to roughly draw his creations –

And then from his mind –

Cut and plane the wood –

Making dove tails and smooth surfaces for staining.

He was also a union carpenter.

We have three of his pieces in our home.

I write this for all the great-grandchildren who did know him.

A journal of generational information for future generations to come.

Here is Sherry’s mother and father –

Barb and Bill.

Her mother’s mother was born in Sweden.

There are still relatives over there.

Barb was known to the grandkids as “GIGI”!

She married Bill when she was 17.

They had three daughters –

Sherry, the oldest, then Debbie, and finally Bonnie.

They all lived just outside Mount Jewett, PA.

On several acres of land, farm animals were growing up, including horses.

Mount Jewett was a Swedish community-

Built by Swedes in the mid-1800s.

Her father was Scotch-German.

Many fond memories of both her parents.

Bill was raised in Ludlow, PA.

And enlisted in the service for WWII.

A JOURNAL OF GENERATIONAL INFORMATION.

When friends gather on the beach.

We live near two beaches-

Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach.

This is a view from Sunset Beach looking North to OIB and the tall building!

We often meet folks and sit and talk near either pier.

We both wanted a warmer climate-

And as little snow-ice and freezing weather –

We still have four seasons here, but much milder.

Marcus and Tammy were early in their marriage.

They now have the twin girls –

Cassidy and Taylor –

And the only boy grandchild – Bode-

The twins are in High School,

And Bode is finishing elementary school

Going into middle school.

Golfing with decades-old friends!

Buck and Cindy.

We now live 38 miles from them and often get together.

For information – email and phone number –

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Friends Pam and Bob.

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Papa’s World – Positive writing!

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Cassidy – Bode and Taylor when they were little!

Today, Bode is about to enter the 6th grade. grade-

The two girls are about to be Sophomores in high school.

This picture evokes a positive thought and memory of the past.

Most likely will not happen –

But – you never know – just maybe it will!

THINK POSITIVE!

Spending time with Trisha and Shawn when they came to visit!

Always a POSITIVE THOUGHT!

Three friends –

DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

DECADES OF LAUGHTER!

DECADES OF BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT!

We have-

And we will continue to do!

POSITIVE THOUGHTS IN OUR LIVES!

LOL – SO TRUE!

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Sherry – on our honeymoon in 1982!

A VERY POSITIVE MEMORY FOR ME!

Top picture –

Bode when he came home –

Middle picture –

Taylor and Cassidy when they came home!

POSITIVE PICTURE ON BOTTOM-

ALL THREE AS THEY WERE GROWING UP – MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Memories of good times!

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Papa- Buck and Jimmy!

My longtime good friends.

Many memories of both golfing and vacations!

MEMORIES I CHERISH!

My life has been a roller coaster of ups and downs!

BUT – I would not change it in any way!

MEMORIES I CHERISH!

Sarah – the youngest granddaughter of the Myers family!

Here – she is shown in her Senior year of H.S.-

Standing under one of the two designs she made for her school.

They were commissioned and painted for the 75th anniversary of the H.S.

Thus, it will be here for years to come.

MEMORIES I CHERISH!

Cindy and Sherry –

We were neighbors for years on Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, NY.

She and Buck moved to Leland, N.C.-

In the mid-90s.

But – we maintained contact and throughout the years –

Went on vacations all over the world.

Today, we live 38 miles away from them and still get together!

MEMORIES I CHERISH!

Sherry and Papa –

On one of the many trails we walked back in Brambleton, VA.

We lived here for 14 1/2 years and thought this would be where we retired to!

That all changed in 2020 with the Pandemic!

We sold our home and moved to S.C. and N.C. –

Building a new home in Cameron Woods Community!

MEMORIES I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH!

When friends get together and go to an island to see wild horses!

This was off the northern coast of N.C.

All these years we have been friends!

Golfing – get togethers –

MEMORIES I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH!

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Our happy place – THE BEACH!

MEMORIES I WILL ALWAYS CHERISH!

My happy place to sit and watch the world go by!

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Papa’s World – Humor – Positive thoughts!

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LOL – In this case, I love vegetables!

But – it is also funny!

Yes, it is!

We both live life one day at a time.

Family, friends, and events.

Our home is now the center of all of this!

Before Bode-

Family with Sherry’s mother –

Known as GIGI!

Here – grandmother –

Mother and two daughters –

And FIVE granddaughters!

The Swedish genes run deep!

FRIENDS – for decades and decades.

Cindy – Dottie – Sherry –

Buck – Jimmy and Papa.

We have known them for decades.

We try to get together from time to time.

FRIENDS – lifetime memories!

Kindness is free – so is love!

Well –

Mine would be too short and to the right! LOL

Dottie – As I knew her when she married Jimmy.

Both were raised in the same little town of Eldred, Pa., as I was!

FRIENDS FOREVER!

WWII museum –

In the little town of Eldred, Pa.

MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Blogging-Thoughts-Humor!

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BLOGGING – I have always blogged about family, friends, humor, and Good Thoughts!

The purpose of my blogs –

To write a journal on our lives so that future generations –

Know who, why, and what we are!

With story lines and pictures.

Past generations – events – special occasions and vacations.

Where we were from –

And the places we have lived.

Cassidy and Taylor-

Fraternal twins –

Now in HS.

Taylor – cousin Sarah and Cassidy in our courtyard in Brambleton, VA.

All three were always playing together and dressing up!

Today, Sarah is a freshman in college, while the twins are in high school.

Maddy with Taylor and Cassidy.

I love the look on Cassidy’s face as she looks at Maddy.

Today, Maddy has graduated from college and is working as an Environmental Scientist-

For a national environmental firm.

Sherry – top left-

Debby, Maddy, Ella, Sarah, and Mike are behind them.

Family came to visit, and we went to OIB Park for an open-air concert- Free!

Cherish – the reason for my blogs- to see and read –

GOOD THOUGHTS-

Our favorite NFL teams.

I lean a little more to the Commanders-

While Sherry leans a little more toward the Bills!

But – we cheer them both on –

And when they play one another, we can’t lose!

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Sherry – driving the ball – you can see it!

This was on OHAU –

We vacationed there with our friends –

Cindy and Buck McBride!

Sherry and Cindy!

Buck and Papa.

Decades and decades of friendships!

We have traveled the world on vacations together.

Things we have carried through 2025 and now 2026!

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Papa’s World – Humor – Positive thoughts!

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LOL- Some smiles to start your day!

Buck – Cindy and Sherry –

On one of our many golf outings!

Friends for decades-

Traveling the world and golfing!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FOR US!

Sherry and I lived this era in our lives!

I actually rode a motorcycle and had long curly hair!

A part of my life that I fondly remember.

LOVE – PEACE – and HAPPINESS!

Yes, I am! LOL – In our home –

That is called teamwork!

My view after we drove ten minutes to the beach!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR ME!

My oldest son, Troy

Was on his visit here-

A couple of years ago.

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR US!

Papa with his youngest son, Shawn.

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR US!

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Papa’s World – Growing old – living healthy!

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In our senior years – closer to 80 than 70!

Our journey began in 2005!

We had moved to Fairfax, Va., and then to Brambleton, Va.

Sherry had been searching for a food supplement.

We had given up several unhealthy items in our diet.

She found a three-day vendor for health at the Convention Center in Washington, DC.

Known and sponsored by “NBC” for your health.

Hundreds of vendors –

Healthy supplements and food plans, including diets, etc.

Me – I took in the entertainment and the food courts! A NO-NO!

She found me later and said she found something –

That could change our lives!

JUICE PLUS – Fruits – Vegetables and Berries in capsules!

THIRTY OF THEM – two capsules of each every day!

And the research that backed up the claims of what it said it did!

PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS!

However, I was skeptical.

I am sort of PROVE IT BEFORE I BELIEVE IT!

Well – she did –

She ordered a three-month supply –

This is the recommended supply because it takes that long –

For every cell in your body to change.

Regenerate with all those nutrients working to make you healthier!

After two and a half months –

I saw improvements.

Her complexion – her hair was shiny, and her fingernails were growing faster.

She had what I would call a glow.

And she felt better.

That was when I decided to join her and ordered my own supply!

She was not getting sick as often,

And neither did I after three months!

And when I did, it was not as bad as before.

I was feeling better!

NBC for your health –

Lucky she found it,

And lucky to come across a vendor selling the product!

We also found out it had been in existence since the late 80s !

I wish I had known about it then.

I felt the change.

My hunger for more fruits and vegetables –

We change what we eat.

I no longer drink soda!

I no longer drink milk!

I have almost completely eliminated fast food.

I have cut way back on sweets,

And I actually control my weight better!

I now weigh ten pounds less than I did when I graduated in 1967!

I drink mostly water –

A beer once in a while –

No wine or hard stuff!

And it actually is sold in over 25 countries!

We have changed since we first started –

I feel we are healthier today –

Then back when we started!

The journey to better health is never-ending as long as you are living.

It takes commitment –

As when you make New Year’s resolutions –

It is hard to do.

Temptations are there.

We have made a difference in our family and friends.

No regrets, and I have never missed a day!

Here are our grandchildren –

For every adult order –

You can sponsor one child –

Ages 4 to 19 –

And if going to college –

19 to 25!

THEY WILL RECEIVE IT FREE AS LONG AS THE SPONSOR CONTINUES TO ORDER!

All six are Juice Plus children –

In the Children’s research program. FREE!

PAPA and SHERRY – closer to 80 than 70!

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Sherry has had a website for twenty years!

You can read – search the research –

See the price and order if you want!

And remember,

The children are free with each order.

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Papa’s World – Present days and past memories!

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Hard to believe –

The six grandkids are growing up!

Bode- the only boy –

Is in fifth grade!

Next is Cassidy and Taylor-

Both are freshmen in HS!

Then Sarah –

Freshmen in College!

Maddy and then Ella –

Have graduated from college and are working!

It seems like yesterday they were all at the beach –

Little Bode and the rest were sitting on the sand.

The present is upon us-

The past is memories!

Bobby and his wife Pam.

Sherry and Papa.

Bob and I go back to grade school.

Staying overnight at each other’s house –

Playing sports together.

Growing up in Eldred, Pa.

Today, they are spending one year near us in a rental –

After over six years on the road in an RV!

FRIENDSHIP of the PAST –

To FRIENDSHIP of the PRESENT!

YEARS OF MEMORIES!

The date-

6-25-1982!

After a year and a half –

We were married.

Combining two sets of children.

In those days, we were poor.

But we made it work.

Living way out in the country –

The driveway was 1/10th of a mile long!

Great for sled riding-

In the winter snows!

But days and days of mowing all the lawn and along the driveway.

Money was tight –

But we did what we could on packing food for long weekends camping in a tent-

Or her parents’ fifth wheel!

Four and a half years we lived out there-

In the country.

Many fond memories, and we do go back when we are up there –

To just bring back the memories and see it from the end of the long driveway!

PAST MEMORIES AND NOW THE PRESENT –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH – CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY – N.C.

The present – Cameron Woods Community – Ocean Isle Beach – N.C.

Making new memories –

For family and friends to visit.

Senior years – growing healthy together.

Aging as healthily as we can.

Our support system-

We have been on a mission for THE PAST TWENTY YEARS!

To bring health and well-being to our FAMILY first-

And then FRIENDS and COMMUNITY all up and down the East Coast.

TEAM GENERATIONS was formed TWENTY YEARS AGO!

Mother and two daughters – all the grandkids(GENERATIONS)-

And today it has grown –

Families and children and their children-

Healthy living –

FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES and OMEGAS!

INGESTING THE RECOMMENDED AMOUNTS directly into the BLOODSTREAM!

CAPSULES – GUMMIES and POWDER for drinking!

For each adult who subscribes and orders –

They can sponsor one child, 4 to 19,

FOR FREE!

And in college –

19 to 25!

Just pay the shipping!

That is a deal to help your generations of children to age as healthy as you can.

I will post the website –

YES, SHERRY has her own website-

No obligation –

Just to read – see the research-

And order if you want to.

TEAM GENERATIONS –

TWENTY PLUS YEARS –

YOU TOO CAN BE A PART OF IT!

AND YOU CAN OWN YOUR OWN BUSINESS OVER THE INTERNET JUST AS SHERRY DOES!

HER EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER can be found there,

And how to do this for $50.00 a year!

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THE PAST HAS CONTINUED ON INTO THE PRESENT

PAPA and SHERRY – GETTING CLOSER TO 80 THAN 70!

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Papa’s World – Looking around – beach life!

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My dream has come true-

The other day, we decided to go to the two beaches-

It was a dead winter –

But a comfy 55 degrees with lots of sunshine.

First, we drove for fifteen minutes –

Crossed over the causeway bridge-

And parked near the pier and entrance to Sunset Beach.

We walked on the wooden walkway to the sand and down to the water.

It was low tide!

Sherry kicked off her sandals, and her bare feet touched the sand.

GROUNDED, SHE SAID!

Me – I keep my sneakers and socks on –

The sand is too cold-

But others were walking barefoot!

The sand, surf, and blue skies with the warm sun –

Made our day trip worth it!

Then it was back to the parking lot and the car!

We decided to go back across the bridge, turn right, and stop at THE SUNSET BEACH PARK!

Here are the restrooms which I needed –

Sherry said she would meet me behind the pavilion.

You can view the ICW form here and watch the boats coming up and down the waterway-

Even in the wintertime!

It was time to journey to our other beach –

A fifteen-minute drive to Ocean Isle Beach!

It is here from mid-May to mid-October-

We volunteer for the Protection of Sea Turtles!

This May will be the start of our fourth summer!

We parked at the pier and walked out to the sand and to the water.

It is different here –

Sunset Beach is flatter, and the sand seems more like powdered sand!

The sand here is coarser and has more shells.

Yet, you can see Sunset Beach!

There is more beach erosion here with drop-offs!

Making it sometimes difficult to get to the flat areas and the surf.

But – on the plus side-

We are much closer here and only ten minutes to the sand!

Sherry decided to walk up to the Community Center –

And I would drive the car there and pick her up!

This beach is our favorite to go and watch the sunrise.

Here – we are by the groin to see the sun come up!

I parked the car and walked up the ramp and met her.

We sat down under the covered deck and just took in the sight-

Sun – Sand and Surf.

Our peaceful place and my dream after all these years.

LOOKING AROUND – BEACH LIFE- SHERRY and PAPA!

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Papa’s World – Family – Friends and Memories!

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The Kinzua Bridge( Via Duct) –

Just outside Mount Jewett, Pa.

Cindy – and Sherry.

Sherry was raised near here –

And this bridge is a historic landmark and now a State Park!

Built in the mid-1800s- Stretching across the KINZUA VALLEY –

The land of the Seneca Indian Nation-

It was built to transport coal from Pittsburgh to Erie!

It is almost one mile across and three hundred and ten feet high!

Trains traveled across, and this was considered one of the wonders of the world when built!

A couple of decades ago –

A TORNADO came through and took out half the bridge.

The remaining half has been preserved, and you can now walk out and view through thick glass all the way to the floor of the valley.

The rest of the bridge remains where it came down.

A center was built – like a museum-

And the whole area became a state Park!

Here, Cindy – who has been friends with Sherry since the 1980s-

Sits with Sherry –

Sherry’s father used to ride his snowmobile across the bridge.

A steam locomotive used to cross before it came down –

And while playing golf at the Kane Country Club golf course-

We would watch it come by a par three hole!

FRIENDS AND MEMORIES!

Bode – the only grandson from Sherry’s side of the family!

Before we sold the house in Brambleton, VA.

He would come to visit while his sisters were in school and his mother was at her consignment store!

Hours and hours he would spend playing games.

So quiet –

I would check on him every few minutes!

Here he was, maybe three years old.

Today he plays football, golf, basketball, and field hockey-

And more as he gets older.

He is now eleven years old and in fifth grade!

All boy – barefoot – short shirt sleeves and shorts-

Even when it is cold outside! LOL

FAMILY MEMORIES!

Our very longtime friends from Portville, NY.

Steve and Elaine-

We raised our families together-

Played volleyball together –

Golf together and spent many fun times with them before we moved to NVA in 1999!

Soon, they will move to Lynchburg, VA., to be near family!

I see in the future –

Trips for them to come and visit, and us going to see them!

Old friends and good times!

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Sherry with our friends Jo and Paul from Arizona!

Paul graduated from Smethport as did Sherry –

And Jo graduated from the Otto-Eldred as I did!

They came to visit before we moved in in 2020.

We did a week’s worth of tours of DC and the area.

We have traveled out to their home, and they took us on tours.

Good times with friends!

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Papa’s World – Remebering the past – into the present!

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Sixteen years ago –

At one of our cross-country Juice Plus Health Conferences!

Twice a year –

We made our reservations –

Booked our flights –

Every six months –

The Conference switched from the East to the West Coast.

Three days of learning –

New research has been published.

Sherry’s TEAM GENERATIONS –

Which stretches up and down the East Coast-

Attended and recognized.

The PAST continues into the present –

Now twenty years and going strong!

Taylor and Cassidy –

They would both crawl up onto my lap-

And watch the screen –

Flashing through photos of events and family, and friends!

Today, they are freshman in HS.

I miss these past memories –

But they are making new ones in the present!

REMEMBERING THE PAST INTO THE PRESENT!

Papa – on the far left-

Sherry – standing in front of him!

In the mid-80s-

We played volleyball together.

Here is our team, known as “THE BEACH CLUB”!

Even back then, we dreamed of one day living near a beach!

1989 – we won!

The league had 16 teams.

And it was a tough league-

You had to be on guard, or you would get smashed in the face with a spike!

Many fond memories with these friends from back then!

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

Point of Rocks across the border into Maryland.

A short ride from our home in Brambleton.

Exploring the area as we do in every place we live.

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

For fourteen and one-half years –

We called this home in Brambleton, VA.

But – the Pandemic hit –

The 401K went South –

But the increase in home value was too much to ignore.

WE SOLD –

And built a home in Cameron Woods Community-

In Ocean Isle Beach, NC, on the mainland.

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Sherry is pointing at one of the Crepe Myrtles I planted –

In front of our house in Brambleton, VA.

After finishing one of our walks.

I dug up and planted three of these on my hands and knees!

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The day RONNIE COX – on the right-

Star of the movie “DELIVERANCE”-

Stayed overnight with us at our house in Brambleton, VA.

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

Papa’s World – Memories from the past!

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Yes, it is!

A Tower Garden in our garage in Brambleton, VA, during the winter!

We have been growing our own Produce for twelve years!

Back in NVA, it was not possible to grow in the wintertime.

So – We set this one up with grow lights –

And ran it full time in the garage.

With the garage door down –

The temperature hovered between 40 to 50 degrees!

The grow lights –

Which ran on a timer at night-

Helped by radiating heat during the time they were on at night!

During the daytime the garage heated up inside until you opened the door.

We did this for years while we lived there!

Today, we have one tower Garden set up full-time in our back patio –

It is there year-round except when I take a day –

Tear it apart and clean it up!

Usually every six months!

We get twelve months a year growing here.

We put an aquarium heater in the water reservoir –

So in wintertime the water stays warm.

We have a metallic covering –

That has perforated holes –

To cover the entire Tower Garden –

Allowing sunlight –

While protecting from below-freezing temperatures!

This works as we have not lost any produce in four years of growing!

A MEMORY FROM THE PAST CONTINUES TODAY!

Trisha and Shawn – married – my youngest son!

And next to them is Troy –

My oldest son.

All three still live back in NWPA –

Where were they born and raised!

Today, they make the long trip down to our home-

Always looking for them to visit.

A PAST MEMORY LASTING INTO THE PRESENT!

This is Slavins’ furniture store just down the street from my home in Eldred, Pa.

I was allowed to roller skate on the sidewalk to here –

Then I had to turn around and go back to my house.

Today – this is part of the WWII museum!

Tour buses stop here-

So folks can walk through the museum.

The other wall has a WWII tank –

Bursting through the wall!

If you have a bucket list –

This is a must-see for such a little town in NWPA!

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My youngest son – Shawn –

He is a world-ranked pool player.

Last year – the team he plays on –

Won two World Championships –

Competing against teams worldwide in Las Vegas!

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Papa’s World – A look back!

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Number 10 – Maddy Myers –

Her senior year of H.S.

On the Loudoun soccer travel team.

She took it upon herself to drive 65 miles one way –

To try out and make one of the premier club soccer teams in the NVA area!

For two years,

She did this week in and week out

In the soccer season!

She excelled and was recruited to the University of Lynchburg!

Here, she played for four years.

In her Sophomore season –

She was named third team all-conference.

In her Junior year –

Second team all-conference-

And in her Senior year – CAPTAIN!

In those four years,

They won the conference twice-

And went to the NCAA tournament twice!

A LOOK BACK at family!

Debby and Mike –

Parents of Maddy – Ella and Sarah.

Here they are before marriage.

They met in college –

And today – 25 plus years later –

Have raised the three daughters – Maddy and Ella have graduated from college –

And Sarah is in her Freshman year of college!

A fond LOOK BACK AT FAMILY!

Our dear friends – John and Nancy –

Who now live just outside Charleston, S.C.

They attended the same church in Sterling, VA,

As we did.

We have maintained that friendship-

Visiting each other over the years we have lived in N.C.

A FOND LOOK BACK AT FRIENDS!

EACH MORNING WE WAKE UP BLESSED!

Now – Maddy – Debbby – Mike – Ella and Sarah.

A FOND LOOK BACK AT FAMILY!

Debby and Mike –

The day they were married.

A FOND LOOK BACK!

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We were neighbors in the mid-to-late 1980s.

On Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

In the mid-90s, they moved to the Wilmington, NC, area.

We are still friends – still get together – golf and travel the World together!

Sherry – Buck and Cindy and Papa!

A FOND LOOK BACK –

AND DECADES AND DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

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Papa’s World – Positive blogging!

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Human rights – Positive thinking – equality – women’s rights-

All part of our life growing together!

In our church and our faith –

Teachings that reflect the above –

And we try to live by this every day!

LOL – as true today as it was when Mr. Hogan said this!

We volunteer in the church – community –

And causes we can afford to support.

Life is being grateful for what we have and what we can do to help others!

We are now well into our senior years.

But holding a door open –

Helping someone who needs a little help.

These are things we still can do.

Being grateful – praying for those less fortunate,

It’s the little things in life that make a difference.

Our five grandchildren – top to bottom –

Ella – Maddy – Sarah – Taylor – Cassidy and Bode-

This last Christmas.

Fun times – cousins –

Grateful we had the time –

To spend time with them.

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Hoping future generations will read this-

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Papa’s World – Humor – Life – Good Thoughts!

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A trip back to Lake Holiday just past Winchester, Va. –

A Christmas tradition of CHRISTMAS IN A BARN –

Bethel Lutheran Church-

Above – Debbby – Maddy – Ella Sherry and Sarah.

Grandmother, mother, and three granddaughters!

This is a special time of year –

And as Seniors –

We still can make the trip back North at Christmas time.

THIS IS LIFE for us!

This is how we now live our lives as Seniors.

Every day is a new page in the book of life for us.

We cherish our life together.

Now going on 44 years, and before that, for a year and a half.

We have become each other’s caregiver.

Taking turns driving –

Running errands together.

Still able to plan adventures with family and friends!

LIFE is what we make it to be!

LAUGH – it makes you feel good –

Even if the above does ring some truth! LOL

Home now in the South –

Near the borders of NC and SC!

Our senior years will be spent here-

Now going on five years!

It is warm most of the year here.

In our senior years –

It is hard for both of us to brave the harsh cold-

Snow and Ice and even just the chill of a moderate winter!

Being comfortable in our home-

But – knowing that everyone is welcome.

Our home is set up for guests.

Sand – Beach-

And Surf –

But minutes away.

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Papa’s World – ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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Senior living – I guess it depends on whom you talk to!

Sherry and I gave this a lot of thought some twenty-plus years ago.

OUR GOAL?

To age as healthily as we could into and through our SENIOR YEARS –

For as long as we are capable of doing by ourselves!

We have made our will and our plans for either one in passing!

Don’t want to talk about it?

Well, it will not go away,

And it brings peace of mind when you make those plans.

Sherry and Papa in 2024, celebrating our 75th birthday!

Day to day – you do not know when something comes up –

And when it does –

The bond you have together gets stronger.

You lean on one another.

Thus – We live day to day –

One day at a time.

Here we are – married on 6-5-1982 –

Second marriage for both of us.

This was taken in early winter 2025!

We are closer to 80 than 70 in this picture.

Yet – we still look out for each other.

The lady I married all those years ago-

She still holds a fond place in my heart.

She encouraged me to start this blog some ten years ago!

For me, it is a way to keep my memory sharp!

It causes me to focus each day on our family, friends, and neighbors!

I want to write GOOD THOUGHTS –

HUMOR and NO POLITICS!

(which is hard to do!)

POSITIVE WRITING – POSITIVE THOUGHTS –

And GOOD HUMOR-

It is also my journal on family life –

Especially for future generations to come-

To know who we are,

What we did,

And where we came from.

I invite you to follow me –

And my blog!

It now has some 660 subscribers-

(Free) worldwide!

I only know maybe 4 or 5 of these folks.

Any day I can open my site-

And ten countries worldwide are reading!

I also advertise my wife’s website,

Which has products for healthy living-

And we selected twenty plus years ago-

To enhance our healthy aging!

Sherry has had this internet business all these years –

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To prove-

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On her site,

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We live with this one day at a time,

Aging as healthily as we can!

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Papa’s World – Everyday life!

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2025 – Our picture for the church directory!

We joined Saint Luke’s church – A Lutheran church –

Just ten minutes from our home on RTE 17!

Slowly, we are becoming more involved.

We volunteer on the second Saturday of the month –

For the South Brunswick – Food Pantry!

That is the Saturday assigned for our church-

In the area, churches to help out!

Also, Sherry signed up to help out with serving communion.

We take our health seriously!

A lot of food and drink –

We cut out of our lives twenty years ago!

Especially me!

I was a fast food junkie – (McDonald’s) –

And also ice cream and milk, and soda!

I do not eat many sweets –

But chocolate- (MILK) –

Is my downfall-

I am diabetic –

And must watch what I eat, (I TAKE MEDS)

I drink mostly water all day!

I do not drink wine-

Or hard stuff!

I will have a beer every once in a while!

In 2013, I had a major heart attack!

An open heart surgery with four bypasses!

So I am on medications –

But I follow a pretty strict guideline!

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Here we are in 2025 at 76 years old!

Our lives are to age as healthily as we can during our senior years –

Which we now are far into!

We still can live –

By ourselves –

Taking senior living one day at a time, healthy!

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Papa’s World – OIB – BEACH LIFE!

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Growing up in NWPA and WNY-

Vacation time was almost always a week at the beach!

In the early years –

It was in New Jersey –

Simply – the closest and easiest to get to from WNY!

Then – it was the Outer Banks!

Always – I had that internal feeling-

Someday – I hope to have this as an everyday part of my life!

Today, we have that opportunity –

We have moved to Cameron Woods Community-

In normal traffic –

A ten to twelve-minute drive to the beach from the mainland.

Above – Sherry and I –

We volunteer for the Protection of Sea Turtles!

From mid-May to mid-October –

We are on the beach almost every day!

Our dream of living near the beach has come true!

Our happy place-

On the beach – chairs- and shade from the hot sun.

I have to be careful – sunscreen is a must for me.

I visit the dermatologist every four months.

My Irish heritage is susceptible to pre-cancerous skin cancer from the sun.

So – I enjoy the sun, sand, and surf –

But I am also aware of the hot sun!

We have walked to the Kindred Spirit Mailbox a half dozen times!

And we have walked with family and friends!

It is a quiet walk –

No houses – just sand, surf, and dunes!

The pier at OIB-

Oftentimes, we go here to sit in the shade and watch the surfers!

When there are strong storms out to sea –

The waves here are a surfer’s paradise.

In 2024, we celebrated our 75th birthdays –

On a family beach vacation on OIB!

In our move to NC-

We wanted it to be a day’s drive- 6 to 8 hours for the family to visit!

And they all have been here numerous times,

Even though busy life- jobs and school limits-

Their time here.

We, in turn, travel back-

So every few months we reconnect!

Today – our home –

This is more than likely –

The last time we moved!

We have either built – or bought –

SIX homes!

This is the sixth!

Our BEACH DREAM IS HERE!

In our case –

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Papa’s World – Entertainment – living near the borders!

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The Greg Rowles Legacy Theater is only thirty minutes from our home in Cameron Woods!

While we live just across the border in N.C. –

There is a ton of Entertainment in S.C.

In the North Myrtle Beach area and Myrtle Beach.

Barefoot landing – House of Blues and The Alabama Theater!

And in Broadway on the Beach – shows and rides, and a huge boardwalk.

Carolina Opera is just down from the above, and there are other venues in between.

On Ocean Isle Beach –

for five months- May to September-

Open-air free concerts for the public.

Named Carolina Beach Bands!

Sunset Beach – Callabash – Shalotte-

Also have concerts-

Free to the public.

There are festivals all year round-

In the warmer weather.

I love music –

And I love BEACH MUSIC-

I listen to 94.9 THE SURF every day!

North Myrtle Beach –

For over 80 years –

Has become what is called “THE SHAG DANCE” –

It is famous and on their water tower –

A couple dancing to the “SHAG” is pictured.

Every four months,

They have a two-week festival,

And the whole town participates.

North Myrtle Beach celebrates every year on St. Patrick’s Day with a parade and festival.

My ancestors go way back to County Tyrone in Ireland!

The Fourth of July day parade!

On Ocean Isle Beach –

They have several parades each year.

Along with the above –

Memorial Day – Christmas – and other celebrations.

We also celebrate a healthy lifestyle!

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Papa and our oldest granddaughter – MADDY-

At the NMB Saint Patrick’s Day parade.

ENTERTAINMENT WHERE WE LIVE!

Family – at the concert – OIB!

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Papa’s World – Seasons- beach life!

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Living on the mainland of N.C. –

Near the S.C. border-

We have what I consider the four seasons – but warmer!

We spent the first 50 years of our lives-

In WNY and NWPA!

We were in what is called “THE SNOW BELT”!

65 miles South of Buffalo, N.Y.

And – honestly,

I have always dreamed of living near a warm sandy beach!

I was tired of the cold, ice, and snow!

I love the green pine trees –

And bushes that remain green during what is considered winter here.

Here – the day starts out cold –

If 35 degrees is cold –

And by noon, it is in the 50s!

I can live with that –

Not having to deal with snow, ice, and blowing cold winds!

50 to 60 degrees in late November!

The lawns are starting to turn a light amber brown –

But the oak trees are green –

The ferns are green.

Winter is almost here.

I can live with this!

A cold winter day –

Walking near the beach!

But – it is doable!

The beaches are empty.

The sound of the surf and birds-

Soft white clouds against the blue skies of N.C.

We are in the South!

This is winter for us!

Once the sun is up and well on its way to high noon-

It is warm enough to walk on the beach.

Yes – we have what I call four seasons!

This is our dream come true in our later senior years after retirement!

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Soon – we hope – family will once again join us for Spring Break!

The warm days are ahead for springtime in the Carolinas!

And once again,

We will be tour guides –

The Four Seasons of where we now live-

OIB in N.C,

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Papa’s World – Staying in touch!

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Friends: Bob, Pam, Sherry, Diane, and Papa.

Friends are important to us.

Over the years –

These friendships have grown and flourished.

We are blessed to have many people we consider friends.

From back in our DAL-TILE DAYS –

The Barndts – April and Brian.

Sherry and I worked with Brian –

They have visited the area several times in the past few years, and we have gotten together!

We left in 1999, and in 2012, the plane closed, and they moved to Gettysburg –

To one of our factories!

Today, they remain friends –

Again, we are blessed!

We have a group of friends from WNY and NWPA –

In the late 1980s –

We moved to Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, NY.

Here we lived next door to Mike and Carol, and across the street were Cindy and Buck!

Jim and Dottie were just across the border in Eldred, Pa.and I grew up with them.

We all have since moved – six of us in NC.

And two still in WNY!

DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

We are blessed!

We all lived back in NVA-

And today, two are in SC and four of us are in NC.

We still get together –

Blessings for our group!

Sherry and I have established new friends through our volunteering work in the protection –

Of Sea Turtles!

Here is a group of us on trash pick-up day on OIB!

New friends are new blessings!

Dottie and Cindy, and their daughters.

Decades of friendships!

Sherry and her daughters –

Forming relationships through their mothers.

All friends through the years!

BLESSINGS IN GENERATIONS!

A health blessing!

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FRIENDS – FOR DECADES!

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STAYING IN TOUCH! So many more for another blog!

Papa’s World – Life – humor – friends – thoughts!

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LOL- Start your day with a smile!

FRIENDS – Sherry – Pam and Bob!

Bob and I grew up in the same town and graduated together!

This is a freehand drawing by our granddaughter when she was 12 years old!

Cassidy is very talented.

She is on the varsity cheerleading team as a Freshman and also competes in gymnastics.

Taylor, Cassidy, and their mother, Tammy!

The girls are fraternal twins.

Taylor –

Rides horses – sings and plays violin.

She also plays basketball.

Cassidy, in addition to what I stated before-

Sings – did play the violin –

And acts in plays as does Taylor!

My GOOD THOUGHT for the day!

Marcus with Taylor and Tammy with Cassidy when they were small.

This picture was taken on the sled-riding hill directly across from our house in Brambleton!

The twins are now in H.S.

LOL- some more smiles for the day!

Cassidy – in the middle – highest –

She made the varsity in cheerleading!

She is very athletic!

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World – Peace – Love and HUMANITY!

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Papa’s World – Community and Beach!

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Good morning from Papa’s World and the entrance to our COMMUNITY!

Pictured here – (Sherry – middle right) – is the Cameron Woods Community-

Annual TURKEY WALK for Thanksgiving!

This was the fourth walk – every year since we moved in!

While I could not walk this year-

It was a good turnout, as it has grown every year from six to what you see here.

Also note – no children – that is because there are only a few in the entire neighborhood!’

We are mostly retired or soon to be!

Sunset between the trees in our backyard!

We have beautiful early morning sunrises and sunsets here.

One of the two reasons we selected this location –

I wanted a front porch to sit on –

And ours is in the shade almost the whole day!

I can sit out there most of the day if I want to.

The other reason is that Sherry wanted an office, and we got one!

Sitting on the front porch – seeing the sunrise –

Sitting on the back patio – seeing the sunsets!

The front porch I wanted!

The glider where I sit!

Protected, as you can see from the wet sidewalk from the rain!

Early morning sunrise from the front porch!

The beach – The pier and surf, and sand!

We always dreamed of beach living!

While we are on the mainland –

Ten minutes without traffic and we can stand here!

This is the life we have chosen.

We are blessed!

This is OCEAN ISLE BEACH with the causeway bridge we cross every day if we want to.

We are living the dream.

Never did we think this would come to be!

Our lives has changed!

FAMILY AND FRIENDS are still important to us.

And we built a home to accommodate both.

FAMILY – JULY 2024 – CELEBRATION ON THE BEACH FOR BOTH OF OUR 75th. BIRTHDAYS!

We also celebrate our health!

Twenty years ago, we chose this supplement!

Research and cost led us to this.

If this interests you –

Sherry became a distributor and has her own website!

Sold in over twenty countries worldwide.

The website: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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Papas’s World – Our life – Our family – humor!

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Good positive thoughts!

Sherry and I on the ICW –

Our life in the South-

Experience things we only dreamed about!

Our granddaughter, Maddy, on the day she graduated from college!

Today, she works for a large national environmental firm.

LOL – Happy to say I did –

Now in my senior years – MEMORIES!

When friends gather –

A reason we picked Cameron Woods Community!

Yes, it is – loosen up – smile and have a great day!

When grandkids were small, back at our home in Brambleton, VA.

Lots of memories and good times!

You know who you are! LOL

Our life- our family – and some humor-!

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Papa’s World- Reading- News and AI!

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I read – I do not listen to or watch cable news!

Talking heads – I can do without!

Since 1999, we have subscribed to the Washington Post –

That is because we transferred from WNY,

We subscribed to the Olean Times Herald.

Way before that –

I read the Bradford Era!

The Post was, for me,

First, the Sports section.

Then I read the paper front to back.

I also GOOGLE –

A lot of info and fact-check.

I have been turned off for years now on Cable News –

From the networks.

I do not need a talking head’s point of view-

Some are downright ridiculous!

Slanted one way or another.

BUT I SELECT WHAT I READ – I KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE and WHAT TO DISCARD!

NEWS – Breaking news of importance,

I will watch.

I am very careful –

About what I believe –

Trust – truth and verification are important for me!

After all these years –

I can pretty much tell right away if there is reality here or if someone is just twisting the facts.

I also look for humor.

Laugh – Smile and be Happy!

Good thoughts – Positive thoughts –

And I live one day at a time.

MARLEY – our granddog!

She is happy to see us.

She is lovable!

Soft – and cuddly.

A big teddy bear!

Life is too short not to like her!

LOL! SMILE – IT IS THE BEGINNING OF A NEW DAY!

Now – AI – what to believe and what not to.

It is getting harder as it improves.

So I guess for now –

If I watch it –

I will just file it away, and if it becomes true –

Then I will read about it!

One truth that I do know is this supplement!

We have both been taking this for twenty-plus years.

In our senior years –

Aging healthily is important to us.

The research that has been published.

Our own experience –

It is the real deal.

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Papa’s World – Being a senior – aging healthy!

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LOL- but there is some truth in this!

Now- well into our senior years – we eat less – I drink mostly water –

Sherry drinks iced tea!

We try to have a vegetable with our meals.

We grow our own lettuce year-round in our Tower Garden-

Outside on the patio.

In cold weather, an aquarium heater –

And a cover like a blanket that lets sunlight through!

So a fresh salad is almost nightly!

Tomato and cukes-

Peppers and radishes!

But – that is not enough.

We both like to eat dinner early –

By four pm. If we can!

That gives time for digesting before we go to bed-

Me- 8 to 8:30 pm.!

A lot of things I try not to eat due to digestive problems exist.

Being healthy as a senior can be trying!

You tend to take care of physical things more often.

Doctor appointments – blood tests – dentist appointments!

Skin doctors and sunscreen are common.

A lot of errands are to the above-

Driving each other to appointments.

Preventive treatment of illness is a priority when you are a senior!

Eating as healthily as we can.

Requires a lot of knowledge and selections.

I have given up Sodas – Milk- Candy ( as much as I can)

I only drink a beer every now and then –

Nothing hard,

And I do not like wine.

I try to stay away from fried foods – fast foods-

I love soups and boiled dinners. ( Must be the Irish in me!)

I have cut way back on salt -and sugars!

Making choices –

It’s a big part of our senior lives together!

We both take this to supplement for-

Our intake of fruits, berries, and vegetables.

There are nutrients of 30 of all three-

In a capsule form and gummies!

This has helped us make a difference in our lives for the past twenty-plus years!

There are also drinks to help out!

Our senior years require a healthy supplement!

This is ours,

And we have not missed a day in over twenty years.

2024 – July – as we celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family on the beach.

Aging healthily into the later part of our senior years.

If you would like some information on this-

Sherry has a website where you can email –

Phone number –

To ask questions.

You can also read the published research and order it for yourself-

NOTE: If you order a four-month order,

You pay once a month –

But you get supplies-

For all four months!

You can also sponsor one child-

Your own or grandchild –

They have to be between 4 and 19 years old-

And until 25 if they go on to college-

FOR FREE!

As long as you take the product!

You just pay the shipping cost!

For this information,

Jjust go to:

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Papa’s World – Great thoughts and Positive writing!

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Sunset Beach – N.C.

A walk South on the beach for 1 1/2 miles brings you to THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

It is a spot with ocean views, and you turn around –

The sand dunes and marshes, and the coastline!

Inside the mailbox is a journal –

Which is replaced all the time as it gets filled up!

You are free to write your thoughts!

A peaceful setting –

A stroll along the surf –

Quiet – the sound of waves and birds!

A positive thought for one to just sit back on the bench and reflect!

THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

LOL – I know this to be true!

But – I also know –

I CAN LOSE A GOLF BALL ANYWHERE! LOL

FAMILY and FRIENDS!

Very important in our day-to-day lives.

We built this home with that in mind!

Room for all to visit.

Our lives have revolved all these years –

Around this premise!

A POSITIVE IN OUR LIVES!

My youngest son in H.S. –

Upper left corner!

Today,

He owns his own Auditing and Insulation business –

With contracts with major power companies and the state of Pennsylvania.

This is done for the savings and heating for the elderly –

Esp –

In cold weather.

Very proud of this young man –

Shawn Fitzsimmons!

Over twenty years ago –

After much research ( over forty published in Journals)

We selected this supplement-

To be our choice-

To age healthily into our senior years!

Soon after,

We became partners and started our own business-

With a website.

Twenty years later –

It helps us both in health –

And with income in retirement.

For answers – research –

Sherry’s email and phone number-

Just go to – https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

You can order-

Or become a partner yourself and save money!

A POSITIVE IN OUR LIVES!

Entrance to our community!

We live on the borders of S.C. and N.C.

Four seasons –

But for the most part,

Out of the ice and snow.

Near the beach –

Entertainment and a host of medical facilities!

A day’s drive back to NVA to see family!

A long drive back –

For more family in Pa.

But a big POSITIVE in our lives!

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Papa’s World – Looking to the past-fun times!

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Papa- Sherry – Cindy and Buck!

At MGM in National Harbor, Washington, D.C.

For 21 years, we lived in NVA!

Country life of WNY –

To the busy life of the beltway around D.C.

I once got lost and had to find my way –

No GPS then! LOL

And if you know me, my sense of direction –

Well, it leaves a bit to LUCK!

We were sort of guides for family and friends during those 21 years.

Cocerts – festivals and the ROLLING THUNDER motorcycles!

LOOKING TO THE PAST – FUN TIMES!

This was our “FOREVER” home in Brambleton, VA for retirement.

Two-story – 3200 S.F.

Corner lot in a horseshoe shape.

A 440 sf. enclosed courtyard slated patio.

Two-car garage – but that all changed in 2020.

The PANDEMIC hit, and the 401 (k) took major hits!

However, this home increased to the point we just said we need to cash out and move.

WE SOLD –

Stayed with family for two months and moved to North Myrtle Beach.

Still within a day’s car drive back to NVA and family!

This era of our life closed one chapter and began another!

LOOKING TO THE PAST- FUN TIMES!

MOUNT NEBO LUTHERAN CHURCH!

An eight-sided church built in the 1800s by Swedish immigrants –

In Mount Jewett, Pa., where Sherry was raised.

Her family is buried here.

To this day –

On special occasions –

Church services are held here.

The inside is still as it was,

Back in the 1800s.

History – ancestors lead us to her Swedish heritage.

LOOKING TO THE PAST- FUN TIMES!

Pam – Sherry and Bob.

Bob and I went to grade school and high school together.

Many memories of childhood growing up in a little town in WPA near the WNY border.

Still friends all these years later.

They are here renting for a year to decide where they want to end up after six years in an RV.

FREIENDSHIP – leads to – LOOKING TO THE PAST- FUN TIMES!

Marcus – Taylor and Tammy – first homecoming with Taylor.

Marcus – Cassidy and Tammy – first homecoming with Cassidy!

Taylor and Cassidy are fraternal twins.

Freshman in H.S.

Creating more memories –

From the two little girls-

To growing up-

Here with their mother –

LOOKING TO THE PAST- FUN TIMES!

For information –

How to email or phone,

And how to order!

Just go to this website –

Of Sherry’s.

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This is our home today.

More than likely the last one.

Many memories are now being made here.

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Sherry and Papa!

LOOKING TO THE PAST- FUN TIMES!

Papa’s World – Life – Family and Friends!

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Sherry serving Communion at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

This was part of our LIFE in NVA. from 1999 to 2020 –

When the Pandemic hit –

And we decided to sell our home and move South!

Christmas at our home in Brambleton, VA.

For fourteen and a half years we lived here!

This was to be our forever home in retirement.

But LIFE goes on.

Opportunity came in the value of the home going up –

The 401K is going down!

TIME TO SELL AND MOVE ON – LIFE!

FAMILY – our four oldest granddaughters!

On the street in front of our new home in Cameron Woods Community!

As the sunsets on this day –

They enjoyed running down the hill –

LIFE is good!

FAMILY is priceless!

The youngest grandchildren and their parents.

Moving South meant that we lived 6 to 8 hours away.

This allowed us to drive back –

And FAMILY to come on down and still be a part of our lives!

FAMILY IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE THE CENTER OF OUR LIVES!

SMILES – HUMOR and LAUGHTER- START YOUR DAY – LOL!

FRIENDS have always been a major part of our married life together!

At National Harbor- Washington, DC.

Maintaining friendships and expanding to new friends!

In our new Cameron Woods Community –

NEIGHBORS and NEW FRIENDS –

Play an important segment of our life together!

This is just how we are wired!

Longtime FRIENDS – NEW FRIENDS-

Keeping in touch.

Our home is a welcome place for us to keep these friendships alive!

FRIENDS ARE OUR LIFE CYCLE!

Our friends span generations-

Mothers and daughters!

LIFE IS GOOD!

FRIENDS!

Along with FAMILY – FRIENDS and OUR LIFE-

HEALTH IS ALSO IMPORTANT!

Our supplement of choice for over twenty years!

For more information –

Email and phone number,

And to order-

Just go to this website: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

LIFE – HAPPINESS and FAMILY!

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Papa’s World – Staying positive and Indepenent!

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June 25th. 1982 – The day we were married and combined two sets of children into our FAMILY!

During my early adult years –

I really did not have much thought on politics!

My mother and father –

Or siblings or relatives,

Just did not talk about it!

Having married at such a young age –

Because I thought it was the right thing to do –

As we were going to have a baby!

My biggest concern back then was to find a job,

And provide for a family!

Politics was not part of my life,

So I registered as an INDEPENDENT!

To this day –

I could not tell you what any of my friends in high school-

Believed in!

We-

Just did not talk about it!

I have always been middle of the road.

There are things I strongly believe in that are right and left!

I find myself wanting the truth –

So I fact-check.

I just do not trust talking heads!

I look for truth and common sense.

PARTY means nothing to me.

I have always had a positive outlook on life.

I live life one day at a time.

I believe in God, Family, friends,

And helping when I can.

We both built this new home with the idea of sharing it –

With family and friends.

We – Sherry and I –

Balance each other out!

Our home is one of positivity –

We love company –

This is who we are!

For decades and decades,

We have had a close network of friends!

Our friends span –

All the way back to grade school!

Grandkids- Family –

Brings an equal balance to lives!

We practice eating healthy in our senior years.

One thing we both notice –

Is that we eat less than we used to!

A diet of just fruits, vegetables,

And berries are hard to maintain.

So, twenty years ago,

We found this supplement through research!

Today, it is our supplement of choice.

If this interests you-

GO TO: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today, I am still registered as an Independent.

I am proud of that.

I make my own choices regardless of party!

I do not –

Watch cable or network news!

I read, I research,

And I make my own decisions based on that.

I find COMMON SENSE –

It is one of my great tools.

This is me!

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Papa’s World – The News – I do not watch!

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I live my life for Family – Wife and Independence –

I am registered as an Independent –

And I do not watch cable news!

I do not want to be told what to believe or watch slanted networks’ opinions!

I read – I listen –

And I want facts!

I want truth – and I despise those who twist all of the above.

All of the above, I tried to live up to in 2025.

I have strong convictions –

That runs to both the right and the left!

I am middle of the road-

Life is short –

In our senior years –

We try to help where and if we can.

We worked all our lives –

We had 79 1/2 years of service to one company.

We love our country-

We love our families and friends.

I can say I can determine what is true or false –

I can and do fact check.

Our life together –

Our senior years together-

Respect for law and order-

Truth and Justice-

That is who we are.

We researched –

We read,

And we tried it out!

TWENTY YEARS AGO!

And have not missed a day since.

If interested –

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Papa’s World – Continue to live healthy!

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We have been in a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE for over TWENTY YEARS!

The above – July – 2024!

Choosing for me to forgo soda’s (which I called “POP” growing up!)

I also gave up MILK-

And I was a big drinker of it!

FAST FOOD – pizza – hamburgers and fries!

Today, I will rarely have one of the above –

But mostly on long trips, driving!

I went to eat more vegetables and fruits-

Less starch – and sugars – I AM DIABETIC!

It is hard, as all these foods and drinks for me are addictive!

But – my wife – Sherry –

Is a Certified Health Consultant on health and nutrition!

She guides me – and at times gets me back on course after I have a relapse –

And eat what I shouldn’t.

I take my health seriously!

Every four months, I have blood tests!

Mostly to keep my diabetic tendency under control!

I will take MEDS for the rest of my life because I had a severe –

HEART ATTACK in 2013!

There is damage to the heart!

I had four bypasses –

But today my Cholesterol remains around 100!

CANDY – I have a sweet tooth!

Ice Cream – I have to watch that!

So – I try not to eat any of it!

I have a really large –

SUPPORT GROUP- FAMILY!!!!!!

My life will continue to strive for healthy living!

Also, for the past twenty-plus years –

I began taking a health supplement!

We did much research in trying to find the best one for both of us.

RESEARCH – PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS led us to JUICE PLUS!

We both needed to eat more –

FRUITS – VEGETABLES and BERRIES in our on-the-go life.

Just saying-

We were going to do this – DIDN’T WORK!

We found out – “YOU HAVE TO WALK THE TALK” and we hadn’t!

But – this product provided a way so simple!

CAPSULES! THIRTY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, AND BERRIES!

They invented a process that extracts the nutrient-dense power from these 30 ingredients-

Were put into a CAPSULE –

You simply take the capsules each day!

FOR TWENTY YEARS – I have never missed a day!

Now – my tastes have changed –

I find that I crave vegetables and sweet fruits!

Our journey has led us to having our own Internet business!

Sherry has a website where you can read the research –

See the capsules and gummies –

The drinks and the children’s research ( they are free, between the ages of 4 and 19)

And if they go to college, 19 to 25!

Each adult can sponsor one child –

Just pay the shipping!

Granma – grandpa – aunt – uncle! Mother and father!

You can also ask questions via email or phone call to Sherry!

You can order directly from the site-

A four-month supply and reorder if you want!

You pay once a month and get the product up front!

This product is sold in over twenty countries!

You can also become a distributor – and make a monthly income on commissions!

$50.00 for a year – you get a website!

It is simple – a healthy way of life – our journey has been for over twenty years!

The site: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

We are closer to 80 than 70!

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Papa’s World – Life comes at you!

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I had been experiencing a troublesome pain in my right calf on my leg.

But – only after I had walked 1/4 of a mile.

It did not bother me walking around the house –

Driving the car –

Sitting or sleeping!

I thought, “What the heck”!

So,

My walking 2 or 3 miles a day –

Came to a sudden stop!

I had a Nuclear test coming up –

And I expressed concern that I might have to stop for the pain-

In that calf!

BUT – I DID IT AND COMPLETED THE TEST!

Everything about my heart was fine-

For my age, I excelled.

I still had that pain if I tried to walk long distances.

So, my regular GP told me I should see my cardio doctor –

He felt that the small blood vessels might be blocking up-

Thus, when I walked a long distance-

Not enough blood flow would get through,

Thus causing the pain!

But to try to push through it so new capillaries would form.

LOL – SOME HUMOR FOR THE DAY!

I saw my cardio doctor,

And he referred me to a vascular doctor!

I had a consultation.

And a CT SCAN WAS ORDERED!

The results came back!

I had a 50% blockage in my right calf –

And a minor blockage in my left calf.

It was called a “HARD BLOCKAGE” –

Not a “SOFT” blockage,

Which met that most likely –

Would not break off!

It was CALSIFIED,

And had taken years and years to develop.

I was told –

At this time,

The best thing I could do was continue to walk –

THIRTY minutes a day for four times a week!

Push through and do the best I can.

And it did not have to be all at once.

Break it up – it would cause pain.

The last resort would be operation –

Stents or more extreme.

And sometimes this might not work.

Resulting in more serious problems and remedies!

Usually, they do nothing until 75%.

This has been a result –

Not eating healthy for the first 55 years of my life.

LESON WELL LEARNED!

On the positive side –

I did a complete lifestyle change TWENTY YEARS AGO!

Trying to repair as much damage –

As I had done during those early years of life.

I firmly believe had I not –

I most likely would not be here!

I HAVE TAKEN THESE SUPPLEMENTS EVERY DAY FOR TWENTY YEARS-

This is my life preserver –

I BELIEVE THAT!

If you would like to read what it is proven to do-

Just go to: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

I am convinced my life depended –

On these FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES and OMEGAS!

To conclude –

LIFE COMES AT YOU-

I AM A SENIOR – CLOSER TO 80 THAN 70!!!!

I will continue on my path to health and nutrition.

I am active- I enjoy life –

AND I LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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PAPA’S WORLD!!!!!!

Papa’s World – The Old Man!

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Here I am – closer to 80 than 70!

My life has had its share of ups and downs.

Early childhood growing up in a little town where everyone knew your name (AND PARENTS)!

Roller skating – riding my bike!

Playing kick the can –

Being home when the street lights came on!

Sneaking corn silk in a corn cob pipe!

Apple trees providing ammunition for passing rail cars full of coal!

Neighborhood kids – playing tackle football at the park!

Yes – I had a good early life!

Senior year – played the first game of football and then was in a car accident.

It was the year that “NAM” was on everyone’s mind.

1966!

I spent 51 days in the hospital – 41 days with a catheter.

I did not know if I would ever walk again.

My girlfriend was pregnant- I was married at 17 in a wheelchair!

In the living room of my parents’ home.

My first son was born in January of 1967!

I was learning to walk again.

Months went by – a wheelchair turned to crutches.

I was reclassified for the draft-

Married, child, and unable to pass the physical.

I was young, growing up fast!

I had to graduate, find a job to support my family, and there was no college option.

Meanwhile, I had a cane.

I managed to walk for graduation.

One week later, I was hired at the American Olean Tile company!

They took a chance on me –

Mainly because my wife’s mother worked there!

They hired me for the summer.

I had a family!

NAM was no longer a worry, but surviving was.

At the close of summer –

I lived just down the street from this museum!

They decided to keep me on and put me on second shift!

I would get ten hours of overtime every week!

My father, who was part-owner of the Western Auto –

Had retired from the South Penn Oil Company-

Managed to get me an apartment over the store to rent.

We moved from their home in September to the apartment and lived there for five years!

About six months before the ’72 flood –

We bought a church and parsonage!

The Methodist church on North Main Street in Eldred,Pa.

Just a stones throw from where I grew up!

In December of ’71 –

My second son was born –

We had moved into the house and had started converting the church into apartments.

My father had passed away in 1969 from cancer-

My mother was raising my younger brother –

And in June of 1972 –

Hurrican Agnes –

The main street was flooded with 12 to 15 feet of water –

The apartment where we had been living –

Well – it was a mass of flood waters in front and only way in or out was by boat!

We had ducked a bullet.

We worked tirelessly helping those in need.

We had to get baby formula by helicopter flown in until that was impossble!

I never went back to work for three or four weeks.

But – after the darkness –

We saw the light –

We survived.

Two sons – one five and the other about seven months,

Life was going on –

And was about to go on first shift after six and one half years on second!

Life went on –

But the marriage didn’t.

We sperated and divorced.

The boys were 13 and 9!

I continued to work for AOTC –

For a total of 47 1/2 years.

I found and married my current wife Sherry –

On 6-25-1982!

She had been married before and had two daughters.

I was their step day but they were like daughters to me.

They were younger than my two sons –

We had a family of four –

But the boys lived with their mother and the girls lived with us.

Sherry also worked for AOTC and retired with 32 years!

The Comapny later became –

DAL-TILE and Ameiracn Olean Tile Company –

Owned when we retired by Mohawk!

We had a combined 79 1/2 years of service.

We raised the children and we bought and built a combination of six houses!

Cindy – Dottie – Sherry – Buck and Jimmy –

Dottie and Jimmy have been my dear friends before I met Sherry.

Buck and Cindy knew them and were our neighbors while we lived at –

Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

Dottie from whe I knew Jimmy and her –

And I attended their wedding.

On our journey through life –

Twenty years ago –

We started a health and nutrition business on line.

To this day-

We still run this business that provides us with additional income in retirement.

If this interests you –

You can contact us through this website –

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It is $50.00 a year to have your own business –

Your own website and all you do is send the orders in or they do it themselves over the website!

They process the order – Bill it – collect it and ship it!

Monthly you get a paid commission –

And they direct deposit it into your account!

And you help people to get a healthy nutrition of –

FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES and OMEGAS!

The GOOD WITCH and the OLD MAN!

I hope this gives some insight into my life.

It has had ups and downs-

But –

I have lived a good life.

I am happy,

And all the good and bad has given to me,

That life I have lived!

The life we have had –

Plus the friends and their daughters and Sherry’s daughters!

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Papa’s World – Each day – Thinking Positive!

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Dottie – Cindy and Sherry –

In front of our home in Brambleton, VA.

All from WNY and NWPA.

Cindy was our neighbor on Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

Dottie grew up in the town I did and knew Cindy.

So, they have known each other for decades and decades.

We try to get together 2 or 3 times a year.

Now,

All of us are retired.

And we all live in the state of N.C.

Dottie in the Northern part of the state,

and Cindy and Buck are bout 38 miles from us –

We live in OIB, and they are just outside Leland and in Magnolia Greens!

The POSITIVES- still friends after all these years and enjoying the company,

Of each other!

All six grandkids!

Bode is the only boy!

Playing a card game –

Bode – and to the right-

Sarah – Cassidy – Taylor – Maddy and Ella.

POSITIVE – as you can see here,

They all get along! COUSINS!

Since grade school and through high school –

I have had a friendship with Bob.

After six years of RVING-

Coast to coast and North to South-

They decided to try a year in our area.

They leased a home –

Put the RV in storage close by,

And now live nine miles away.

We are showing them the area.

While it is not Florida, Maine, or Arizona-

It offers four seasons-

Almost free of snow and ice-

A lot of golfing opportunities.

And number one on their bucket list –

THE BEACH ACCESS!

A POSITIVE FOR THEM WHILE MAKING A DECISION!

Bode – the only grandson from Sherry’s side of the family!

He is going to be tall – Like Sherry – Ella and Sarah –

All 5’10 or more!

Bode is very athletic.

He plays – field hockey- flag football – golf – basketball –

Soccer – ice skates –

Basketball and baseball.

So – while he still is in grade school-

He will eventually select a sport in which he will excel!

A POSITIVE AT SUCH A YOUNG AGE!

LOL – SO MUCH TRUTH IN THIS FOR ME!

Maddy – adoring her grandmother and little(Tiny as I called her) Ella.

This photo of the two oldest grandchildren –

And their grandmother-

Sherry –

It is both PRICELESS and POSITIVE in the relationship that continues to this day!

A very BIG POSITIVE for Sherry and me for TWENTY YEARS!

We read the research and published health and nutrition articles-

And decided this is what we would take as a supplement into our SENIOR YEARS!

We have never missed a day in those years gone by!

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A POSITIVE IN OUR SENIOR LIVES!

As this blog started,

And now it shall end

A POSITIVE FOR DECADES AND DECADES –

FRIENDSHIPS – LIFE and SENIOR LIVING!

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Papa’s World- Early Mornings – my world!

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Welcome to MY WORLD!

I have always been a morning person.

Waking up before 5am. – just automatic – even when I worked the afternoon shift!

As a supervisor, I sometimes had to work all three shifts one time or another!

I did not like the overnight shifts because I couldn’t sleep.

Going back to my childhood –

After my older brother (ten years) –

Moved out – I moved into his front-of-the-house bedroom.

This was facing East,

And the bright sunlight came in through the double windows!

Most times,

I would already be awake!

My early mornings have continued to this day.

That is when I write my blogs!

I sip my one cup of extra-large coffee each morning.

First, I read the online Washington Post –

Every morning!

I check my emails and messages.

I also check my blog site.

The morning is golden for me.

I also like sunsets –

Over the marsh.

I am not a night owl –

When I am tired –

It is time to go to bed!

I find that if I do not do this-

I will acquire a second wind, so to speak-

And then I am awake well into the night!

BUT- I still wake up before five AM.

I am grateful for the beginnings of each and every day!

Life is short –

Seems like only yesterday I was in childhood!

So I make the most of each and every day.

While working during my adult life-

I hardly had time to relax.

Today, as a stress relief-

I make sure I have quiet time!

I have that time in the mornings!

When we go on trips-

Since I am the morning person-

I drive first –

I drive between three and four hours before stopping!

Then it is time for a bathroom break –

Pump the gas and switch drivers.

I do a power nap and after a couple of hours –

Resume the drive!

This works for us –

And usually we pack a snack!

We also have been into healthy living for over twenty years!

Our goal is to age as healthily as we can –

Into and living day to day as seniors in our old age.

With research –

And reading the gold standard published studies-

This is what we found and started to incorporate –

Into our daily lifestyle.

On our 75th. birthdays in 2024!

If interested –

Go to Sherry’s website!

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We will always take this supplement.

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Papa’s World – Every day is a new day!

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Yes- I live my life one day at a time!

If you ever go through a life-changing event-

You will see my perspective.

My heart attack showed me just how quickly –

Your life can change or end.

You think it will not happen to me!

But – when it does –

Your outlook also changes.

Simply put –

You become aware of everything around you!

Life to me became simple-

ENJOY EACH DAY AS IT MAY BE YOUR LAST!

Family is and always-

Has been our focus in life.

While great distance separates us-

They are always on our minds!

Here are my sons and their families.

Living to see them again one day at a time.

After 47 1/2 years –

I RETIRED!

All with the same company!

I was dedicated –

Rarely did I miss work –

I used vacation days when I was ill.

After all that time –

I had a five-week vacation.
I planned to use 1/2 day to go home and do the yard work.

It was my peaceful time-

Just me – sunshine- mowing – trimming!

Those were days I still cherish all these years later!

Today, I marvel each day as the sun comes up –

And sets at night!

I am and always have been –

A morning person!

Five AM – I am awake!

Even today, as I am retired.

But that also means I head to bed when I get tired!

Eight PM is the time I start to get ready for bed.

I find if I stay up and fight through-

Eventually, I will find my second wind,

And then I just can not go right to sleep!

Then, I feel terrible.

So – it is best I stay on schedule –

Get my rest and enjoy the next day to come!

LOL – that has been my curse through life- remembering names!

We found this twenty years ago!

We were searching for a way to age as healthily as we could.

The research was there, and we read it!

I have never missed a day in all those years.

If you want –

Go to the site and read –

You can order from this site.

My regret is that someone could have shown me-

THIRTEEN YEARS before I found this!

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YES – This very well could be me! LOL!

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Papa’s World – The world of senior living!

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Yes – we are from this era!

Those were special times-

I look back and think ‘I LIVED THAT”!

Today is much different –

Being a senior –

Well, a trip to the pharmacy-

Is a way to get out and about! LOL

Shopping for groceries –

Post office and returns!

I think we keep Amazon in business!

LETS EXPLORE!

A side road to find out where it ends!

Down here near OIB-

We have viewing platforms over the marshes!

Ideal place to go and watch birds –

Fish jumping and the occasional GATOR!

We have always made do with what we have,

We also volunteer our services and give what we can to charities.

The church is very prominent in our lives.

Just thankful for the blessings we have!

Also, when playing golf –

I need a sense of humor!

Frustration – anger – just doesn’t cut it anymore.

Just enjoy the wide open spaces and nature at its finest!

It is more suitable that way for me!

It is hard to fathom for me –

The three oldest granddaughters-

Ella – graduated from college and is teaching!

Sarah is in her Freshman year in college!

Maddy is working in the Environmental Science field after graduating from college.

Those three were a big part of our lives as they were growing up!

Now the three youngest are growing up-

The twins are in H.S., and next year, Bode will be in Middle School!

Our senior years are about staying connected to grandkids!

We have also stayed connected for over Twenty Years to our Health and Nutrition Supplement.

We are aging as healthily as we can during our senior years!

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There are hundreds of blogs!

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Papa’s World – SHE LOVES HORSES!

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Taylor – one of our twins –

Her first homecoming date-

She is as tall as Sherry,

But the real story here is
HER LOVE OF HORSES”!

As soon as she could walk –

She was drawn to horses!

Have a drink and enjoy the read!

Here is Taylor –

Being held up by her mother – Tammy!

This was the beginning of her LOVE OF HORSES!

She began going to the BARN once a week –

Spending hours there grooming horses-

Cleaning stalls and leaning to ride!

She also learned to play the violin –

Singing in church and recently for her confirmation –

With her own money –

Bought a guitar –

And composed a song and sang in front of the congregation.

Her happy moment is to ride for hours!

If she could be there overnight,

She would!

Grooming and feeding the horses-

Cleaning their hooves-

This is Taylor!

You can see how much she has grown over the years –

She has grown.

This past basketball season –

She tried out and made the JV basketball squad as a Freshman.

Cassidy and Taylor – Fraternal twins.

Both have gone their own ways –

Cassidy – Gymnastics competition and cheerleading.

She wants to go to a college that has an equestrian course!

Taylor – her love of horses.

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Papa’s World – Thoughts – life- family!

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Sherry and I have always given what we can.

In time and money.

My thought has been to always help-

When I can.

At a meal, I always help clean up, and when we do the meal-

I clean up as we prepare the meal.

That is what I have always been like-

And I identify with the above picture!

I look at pictures gone by!

If only I could turn back time,

That’s what I think.

The times gone past –

The little ones are growing up!

Life passes you by!

But the memories linger on!

The past is priceless –

The future is a puzzle-

And the present is trying to keep it,

And then it slips by!

But – I would not change a thing

I am happy!

There is a serene place-

On Sunset Beach – Bird Island.

Walk South for a mile and a half.

Enjoy the quiet and the surf as it covers your feet.

It is sometimes a lonely walk –

And occasionally,

Other folks are lost in their own thoughts.

THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

Decades and decades and decades!

It has been in this spot with journals you can write in.

Some kind soul retrieves the journals when full and supplies another!

Benches are there to sit –

And write or just gaze out to sea.

Turn around,

And in the distance,

You see sand dunes and marshland beyond.

Across the marsh,

It is a place of solitude-

One to sit and reflect.

THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX!

My oldest son and his partner – Andrea-

Someday, I hope to walk the beach to the Kindred Spirit Mailbox with them!

You see Little River and further South – Cherry Point of NMB!

I think they would love it!

My exact thought!

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Our happy place –

Where we live!

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Papa’s World – Writing blogs – helps my memory!

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After turning into my senior years –

I sought a way to help me remember events and happenings in our lives.

Family – friends – neighbors and events –

These memories I wanted to capture and, in the process, exercise my brain!

So – with the encouragement and help from my wife Sherry-

I started my blog site on WordPress!

Now, I have thousands of pictures stored on my phone camera and on the blog site!

A PICTURE TO ME IS A MEMORY JOGGER!

Keeping a sense of humor –

And that which to me has some truth in it! LOL

If only this were true! LOL

Family is and always has been –

Important to both of us.

Now –

More so in our senior years.

A picture brings those special times –

Every time I see one-

It jogs my memory, and in these blogs –

I write it down!

This was at a historic site in the Shenandoah mountains on Route 7 –

On our way to Winchester, VA, and Lake Holiday, where Mike and Debby live.

Tammy was also with us that day.

It was a fun meeting up, and we went back to Tammy’s, and they went home.

If I remember right –

This estate changed hands during the Civil War-

Several times.

A lot of history here!

Sarah – Debby – MADDY – Mike and Ella-

Maddy was the first grandchild to graduate from college!

University of Lynchburg, where she played soccer for four years.

Her degree was in Environmental Science-

And today works for a major national environmental firm.

Her soccer college days included third team all-conference –

Second team all-conference and captain her senior year.

A conference championship –

And twice going to the NCAA tournament.

Today, Ella has graduated from college, where she played four years of soccer!

An injury at the end of her Sophomore season –

Plagued her for the last two years –

But she pressed on through becoming a captain in her junior year!

Today, she is a Phys-Ed Teacher –

For little children.

Sarah has since graduated from H.S., where she excelled in the arts-

She designed and drew the 75th. anniversary design for the school –

It was painted and placed in two spots in the school, and she also

Designed the cover for the graduation ceremonies.

Today, she is a Freshman in college.

This picture gave me thoughts-

Of all the memories!

Papa relaxing by the fire pit at Tammy and Marcus’ house outside Leesburg, Va.

If you know me –

You know I am not a big sit by the campfire person.

I did all that growing up!

Today – I can and will sit there –

But once the smoke starts coming my way –
I call it quits! LOL

Also – sitting outside in the cold –

Well, into my senior years –

I want warmth.

That is why we both decided to move South!

Since my heart attack and bypasses –

The cold –

Really has an effect on me.

And – I barely drink now –

Except on special occasions.

I am diabetic- and have to watch what I eat and drink!

However, I did enjoy this one time.

It brought back the memory of sitting around the fire pit with family!

A MEMORY CAPTURED WITH A PICTURE!

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And perform brain exercises for me!

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Papa’s World – Senior living – Dr. Appointments!

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Back in the day –

I would have loved this!

But – those days are past!

Today, I have to watch what I eat –

I am diabetic!

Comes from those first 50 years of my life!

Back then, I ate everything-

With never a thought!

Young and foolish!

But that lifestyle ended with me twenty years ago.

However, all those early years-

The damage had been done!

Twenty years ago – I made a switch –

Finding a supplement and then correcting my diet.

By then, I was borderline diabetic!

And unknown at that time-

Headed for a major heart attack!

Sherry became a certified health coordinator.

And she started guiding me in my life in my pre-senior years.

We changed –

No more sodas!

No more greasy foods and cut way back on fast foods,

And processed foods.

Eventually, almost no fast food.

But by this time, I was placed on meds.

While I was eating healthy-

The damage had been done!

My life had become one of maintenance.

Striving to keep my “NUMBERS” in line!

I have participated in sports my entire life-

None of that is harder than resisting the temptation to cheat!

Seeing and smelling the “STUFF” you should avoid.

I have managed to not drink sodas or milk.

Seldom fast food, except sometimes while traveling!

I have to try very hard not to do this!

Our lives today in retirement revolve around DOCTORS’ or DENTISTS’ appointments.

Our numbers remain on the good side!

But the calendar – well – Dermatologist – Dentist – General Doctor –

Chriopactor – Heart Doctor-

Tests and fasting for blood tests.

All to maintain these senior bodies.

I credit our change twenty years ago –

FINDING A SUPPLEMENT WITH PUBLISHED RESEARCH!

SOMETHING THAT PROVES THROUGH TESTING IT DOES WHAT IT SAYS IT DOES!

We try to eat more fruits and vegetables –

But it is hard to do.

Snacks have turned into celery – peppers-

Grapes and berries.

Drinks made out of nutrition.

I have almost cut out alcohol entirely.

I drink mostly filtered water.

I believe this is what stabilized all those early years.

Losing weight – I weigh less than I did when I graduated in 1967!

But I am still diabetic-
Although those numbers are almost borderline.

My life is preventive.

I have to take meds because of my heart attack and damage to my heart.

I am a survivor –
My calendar throughout the year –

Is to have tests to maintain my health.

I AM BEYOND THE BEGINNING OF MY SENIOR YEARS!

I am me!

This is who I am.

I live life one day at a time.

If any of this is of interest to you –

Then here is the site to read.

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

My only REGRET?

If only I had known about this THIRTEEN YEARS BEFORE I FOUND IT!

PAPA – weighing less than I did in 1967 at graduation.

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