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!

Thanks for reading my blog –

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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!

Thank you for reading:

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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 –

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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!

Thanks for reading-

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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!

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

We will always take this supplement.

Thanks for reading –

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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!

THE SITE: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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!

INFORMATION: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

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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.

Thanks for reading, and as always, HGD!

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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!

Thank you for reading my blogs that are MEMORY JOGGERS –

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.

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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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Papa’s World – The life we make together!

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We first started dating close to forty-five years ago.

We were both married before – divorced,

And had two children each.

My two sons and her two daughters.

My sons stayed with their mother,

And her two daughters stayed with their mother.

Times were tough –

We lived paycheck to paycheck way out in the country.

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

Wintertime – the kids would sled ride down it!

It would take me three days mowing and then almost start over again on certain parts.

But – we were happy!

We did cheap long weekend trips with the kids,

Sometimes, we camped in a tent, and her parents had a fifth wheel.

Those were days of not eating out but packing lunches and cooking on a grill with charcoal.

Many fond memories.

The kids grew up and married.

Here is Debby – with her family.

The three oldest granddaughters.

They are all rooted in camping and outdoor life.

Here are my two sons and their families.

Both still live back in NWPA, where they grew up.

We share many memories.

Here is Tammy and her family, and “MARLEY” –

Our granddog!

Our wedding day –

6-25-1982-

The start of our life together!

Along the way –

Over twenty years ago –

We found a supplement –

We wanted to age as healthily as we could,

We read the research and decided that this was what we needed!

Starting our SENIOR YEARS!

Today, we still take the supplement!

If you would like to read about it – see the research –

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

All these years later led us to this-

Our home in N.C.

I would not change a thing.

Our families have visited us numerous times.

Our life together has been an adventure –

Four states-

We have lived in eight different places.

We have built three houses.

Sold FIVE of them.

What started here on – 6-25-1982 –

Is now here –

Our life together –

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Papa’s World – Life to the plus.

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Living life to the plus –

Every day presents a new view and challenge.

A trip to the post office,

And the grocery store to pick up items.

Doctor appointments ( seem more as we age)!

Meet-ups and lunches(Sherry),

Not me so much.

Life has many events and meanings.

CALENDARS- play a prominent role in our lives.

It seems in retirement –

We are so busy, in these times –

We are doing the best we can!

One wonders –

How did we ever find time to work?

In these times,

We are doing the best we can!

All of the above!

We are living our lives to the plus every day.

Since my heart attack –

I live life one day at a time!

LIFE IS GOOD!

I AM BLESSED!

I AM THANKFUL!

A LITTLE LAUGH FOR THE DAY!

Give what you can!

Help when you are able!

Listen to all and not judge.

IN A WORLD WHERE YOU CAN BE ANYTHING- BE KIND!

Yes, I do!

MY CHOICES FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

AGING AS HEALTHY AS I CAN EVERY DAY AND MY SENIOR YEARS!

INFORMATION: https://sfitzsimmons..juiceplus.com

LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME has for decades involved our friends –

Papa- Sherry – Dottie – Cindy – Buck and Jimmy!

We all grew up in the WNY-NWPA area, just miles apart.

Part of LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS –

Is have lifelong friends.

Getting together –

Sharing laughs and events.

Raising Families –

Vacations – golfing – games and music!

I would not change a thing!

LIFELONG FRIENDS –

LIFE TO THE PLUS!

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LOL- humor to make you smile!

Papa’s World – Being a senior!

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My dream since I was in my twenties!

I would kid to my wife –

“I WANT TO SELL HOT DOGS ON THE BEACH”!

We would take yearly vacations –

To a beach.

I found myself counting down the days as soon as we got there.

I formed an idea in my head-

“Someday” – I will be able to spend every day at the beach if I choose to.

I would be the one sitting on the sand and watching those folks –

Packing up after a week and leaving to go back home!

Our SENIOR years are now just like that.

We live maybe four or five miles from the beach.

No traffic and in ten minutes we are standing on the sand.

My dream has come true in my senior years!

We still travel back to NVA for the holidays.

And they all travel down to spend time with us.

Our plan for moving South-

Was to be within a six to eight-hour drive –

For us to go home-

Or family to come down to us.

As we advance in our senior years –

We might have to curtail the traveling!

But for now,

We are still able to do the trips back and forth.

Home is where our hearts are.

Blue skies- white clouds –

Sunshine- warm weather-

Hardly any snow or ice.

Yes- it can and is cold during periods of time.

But with a jacket, gloves, and scarf-

I can manage-

Taking them off as the day warms up!

Being a senior-

It seems that the cold affects me more and more each year!

My two sons –

Troy on the left and Shawn on the right-

Still live back in NWPA where they grew up!

Both have been down once or twice.

And both will come for more visits.

Love them always.

That is why our beach chairs sit high rather than low to the sand! LOL

Being a SENIOR –

And for the past TWENTY YEARS-

We have taken this supplement –

To obtain healthy nutrition in our senior years.

For more INFO-

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The sand – surf – call us.

What was a dream for all those years-

Is today a reality!

Closer to 80 than 70!

Dreams do come true –

Living life to the plus in our senior years.

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Papa’s World – Being a senior – love of life!

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In our senior years –

I believe family-

Becomes more and more important.

Now the grandkids are either out of college or in college.

Those are the older ones!

The younger ones are in H.S., and one is in middle school-

Or soon to be!

We also moved to a warmer climate.

At our age,

We no longer want to deal with ice, snow, and extreme cold!

So we plan trips back to see them –

And also for them to visit.

They are all in the busy portion of their own lives.

We give – we volunteer-

And help when we can.

Senior years –

Life goes by quickly.

Before you know –

You are on the edge of caregiver –

To be a receiver of care.

Climbing that step ladder –

Becomes dangerous –

Bending over to weed becomes a chore!

Driving becomes-

Becoming more aware of where you are and who is around.

Happiness is when you can give-

And not expect a return!

Celebrations are when you stay awake at an outing –

Beyond eight PM!

But you also appreciate the little things of life –

LOVE OF LIFE follows you into the senior years!

We seem to look –

And see what we can do to help!

One day it will be reversed.

But until that happens-

LOVE OF LIFE will be our focus.

Living life to the plus one day at a time!

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Our supplement for twenty years,

And what we believe in!

We can make our world better –

By making the world a better place.

SENIOR YEARS – we are long into them.

BUT WE HAVE A LOVE OF LIFE!

SENIORS – THE GOOD WITCH AND JUST TOM!

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

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YES! That is how I live my life, one day at a time!

I had a life-changing event when I was 64 /12 years old.

I had gone to work that morning with a sore shoulder.

I did not really think about it, as the previous Friday I had lifted something heavy!

My thought was that I had strained my shoulder and would just work it out!

But as the day progressed, it started to hurt more and more.

Four hours later, I just sat down and had my hand on my left shoulder when a co-worker came by!

He took one look at me and said he would be right back.

He came back and gave me a baby aspirin.

He asked me if I wanted him to call an ambulance, and I said YES!

He recognized that something was happening.

I guess it was my color and discomfort.

He most likely prevented me from ending up on the floor.

I WAS HAVING WHAT IS CALLED A WIDOW MAKER’S HEART ATTACK!

The ambulance arrived, and soon I was stripped to the waist.

This was during November in NVA, and it was cold out!

They moved me to the outside ramp where the ambulance was –

I was on a stretcher-

And stopped to administer something –

I was shaking from the cold.

They were talking and said they were going to bypass the nearest hospital and take me straight to the cardio-unit of a well-known heart unit.

Soon, we were on our way –

They were trying to put in an IV, and the blood shot out!

My blood pressure was skyrocketing!

They got out the shock paddles and tried to get me to relax.

I managed to start thinking of warm, comfy things.

To try and slow down my pulse.

It was a wild ride –

Never before had I experienced riding in the back of an ambulance with the siren going!

Soon, we pulled into the emergency ramp and the doors.

The back opened, and we were out and racing down the hall –

Wrong way!

Turn around and down to a set of doors –

A crew all dressed in gowns and masks awaited me.

They had called ahead, and they were ready.

By this time, my arm was killing me!
If they had told me they were going to cut it off –

I would have said GO AHEAD!

They started to move me onto an operating table.

I was both scared and aware of what was going on.

Then all of a sudden –

The pain went away –

It seemed like it was fast, but it wasn’t.

They had gone into the inside of my upper leg and put a STENT in!

Just like that, my arm did not hurt!

It was a wonderful feeling.

They were going to keep me overnight for a few days and do tests.

I SURVIVED TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY!

But this was not over yet.

They came into my room the next day and said –

You have three more Arties that need stents!

But there is one problem –

Because of their locations –

It would be too dangerous to do them.

They could be punctured, and you would die on the table!

The good news was that I could have OPEN HEART SURGERY –

And all four would be repaired.

So it was set up!

In six weeks, I went in and had the operation.

The six weeks were stressful –

Not knowing if I would survive this, but I had no choice.

I went in at 5:30 am.

They started to operate at 10am.

I went to recovery at mid-afternoon.

At six thirty, I was standing up!

I never went to the step-down unit!

On Wednesday, at 1:00 PM. –

I was discharged and standing in my living room at 1:30 pm.

I had a widowmaker’s HEART ATTACK.

I HAD FOUR bypasses and open heart surgery.

They had said I was the healthiest heart attack patient they had ever had.

They asked me if I would participate in a study!

I said no – I just wanted to live my LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

BUT – I feel that had I not made a lifestyle change –

I would not be here today.

I have never missed a day in twenty years.

Fourteen one-half years later-

My twice-a-year blood tests have come back excellent.

I am on meds because of the damage to my heart during the attack and have been told-

That I will have to take them the rest of my life!

But I am fine with that.

I am now 76 years old.

I still live my life one day at a time.

Here is information on the above supplement-

I will always take it.

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

This is my story of my life and surviving what I SURVIVED!

Thanks for reading, and as always, HGD!

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Papa’s World – Writing blogs!

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My blogs are about Family – Friends – Events and Past Memories!

This is NEBO LUTHERAN CHURCH in MOUNT JEWETT, PA.

The church sits on a hill called MOUNT NEBO!

Surrounded by a cemetery of the Swedish ancestors who built the –

An eight-sided church in the 1880s.

Mount Jewett is a settlement comprised of Swedish immigrants!

The church itself is modeled after a historic eight-sided church –

from their native Sweden.

The men and women of the town put their resources and time

Into constructing the EIGHT SIDED CHURCH!

Everything is left inside, and services are held there on special occasions.

Sherry attended confirmation classes here and lived just a couple of miles away!

The pews inside – some are separated by the columns –

That comes straight down in the middle of the pews.

So you either enter from the right or left side.

A traveling artist of the 1800s –

Painted a church biblical scene behind the altar.

It is still there to this day.

Almost all of Sherry’s past family is buried there.

This part of the blog is for family and future generations to come –

To know and understand the heritage of their ancestors!

WRITING BLOGS!

Sherry and I are volunteers for the Protection of Sea Turtles for Ocean Isle Beach.

Here we gather for a picture after volunteering for trash pickup along the streets of OIB!

Our volunteer work begins mid-May when the Sea Turtles begin coming ashore to lay their eggs!

There are many facets to the organization-

Sherry does NEST VERIFICATION –

She is scheduled for twenty-four hours a day-

Midnight to midnight.

During that twenty-four-hour period, she is on call –

And must be on the beach within fifteen minutes after a TURTLE CRAWL is reported –

Or a confirmed Sea Turtle Sighting!

The team meets at the beach entrance and then walks the beach –

To where the event has happened.

They then must dig and locate the eggs.

Once they have done this –

The leader of all the teams –

Verifies the eggs are there and if they can remain at the site or need to be moved-

To a safer location above the tide line.

If they move it –

It must be duplicated exactly as found, and measurements taken for width –

Depth from top to bottom.

A hole is dug to those measurements-

The eggs are then gently taken out –

And put into a bucket!

The eggs go back into the new hole-

Exactly how they were taken out.

This ensures that the hatchlings are not disturbed and the gender of the Sea Turtles remains –

Like they were laid.

The temperature inside the chamber determines the genders!

They then construct a unit that prevents predators from digging up the nest/
A barrier is then put around the area and signage attached –

Stating this is a protected nest,

And fines can be leveled by authorities.

Also, each nest I’d sponsored and –

Lamented signs are posted for the sponsors.

There are times that the team finishes one nest and proceeds to another!

Whatever happens in that twenty-four-hour period is that team’s responsibility!

WRITING BLOGS!

My youngest son, Shawn.

Owner of Fitzsimmons Auditing and Insulations for Pa. and parts of NYS.

He contracts for the state and Energy Companies –

To provide energy savings for the elderly.

He still lives back where he was raised in NWPA!

He and Trisha have visited twice since we moved South!

Shawn is also a ranked pool player.

Winning his way to Las Vegas many, many times to compete.

This past year –

The team he is a member of –

Won TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

Very proud of Shawn for what he has accomplished and his love of playing pool.

Shawn – top left when he was in High School.

WRITING BLOGS!

My writing is for family, friends, and events in the history of our marriage.

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Papa’s World – Living – IN THE SOUTH!

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The beach – the ocean – warmer climate- hardly any snow or ice-

Golfing in the winter months –

Walking in sunshine with a coat and scarf-

Getting too warm and taking them off!

Blue skies – white fluffy clouds-

Watching thunderstorms rolling in!

Shows – music – entertainment-

Friends nearby.

These are just a few of the many things I associate with living in the South!

We wanted to be within a day’s drive from family in NVA!

The deep south was too far.

Being close to beaches was a plus.

Shopping – doctors and medical facilities.

Cities we could travel to if we wanted.

We chose the border of N.C. and S.C.

It can be hot in mid-summer –

But that is offset by being comfortable in mid-winter.

Our decades-old friends are 35 minutes to 3.5 hours away.

We still manage to get together several times a year.

The closer ones are about once a month.

We have made many new friends –

And other close friends from NVA have moved nearby!

We have downsized to one level –

With enough room for family!

In a community that is both quiet and has protected wetlands.

You see here behind the house,

Trees that are protected!

We feel we made the right choice!

We are happy here.

Friends and family visit.

The weather is to our liking-

Neither one of us likes the cold.

Andrea and Troy – my oldest son!

They will visit once again in the future!

Sunsets – this is our life in the South!

Our senior years are now here.

As the days begin and end

We are truly living in the South.

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Papa’s World – Sitting on the front porch!

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One of my main reasons to sit on the front porch –

Is waving or saying “HELLO” to folks passing by!

Our home has that porch –

It was the one thing I wanted when we picked out the location!

It would be in shade most of the daylight hours!

And – if it rained – if the wind wasn’t blowing-

You could just sit there and enjoy the storm.

Our home in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Here you can see the wet sidewalk, grass,

And decorative stones-

Which are all wet after a rain shower!

The glider with the two pillows is where I sit!

And you can see it is dry!

Hot days with a breeze-

The shade makes it bearable to sit!

In the evenings, you can observe the fantastic sunsets we have here!

The same for the sunrises-

YES- I am up before dawn every day!

The dawn of another day at our house!

Front-porch sitting, I have done all my life.

Sherry’s bucket list for the new house-

Was an “OFFICE” that we could close off-

With floor space to put down a –

Queen-size mattress for company (mostly family)!

With the extra bedrooms and queen-size pull-out couch –

A love seat that pulls out to a single-

Along with the office-

We can sleep –

ELEVEN PEOPLE!

The only regret we have is either another full bathroom-

Or a half bath!

Another beginning of a day from the front of the house!

We are just two miles from the beach as the crow flies!

Of course, the ICW is also between us and the ocean.

We also have an enclosed sunroom – Lanai –

In the rear, which houses many plants –

And is fully ready with a fan and a small heater –

To sit there for the four seasons!

Papa and Sherry are walking on the beach.

Neither one of us swims in the ocean anymore!

But we walk on the surf and sit in the shade on the beach!

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Papa’s World – Journey through time!

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When Bode was little –

He would come to our home –

For us to watch while his parents worked!

This farm set we had for years-

The older grandchildren also played with it!

This was the family room for our house in Brambleton.

I would spend hours and hours with him-

For me, this picture is a Journey through time!

One of my favorite TV shows of all time!

In High School, we formed a group called THE EXPLORERS.

A friend’s father led us on many adventures.

Here we are between our Sophomore and Junior years –

Alongside the Alleghany River-

On a canoe trip we had taken down to the Kinzua Dam.

My good friend Bobby is on the far left-

And I am next to him in the white.

Many youthful experiences –

Creates this picture in a journey through time.

When neighbors gather on a beach –

Good times lead to pictures of a journey through time.

A storm came through –

Here I am with two neighbors –

Blowing leaves off the yard of a neighbor who was not home.

A picture of helping one another in a journey through time.

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Sarah – the youngest of three daughters-

Now a freshman in college!

A PICTURE OF A JOURNEY THROUGH TIME!

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On the beach –

Papa and Sherry!

HGD!

Papa’s World – A blessed life with memories!

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MADDY – Now 25 years old –

Here she is, carried on his back – her father, Mike!

First of six grandchildren-

Five girls and one boy!

Today, she is a college graduate with a degree in Environmental Science.

Working for a large national Environmental firm and living in Fredericksburg, VA.

One of the blessed memories of our life together!

At our home in Brambleton, VA.

The entrance to the enclosed patio.

The three youngest granddaughters!

Taylor, on the left, and Cassidy, the fraternal twins.

And behind them is Sarah –

The youngest of her own family and all are cousins.

They always dressed up and played together.

Today, Sarah is a freshman in college,

And the twins are freshmen in high school.

Another blessed memory in our lives together!

Sherry is an SSC with the Juice Plus Company.

For 20 years, we have chosen this supplement for our health and nutrition.

After reading all the published research –

We decided this is the one that we would take and age as healthily as we could-

Into our SENIOR years.

Here is one of the many conferences we have attended –

Over the years, across the country.

Another blessed memory of our lives together.

Ella and Bode –

When he was young –

He adored Ella!

Here she holds him after one of her H.S. soccer games.

He would spend the whole game cheering her on.

Today, he is in fifth grade, and she has graduated from College.

And is teaching PHYSED to grammar school students!

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

I CHOOSE WISELY!

On one of our many excursions into Washington, D.C.

Here, Sherry stands at the Lincoln Memorial-

With the Washington Monument in the background on the mall.

We often took family and visitors on tours-

Walking all over after riding the metro in.

We loved the city –

And all the history and the museums.

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

The day my youngest son, Shawn, and Trisha were married.

They both live back in NWPA, where they were raised.

But have been down twice for visits!

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

A LIITLE HUMOR! LOL!

Sherry on our trip to Asheville, N.C.

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Papa’s World – One day at a time – living life!

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Taylor tips back the oversized hat so she can see Cassidy’s face!

Two little blond-haired and blue-eyed twins!

I miss these times –

But we have pictures from back then!

HERE WE ARE – AT ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!

Taylor with Marley!

She has trained her to do so many tricks.

She has a way with animals.

One more picture of –

ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!

DECADES and DECADES of friendships!

Sherry – Dottie and Cindy.

So many laughs –

So many trips-

So many times making-

ONE DAY AT A TIME – LIVING LIFE!

Just some humor- LOL!

Troy and Andrea –

My oldest son and his partner-

At Broadway on the beach – S.C.

They have visited once-

And will come back again.

ONE DAY AT A TIME – LIVING LIFE!

When MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS –

Bonded for a long weekend trip in Charlotte, N.C.-

To watch the Bills play the Panthers!

They all knew each other back in NWPA and WNY!

ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!!

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Our supplement of choice for twenty years!

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ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!

The GOOD WICH and JUST TOM! LOL

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Papa’s World – Thoughts and Humor!

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I have always thought this way.

It is up to me to make my life what it is.

I think back on the choices I have made,

And one choice —another way — would change my life completely!

But with everything said –

I am happy with my life!

As true today as it was all these years!

I count my blessings and live my life one day at a time!

My dream of moving to the borders of N.C. and S.C. –

Was to be able to golf!

We have achieved this dream.

Once every two or three weeks –

Satisfied my need!

Living here –

It can be year-round!

LOL – A sense of humor goes a long way!

YEP – I RELATE TO THAT!

Our granddaughter –

Cassidy –

Made varsity as a Freshman Cheerleader.

She is also in gymnastics!

Here she is at sunset on OIB by the church overlooking the marsh.

Such a gifted little girl!

When long-time friends meet up after golf!

Bob – Papa and Jim!

All from little Eldred, Pa.

GOOD THOUGHTS SAVED IN A PICTURE!

Taylor – first homecoming date as a Freshman.

She is so pretty!

Our choices for health and nutrition for twenty years!

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Papa’s World – A journey through life!

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The ending of a day with the sunset!

Here in Cameron Woods Community –

We get Sunrises and Sunsets from in front of our home.

The journey of the sun across the sky –

Tends to be like our journey of life here near the ocean and the borders of N.C and S.C.

Our life is living one day at a time!

Sherry, as to what I call “THE GOOD WITCH” of Lindley Lane!

Here she is dressed up for our community’s Halloween party at the Community Center.

Sherry and Papa –

I WENT AS “JUST TOM”! LOL

Many times in the past, I have dressed up. But this year, I just could not get into it!

OLD AGE – SENIOR MENTALITY –

But I was happy to be “JUST TOM”!

So many times I have heard “THINGS” that are better left unsaid!

Those “THINGS” are just not true when checked out –

Yet that does not seem to bother that person!

I ask “WHY” to myself?

I have no answer –

That is my “WHY” I do not watch news stations –

Or listen to the radio podcasts.

Life is too short to be all wrapped up

In beliefs that go contrary to my beliefs.

The TRUTH is out there – just take the time to find it!

A POSITIVE outlook on life for me!

Our happy place – our home and our front porch-

Where I sit and watch the neighbors go by and wave.

LIFE IS GOOD!

For twenty years, we have practiced this concept.

As SENIORS, we are aging and taking care of our own HEALTH and NUTRITION!

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Papa’s World – Falling off a step ladder!

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Alas, in my senior years, I have learned a hard lesson in life-

STAY OFF OF LADDERS – ALL TYPES!

It was November 1st. 2025 –

The eve of turning the clocks back!

I had spent the afternoon visiting with our friend Jim –

Who lives on OIB!

It was a good conversation for a couple of hours.

Sherry did not go because her back was giving her problems from overdoing it!

In the living room, above the TV, and a large stand by the wall –

It was a very large clock-

And heavy.

My thought exactly at the start of the day!

I said to Sherry-

I will get the step ladder, and you stand by it, and I will climb up –

And take that clock down!

She said good –

She wanted to clean it!

It is a big clock – black and shiny with Roman Numerals on the face.

I climbed up and could reach it to lift off the nail.

I handed it down to her and then step by step-

Climbed back down.

This was working out –

We replaced the battery and cleaned it up

We reset it for the FALLING BACK TIME ADJUSTMENT!

Time to climb back up and have Sherry hand it to,

The clock is so large that it is hard to see behind it to find the nail head.

MISTAKE – I STEPPED OFF THE LADDER ONTO THE SURFACE OF THE STAND WITH THE TV!!!!

That I should never have done.

I was holding onto it and lifting it up to the wall –

And then I felt my balance going – BACKWARDS!

Sherry tried to steady me, but thank God she got out of the way.

The ladder was in front of this stand, and I was standing on the flat surface!

THAT WAS A MAJOR ERROR!

I came down hard –

I hit my back on a soft, large hassock in front of the couch.

It all happened so fast.

I was stunned –

My back, where I hit the hassock, hurts.

I rolled over – The clock had flown out of my hands and hit the floor.

I got to my knees and then with my hands –

Up to my feet.

What the heck –

My heels on both feet started to hurt.

I have no idea why –

I do not remember hitting the floor with them.

I have learned a lesson –

I went to bed –

And had to use my tiptoes to walk.

Slowly, it is getting better as I write this.

I am lucky –

It could have been much worse.

Lesson learned –

There are younger people to hire to do such jobs!

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Papa’s World – Memories from growing up!

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I was born on 5-7-1949.

I spent the first 30 years of my life in a little town –

Known as ELDRED in Pa.

Above are historical photos from 1889!

It is Main Street and looked much like this in my years of living there.

Even the flooded streets!

Every Spring – the river known as the ALLEGHANY –

Would rise from the runoff from the melting snow.

Spring rains would leave Barden Brook –

The little Creek – Stream in the middle of the town-

Swollen and overflowing its banks as the river slowly backed up!

It was a way of life for years and years.

One year, I was told not to go down the street and into the flood waters.

But – I DID!

I made a crude raft and had a long pole as a paddle.

The water was only a couple of feet deep –

So it was more like placing the pole on the hard surface of the road and slowly –

Inching my way through the water.

I was proud of myself until the morning the Bradford Era newspaper came out!

There I was –

Long pole in hand and am standing on my homemade raft.

Captured for my family to see that I did not listen and went sailing on –

Mainstreet of little Eldred, Pa.

When confronted with the picture –

I could only shake my head yes –

Not knowing if I would “GET THE BELT” or retrieve.

I was sent to my room – no dinner –

But – it became a family moment to laugh about years later –

And my mother saved that picture from the newspaper.

Here is an early picture of Eldred, Pa. –

Where I grew up!

The baseball field –

Had tall telephone poles with “LIGHTS” as I grew up.

Not shown here – and a chainmail fence that ran along the Elm Street side.

The home plate and the backstop were to the right center of this picture.

The outfield by those tall telephone poles was where –

The boys would have pickup tackle football games.

We would gather to watch the “TOWN TEAM” baseball games.

This was made up of grown men from the town and the surrounding township.

Most of the towns had such teams.

My father was the manager as I was growing up!

And Sunday afternoons were spent here at the park or traveling to other towns.

The park was my destination on my bike in those early years.

I had to be home before the street lights came on –

But also at dinnertime.

I had many grade school friends who lived close by.

And when I was in the fifth grade-

The new Elementary school opened just across the street from center field of the ballpark!

I remember watching ball games and the home run of the ball hitting the lawn of the school.

And if memory serves me right-

I faintly remember someone placing one on the roof of that school!

Back before I was born –

It was a busy little town.

Today – sadly –

Most of the stores are vacant.

Big box stores – Amazon, UPS, and Dollar Generals or Dollar Trees –

Have put them out of business.

At one time, there was a busy bus stop as shown here,

A train station that unloaded and picked up passengers.

Three car dealerships as I was growing up.

Gas stations in town and at either end entering the town.

Bars – restaurants –

Clothing stores and general stores, and drugstore.

Lively churches –

A movie theater and bowling alley!

Legion and VFW!

Masonic building and firehall.

Doctor and dentist’s office.

A little town set amidst the Allegheny Mountains and the river that ran North into NYS and then back to Pittsburgh.

I actually canoed down that river twice!

My first four grades were in this building-

Which I presume was built in 1835!

The high school gym sat on Edison Street behind the bank and close to the Ford dealership.

This building was made of wood and must have been a huge town project when it was built.

I did not realize just how old it was when I went to school there.

Grades one through twelve.

Many memories of playing outside in the front under huge oak and maple trees.

Watching the older kids on the front steps.

These are memories I have of growing up in a little town –

Near the NYS border, some 65 miles South of Buffalo.

Roller skating the sidewalks of North Main Street-

Then I ride my bike all over town and head for the ballpark.

Go to Slavins Furniture and ask for cardboard boxes.

They were waxed back in those times-

And cut open and spread out

Sliding down the hill across from our house, where the antenna for TV was.

I called it BLUEBERRY HILL!

These are but some of my many memories I have of growing up!

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Papa’s World – Together as ONE!

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The day we were married –

June 25th. 1982 –

Began our life together as ONE!

This describes our life as ONE together!

I believe all marriages have their ups and downs.

But there is always conversation to work things out.

This picture was drawn by Cassidy when she was 11 years old.

It is framed and sits on a dresser in our bedroom.

A little girl’s gift of art –

And we proudly show this as it has special memories of small children –

A theme we both cherish in our life together as ONE!

We lived this era of life!

LOVE – PEACE and HAPPINESS-

Brings us together as ONE in our beliefs!

FAMILY – Andrea – Troy – Trisha and her daughter – Autum-

Brings us to our family ideals.

We love them all –

Shawn and Sherry –

Sitting – relaxing, and this brings me joy!

We are ONE with family!

Our beliefs –

Leave no family behind!

Mother and daughters –

Debby and Tammy-

Their bond runs deep –

FAMILY – always since the day we married!

The years have passed –

The commitment remains the same-

ONE is what we believe.

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Papa’s World – When mothers and daughters get together!

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L to R!

Tammy – Debby – Cindy – Sherry – Dottie – Katie – and Sandy.

Mothers and their daughters.

Debby – Tammy and Sherry –

Dottie and Katie –

Cindy and Sandy.

The three mothers have been friends since the mid to late 80s.

When we were all young, we spent time together –

But – they never organized a long weekend away together.

Now – decades later – it all changed into a long weekend in Charlotte, N.C.

Since all were from WNY and NWPA – just a few miles apart-

All are BUFFALO BILLS FANS!

And in late October, the Bills played the Panthers in Charlotte!

Tammy, Debby, Sandy, and Katie.

What a fun time –
A music concert – tailgating and staying in a condo within walking distance-

To the game – concert – tailgating –

Bars and restaurants!

Bonding and just having a good time.

Reflecting back on how their mothers have been friends for decades and decades!

And those mothers now all live in N.C.

Dottie – Cindy, Sandy, and Katie.

Sherry, Debby, and Tammy.

And the shirts were all made by Sandy’s company, “THE SWEET TEA COMPANY”!

Coming together Friday through Monday –

All staying in the same condo.

The friendships that the mothers share for decades –

Now, they are passed on to the daughters!

Bonding as their mothers did years ago.

The friendships go on –

Being passed down to another generation!

And who knows in the future –

There are now NINE GRADDAUGHTERS –

Wouldn’t that be extraordinary, considering it’s three generations that have continued the friendships!

The BEAT goes on from generation to generation.

OH – and the beat goes on – SINGING-

THE BILLS MAKE YOU WANT TO SHOUT!

THE BILLS MAFIA SAW A VICTORY!

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Papa’s World – Memories in pictures!

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LOL – but when you are in your senior years, there is a lot of truth here!

When family comes to visit –

My two sons and their families!

Important to us because they live so far away!

MEMORY IN A PICTURE!

YES, I CAN AND HAVE MANY TIMES! LOL

Family in Lynchburg, Va.

For six years, the two oldest granddaughters played college soccer in this town.

One at the University of Lynchburg and one at Radolph College.

Many times over the years, we rented Airbnb’s to stay for senior nights and games.

This is a MEMORY IN A PICTURE!

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

When our three oldest granddaughters came for a visit.

Maddy, in the center, graduated from college –

As did Ella, far right –

Sarah, on the left, is a freshman in college.

A brilliant sunset as they came running down the street laughing!

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Our granddaughter Taylor –

A freshman – her first homecoming date!

LOVE HER SMILE!

A MEMORY FOR LIFE!

Cassidy with her parents as a freshman and her first homecoming date.

Shy but oh so pretty.

A MEMORY FOR A LIFETIME!

Papa – when Taylor and Cassidy were little.

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Papa’s World – From the past to the present!

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Papa and Sherry –

On the beach on OAHU!

We really would like to return to the Big Island!

This is a past memory!

Cindy and Sherry are on our trip to Northern California.

We toured Lake Tahoe-

San Francisco –

And the wine country.

With stops at the giant Redwoods and Reno!

A cherished past memory!

The house we had built and lived in for 14 1/2 years –

In Brambleton, Va.

COVID and the Pandemic hit –

The 401K took a huge loss-

But this house gained so much that we decided to cash in!

We sold almost everything inside –

Packed up what remained into storage.

Then, for four months stayed back and forth with the families.

End of September 2020 –

We moved to North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

We searched and could not find a house we liked or an area we wanted to live in.

By chance, we stumbled upon Cameron Woods Community in OIB – mainland.

We bought a lot and in nine months total – moved in!

Today we live here –

Our home is completed –

And our journey ended happily for us.

FROM THE PAST TO THE PRESENT!

The date: June 25th. 1982.

Our wedding day.

Combining two sets of children.

One family and a journey begins.

July 2024 – our 75th birthday celebrations-

From the past to the present-

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Parents Barb and Bill.

The past and now the present –

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Papa’s World – Past Memories!

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Sherry and Papa on the beach of the ICW in Vareen Gardens.

We discovered this place during our exploration of the area before moving into our new home.

Situated on the borders of N.C. and S.C. –

It is a wooded area and marsh with trails – wooden walkways –

A fishing pier, and you can view the boats traveling up and down the ICW.

We have taken family and friends to this peaceful place.

A LASTING PAST MEMORY!

LOL – some humor for today!

For nine months, we lived in Ocean Keyes-

North Myrtle Beach –

And every day, we would walk the one-half mile to this beach entrance.

The time we spent here was a LASTING MEMORY we shall always cherish.

My good thought for the day!

The very first Cameron Woods Thanksgiving Turkey Trot Walk.

Six of us here –

Now two have moved away and one has passed on!

A LASTING MEMORY!

A lot of truth to this!!!!

Spring is coming – keep the faith!

Taylor and Cassidy when they were little-

Helping Papa rake leaves and bag them up!

A LASTING MEMORY!

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When the family visited –

My sons and their families.

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Papa’s World – Looking back!

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Mike and Debby –

Competing in an Iron Man contest.

Endurance across mountains – obstacle course –

LOOKING BACK – a time in their lives.

The day we were married –

6-25-1982!

Second marriage for both of us.

Combining her two daughters with my two sons.

LOOKING BACK!

COVID – THE PANDEMIC –

A TIME IN OUR KIVES WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER!

LOOKING BACK!

A little humor!

Sherry’s Barb and her father Bill!

LOOKING BACK!

My good thought for the day!

A gathering of friends here in Cameron Woods Community!

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North Main Street of where I grew up.

A group of houses just past the car on the road –

On the left.

That is where I grew up!

That sidewalk on the upper left is where I rollerskated as a youth.

The complex on the left –

The red building with the tank bursting through the wall-

The building behind it –

And the large white building next to that-

IS the WWII ELDRED PA. MUSEUM!

Buses and tourists stop here.

LOOKING BACK!

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Papa’s World – Growing up – streets of Eldred!

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This is the school I attended from first through fourth grade.

It was built in the 1800s!

I walked from North Main Street to South Main Street.

I do not know just how far that was –

But in Winter, it was cold!

The hill behind the school was a cemetery-

But also sled riding!

The elementary classrooms were on the first floor.

I do not remember much beyond the first floor,

But there was also a basement.

Second grade was where I first loved books.

Our teacher would read the Bobbsey Twins and their adventures.

I loved that part of class!

Later on in the 9th. Grade it was IVAHOE!

First grade was in the front, and we could look out on the large yard –

That was used for recess.

Ringed by huge Maple trees!

Just around the corner on Mechanic Street was a penny candy store –

Called “AUNT NELLS”!

A favorite place to stop and buy candy!

Many memories for me here.

The firehall –

About a block from my home on North Main Street –

Every night at 10 pm. –

The siren would blow, and “CURFEW” was to be home and off the streets!

As far as I know –

It still blows every night!

Upstairs is where I went to study for my Hunter Safety Course.

I went hunting with my father and my brother-in-law, Bill Luce.

It was with my father up at the end of Barden Brook where the sharp curve to the left is –

Up over the ride on the right –

I tasted my first “BUCK FEVER”!

We had just started down the other side when a six-point Buck walked in front of us!

I emptied my 30.6 – Remington of six bullets-

I was shaking so hard that I missed all six times.

I only ever shot one thing, and that was a rabbit.

I hit the back legs –

It was trying to crawl –

I stepped on the hind legs, and it screamed!

THAT WAS IT FOR ME –

I never hunted again, and I do not own a gun.

My sister Donna –

Who was fifteen years older than me-

She, along with my grandma –

Raised me until she married Bill Luce –

He became the chief of police and mayor of Eldred.

My mother worked at the Viko and then Alcas – now CUTCO.

My dad was a supervisor for South Penn Oil Company.

I remember him taking me to work on the leases –

I would ride with bulldozers with a couple of his men.

I think OSHA would frown on that now!

But being in the woods-

Pulling the tool shed – dog house with that dozer-

They are sweet memories for me.

Bill took me hunting many times.
One time, I got cold and went back to the car.

I played the radio, and when he got back –

The car would not start.

I had run the battery down.

He did not get mad, but next time I had to stay with him!

My brother Roger is on the right.

I do not know who the women were talking to, Sherry!

This was in The Villages before he passed away.

He graduated from the Eldred H.S. some ten years before I graduated from O-E H.S.

He was my HERO growing up.

He left for college, and I moved into his bedroom at the front of the house.

I slept on the floor whenever he came back.

I was eight years old when he left.

Before he passed away –

He would ask us to come and spend the winter with him in THE VILLAGES!

I shall always fondly remember those times as we grew closer.

The WWII museum – and next to it, the expansion.

But when I was growing up

This was Frisbee’s insurance and Slavins’ gas station and furniture store!

I was allowed to roller skate down to Slavin’s gas –

But later, when I got my first bike-

I could go all over town as long as I was home before the street lights came on.

This was maybe a block from my front porch.
The sidewalks were cracked, crooked, but I skated them

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Long before I was born,

The main street in the middle of town

Other than the vacant stores now and the cars here-

It looks much like this today.

The little NWPA town I grew up in.

In the foothills of the Alegany Mountains and the Alleghany River.

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Papa’s World – Living life in the South!

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After we moved to NVA in 1999-

Around 2010-

We purchased our first Tower Garden-

A growing system that uses water, air, and nutrients –

NO SOIL!

IN the late spring – summer and early fall –

This worked well with the temperatures!

But during the winter –

As you see in the above picture-

We moved it inside the garage-

With grow lights and an aquarium heater.

That also worked.

In 2021, we moved into our new home in Cameron Woods Community!

Above this is the back patio.

It is here that we set up the Tower Garden in 2021.

It has been producing ever since.

Every four to six months-

We tear it apart –

Clean it up –

And then start all over again.

In reality –

It now produces twelve months a year, and we are now four and one-half years later.

Sherry – Dottie and Cindy.

We all now live in the state of N.C.

Having moved South from Pa. and NYS.

Friends and neighbors for decades and decades!

We try to get together every so often or go on trips!

Friendships – laughter and close buddies for all these years, and now living in the South!

The skies of the South in the West are close to the Atlantic Ocean in our community!

Because of the curvature of the coast from Charleston, S.C. –

To Wilmington, N.C.-

The back of our home faces almost due South!

This is looking to the West from the road in front of our home.

It is rare to live on the East Coast and yet have the back of your house face South!

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Living here in our community-

We have open-air concerts from mid-May to mid-September.

The weather is why we have concerts –

Very few in the five years we have been here have been canceled only to be rescheduled at a future date.

LIVING IN THE SOUTH!

This will be our last move –

Having moved seven times –

Built three homes –

Lived in a condo for a short while.

Coming from WNY and growing up in NWPA!

LIFE IN THE SOUTH suits us!

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Papa’s World – OIB Oyster Festival!

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The dawn of another day at the beach!

This was the 44th. year of the OYSTER FESTIVAL for Ocean Isle Beach.

Since 2021, Sherry and I have attended.

This year, our friends Bob and Pam –

Have rented a home nearby-

For the next year.

Taking a break from six-plus years of RV life on the road.

Pam in the red – Sherry and my grade school friend Bob.

We have been in contact through the years –

Reunions and seven years ago –

They stopped in their RV and spent some time with us in NVA!

This festival was a first for them.

Three days and FIVE LIVE BANDS!

This was the Friday evening opening band and the community’s free concert!

There were easily five to six hundred folks here!

The sun is about to set –

The music started after the color guard presented colors and the National Anthem was sung!

Here is Sherry in gray and Pam in red.

This was an excellent band and a great start to full two days of activities.

Ocean Isle Beach looking West-

From the Groin on the East end.

During the summer from mid-May until mid-September-

Every Friday night is an open-air concert at the park for free!

Sherry on the beach.

We are now on another adventure with our friends,

Who will be here until next October!

A weekend to remember.

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Papa’s World – Beach community – OIB!

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Here is Sherry – Papa – Pam and Bob-

We went on a kayak tour with a group of people –

Led by two instructors.

Once across the ICW and into the marshlands-

We stopped on a sandbar –

And had FIREBALL SHOTS!

It was near low tide, and except for the little crabs scattering across our feet-

A bucket list that I am glad to have experienced!

Here we are on North Myrtle Beach –

In front of 94.9, the Surf radio station.

The DJ’s organized a Polar Plunge in the middle of Winter.

Contestants raised money, I think, for the pet shelter.

The DJs also participated in the cause.

Living near all these beaches.

Papa is talking to tourists at our nest for the Protection of Sea Turtles –

N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission-

Permit 25st02.

We have volunteered for three years now.

I enjoy talking to people who are on weekly vacations and explaining –

The “WHY” for our volunteering to protect Sea Turtles!

All part of living near a Beach community!

This is the Kindred Spirit mailbox on Sunset Beach!

Forty plus years ago –

Two hippies walked the beach carrying a mailbox and garden tools –

To install here on a dune overlooking the ocean to the front-

And Cherry Point and Little River to the rear.

A journal is placed inside for folks to write down their thoughts!
All those journals have been kept over the years!

Here we are now in the present –

A bench has been placed and plaques with the names of those two hippies.

It is constantly maintained by volunteers, and the journals are preserved.

A bucket list item –

A mile and a half walk down the beach –

A quiet place to think and write down your thoughts.

THE KINDRED SPIRIT MAILBOX –

SUNSET BEACH – N.C.

Sunrise in our Cameron Woods Community near OIB.

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Papa’s World – The life we live.

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My two sons and their families.

They still live back in NWPA, where they were raised.

They have visited numerous times between the two of them.

Being part of the life we lead while so far away!

Always in my heart and mind.

Many memories from the past –

And many new memories to be made.

The present is the life we lead.

Five granddaughters and one grandson.

We have made memories –

We are still making memories-

This is our life to live-

One day at a time!

Cindy and Buck – We were neighbors in NYS for years.

Then they moved to N.C., and we stayed in touch.

Here we are at Lake Tahoe.

We have traveled the world on vacations with them.

Today they live but 38 miles from us.

We are still creating memories in the life we live.

The day we were married –

June 25th, 1982.

The beginning of the life we live.

Sherry on Ohau on one of our many trips around the world.

Taylor is pinning the corsage on her date for homecoming as a freshman in high school.

The life we lead.

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Papa’s World – Enjoying our area!

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LOL – A BIT OF HUMOR TO START YOUR DAY!

It has been FIVE YEARS since we moved down to the borders of N.C. and S.C.

We came during the COVID pandemic.

Streets and stores were empty, although open.

We saw the worst and the beginnings of the recovery.

But we looked on it as a new phase of our life together.

Also – a place for families to come and relax-

Go to the beach and explore.

This was the beginning of ENJOYING OUR AREA!

At that time, we traded in the car we had had for almost eight years-

And bought another Toyota Hybrid.

RAV4!

We still drive it today – 41.4 MPG!

We said our goodbyes to the LITTLE ONES and the OLDER ONES.

It was sad –

But adventures awaited them in the future-

Coming down to see us, and we’re up to see them all.

College came and went, and came again for the older three!

Maddy is on spring break for the Irish Festival at NMB!

The three LITTLE ONES –

Sherry flew up and flew back with them.

A first for them in an airplane.

Papa – Ella and Sherry-

Sunset on our back patio.

Both she and Maddy have graduated from college!

Sarah and Sherry –

Sarah is a freshman at CNU!

Our home is a place for them to visit anytime they want!

We love the choices we made five years ago!

This is –

PAPA’S WORLD –

ENJOYING OUR AREA!

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Sherry has a website too.

For twenty years.

HEALTH and NUTRITION –

HEALTHY LIVING!

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Papa’s World – WALK WITH ME!

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Our granddaughter Sarah is at CNU!

This is her first year in college.

On our way back to NVA-

We took the route less traveled –

Staying off 95 as long as possible.

Newprot News is where we ended up and stayed overnight.

We toured the campus with Sarah –

The insides of these buildings are beautiful.

Full of marvel and grand wood accents!

Inside one small section of a library that had everything!

Most of the campus buildings resemble this one.

And the walkways are paved in bricks!

Inside are marble floors and stone columns.

The campus is colonial in appearance.

Here, Sherry and Sarah cross under the dome.

The attention to detail is outstanding.

Comfortable chairs, couches, and lots of private spaces.

The campus resembles this section.

Sherry and Sarah when she graduated from H.S.

She is embarking on the next phase of her adult life.

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Papa’s World – Living our lives together!

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Here we are at the rapids just inside the Maryland border.

As we age – and having been married for 43 plus years-

Together for a year and a half before that-

What has become a thought for me-

One day, one of us will not be here!

That is life!

We have shared so much over the years.

And today we are each other’s giver.

I see friends who are going through life-changing events.

However, we still maintain that close bond of being there for one another.

A lot of truth in this!

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – BLESSED!

Looking out across the Mall to the Washington Monument.

Sherry stands where over the 21 years we lived in the area-

We made a favorite pastime of going into D.C. –

Just to explore and walk around for the day.

LIVING OUR LIVES TOGETHER!

Buck and Cindy – our dear friends!

We have traveled the world with them.

Golfed – dinners- and friendships!

Today, we live 38 miles from them.

We were neighbors in WNY back in the late 80s and into the 90s.

They moved to where they are now, and we stayed in contact and visited.

Maintaining those friendships!

Going through life together-

SENIORS now – Closer to 80 than to 70!

Maintaining health and nutrition –

For the past twenty-plus years –

We have maintained our supplements.

Leaning on the published research.

True today as it was twenty years ago.

In fact, Sherry signed up –

To save money and allow our grandkids to have this for free!

She has had her own website for over twenty years.

On this site is her EMAIL and PHONE number.

And a link to purchase what you want.

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

LIVING OUR LIVES TOGETHER WITH HEALTH AND NUTRITION!

We choose to give of ourselves.

Someday –

Only one of us will remain.

But until that day comes –

We shall continue hand in hand.

VOLUNTEERING – LOVING LIFE – FAMILY – FRIENDS – TOGETHER!

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Papa’s World – Cassidy – Taylor – first Homecoming!

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Logan and Taylor –

He asked her to go to Homecoming with him.

She accepted, in her freshman year, a first for her.

Cassidy and Nate.

He asked her to go with him to Homecoming-

She accepted – she is also a freshman-

This is also a first for her!

Father Marcus – Cassidy and her mother, Tammy!

Marcus – Taylor and her mother, Tammy.

This will be the first of many to come in High School.

To me, they are still the little twins who giggled-

Climbed up onto my lap-

Sang in the back seat and captured my heart.

Sarah and Cassidy-

They are so grown-up.

Sarah is now in college.

Bode – Taylor- Cassidy and Tammy!

The days of little people are over.

Taylor is placing the flower onto Logan’s shirt.

Cassidy is sitting with Bode as Taylor rides horses.

Cassidy is with her mother for the first Homecoming!

The little twins are young women now!

Taylor at the homecoming game.

Cassidy – in the middle as the highest for cheerleading at the homecoming game.

Papa’s World –

Seeing them almost all grown up.

CASSIDY AND TAYLOR –

So different but so alike.

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CASSIDY and TAYLOR – HOMECOMING – 2025- FRESHMEN!

Papa’s World – Seniors – live life to the plus.

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In our younger years, growing up

This was our generation.

Long hair- love and peace.

If you really think about it –

Short hair – hate and war are now some of the people’s mantras!

Or so it seems to me!

Being in our SENIOR years-

We both want to live our lives to the fullest while we can.

Twenty plus years ago –

We researched and selected this product of health and nutrition-

Proven through research to do what it claimed to do.

In all that time,

I have never missed a day!

Sherry also decided early on –

To join the business part and sell just enough to pay our monthly costs!

Which, for both of us,

Amounted to about $140.00 per month.

And she did ‘

And has had her own website for over twenty years!

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Trying as hard as I could –

Eating fruits and vegetables every day in the right amounts-

Just was ot happening.

And – I loved fast foods –

Burgers and fries!

I am almost addicted to salt.

I drank a lot of milk and sodas!

After forty years of eating like that –

I paid the price –

I HAD A HEART ATTACK and an operation to replace FOUR ARTERIES!

I am convinced that had I not taken the supplement –

And changed my eating habits eight years prior-

I WOULD NOT HAVE SURVIVED THAT HEART ATTACK!

Today-

I still take the capsules every day and have for over twenty years!

Recently, they developed a powder to replace the capsules!

Sherry has always had trouble swallowing pills and capsules!

This was just right for her –

A powder mixed with water tastes like a fruit juice drink!

Recognized and sold worldwide in twenty-plus countries –

She not only sold enough to pay the monthly installments –

But added to the monthly retirement income.

HER SITE: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com –

Contains both her email and phone number –

And information on how to order.

We are SENIORS – aging as healthily as we can-

Now closer to 80 than 70!

In retirement –

We are living life to the plus –

ONE DAY AT A TIME!

YES – as our lives began all those years ago –

So it goes today-

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Papa’s World – Life – family and grandkids.

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Here are the five granddaughters and the only grandson –

Bode sitting between Maddy and Ella –

You can barely see him!

Today, he is in fifth grade –

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college –

Sarah is a freshman in college-

And Taylor and Cassidy are freshmen in high school.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Sherry and her sisters –

Bonnie and Debbie.

Her mother, Barb, and her father, Bill.

Her parents are now gone –

Family was and is a priority to her.

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

My good thought for the day!

Celebrating both of our 75th birthdays. birthdays in 2024 on the OIB.

Today, we continue on toward the big 80!

We have been married for 43 years –

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Our choice for healthy eating and nutrition –

Over twenty years ago.

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Three youngest granddaughters-

Taylor – Sarah and Cassidy!

If we could only turn back time!

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

And of course, there is MARLY!

Belonging to Marcus and Tammy, and the grandkids.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Papa, Sherry, and the three oldest granddaughters-

ELLA- MADDY and SARAH!

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Papa’s World – Life in Cameron Woods.

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This is the view early after we moved into our home.

You can still see the irrigation they set up to water the neighbor’s lawn.

Later, they removed it!

A lot of truth in this.

We chose Cameron Woods because it seemed to be centrally located among all the amenities we wanted.

Shopping – Golfing- Beaches –

Gas stations, groceries, parks, and entertainment.

And a brand new community with a community building with pool – workout room –

Bathrooms – Pickle Ball courts-

Quick access to highways North- South –

And six to eight hours’ drives to family!

We get to spend time on the beaches!

Neither one of us is into swimming in the ocean!

But walking the surf –

Relaxing in the shade of umbrellas-

Knowing we can do this every day!

Several friends from back in NVA have already built houses and moved down here.

Our old friends have lived here since the 1990s.

Here – pictured are Bob and Pam, and they are leasing for a year to see if they like it!

Debby – Sherry and Tammy –

They have visited often, along with the grandkids.

CAMERON WOODS HAS BECOME A DESTINATION, along with her sister, who moved nearby!

We also brought with us Sherry’s Internet business on Health and Nutrition.

This is what we sell and have taken for over twenty years!

Her website is complete with information – how to order and, if needed-

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

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

Today, this is our home –

We had a dream, and it came true five years ago.

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

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Papa’s World – Life is short – live it!

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Andrea – Troy and Sherry-

At the pier in OIB!

They have visited once since we have been down here.

Looking forward to when they come back!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

A good thought for the day!

A walk on the beach in Feb.

Why do we choose here to live-

A scarf and jacket that can be removed if too warm in the sun.

WINTER – LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Friends, some 13 years ago –

But these friendships go back to the late 70s and mid-80s.

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Steering the boat on the ICW!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

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LOL- LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

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Papa’s World – FRIENDS are leasing here in the area!

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Left to right!

Bob and Pam-

They have leased and will be here for a total of one year.

Sherry and Diane.

Diane is back from her summer cottage on Rushford Lake.

We will be doing numerous things with all of them.

FRIENDS!

Buck – Cindy – Papa and Sherry.

They are almost our oldest friends.

We were neighbors back in the late 80s.

They moved to Magnolia Greens outside Leland, N.C.

Today we live 38 miles from them and often get together.

We have traveled the world with them on vacations.

We often golf together.

FRIENDS!

Ocean Isle Beach and the Causeway bridge over the ICW.

We live in the forest area on the mainland side.

Ten minutes –

And we can be across the bridge.

We spend a lot of time here.

We also go to Sunset Beach and Hilden Beach.

We have made many new friends here.

A DREAM!

Some of the new friends we have made as volunteers for the

Protection of Sea Turtles on OIB!

Here we are in front of the OIB Park stage-

This is where May through September –

Open-air music concerts for free –

Are held!

FRIENDS!

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My good thought for the day!

Sherry – Dottie – Cindy and Debbie-

Some of our oldest friends that we still see!

All these years, and we still enjoy getting together.

FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – Living near the border!

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After searching –

And moving to the border of N.C and S.C.-

We have found our happiness!

The big drop in the 401K in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic-

Caused us to rethink about living in NVA!

The housing market expanded and increased values –

Led us to sell the home we built and move South!

We wanted to be within a day’s drive of the Families –

But be out of the Ice, Snow, and Cold!

We both dislike snow and Ice.

It was time to move and be seniors –

Enjoy what years we have left.

We miss the families, but we go back often, and they come down.

For nine months, we had this view from the fourth floor of a condo –

In Ocean Keyes, North Myrtle Beach.

We walked to the beach one half mile every day!

Nine months here, and then we moved into our newly built home-

In Cameron Woods Community in Ocean Isle Beach –

On the mainland side of the ICW!

The new home we moved into –

We chose to be in the middle of shopping-

Golf courses –

and close to two beaches!

We are about seven miles from the border of S.C.

We are just a couple of miles from the ICW!

Our church is about five miles away.

Shopping within seven miles in either direction.

Most of the time, no snow or ice!

Just once in five years, we had a couple of inches of snow!

Within days, it was all gone and back into the mid-50s!

These past five years have gone by so fast!

But it is what we want!

We are still after twenty years –

Maintaining our healthy lifestyle!

Our choice was and still is after twenty years!

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Today, if we choose –

We can see this every day!

This is our WHY, living near the beaches and borders!

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Papa’s World – A place in the sun!

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What is called “THE GROIN” on the East side of Ocean Isle Beach.

This multi-million dollar project was completed a few years ago.

Large granite boulders were placed 900 feet straight out into the ocean-

With a 90-degree turn –

This section of the “L” shape is short-

Then the dredging of the Shalotte channel began –

And the sand was blown onto the beach West of the GROIN!

This was about a mile and hundreds of feet wide!

The beach erosion in the past wiped out the ends of First and Second streets!

This design is designed to prevent that erosion from happening.

The project succeeded –

However, going East beyond the bouldered wall-

The erosion has devastated that area of the beach.

Huge sandbags and sand have been carried in.

That whole end is most likely to collapse –

Placing multi-million-dollar homes in extreme danger.

It is a mess, and lawsuits have been filed.

NOTE: Those homes were built there after the “GROIN” was put in place!

MOTHER NATURE: It is sad to see this happening – time will tell!

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

My sons and their families-

A visit a couple of years ago-

Here we were hiking a trail near Cherry Point.

Showing them a PLACE IN THE SUN far from the cold weather back in NWPA!

It can be nice there for a few months-

But the cold is the reason Sherry and I went to the South-

On the border of N.C. and S.C.

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

For healthy living!

SUNSET from our patio in the back yard.

Winter here is sunny, with blue skies and white clouds –

Most Winter days.

Here you see a late fall day-

Or an early winter day.

Almost zero snow and ice.

I bundle up – scarf and winter jacket-

Sometimes ear muffs-

But after walking a distance in the sun-

Slowly, I lose the scarf and earmuffs!

I do not like the cold-

I am comfortable at 74 degrees inside and 77 outside!

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

We chose our place in the sun –

Ocean Isle Beach!

Here you see the mainland and then the Causeway Bridge.

The town of OIB is after crossing the bridge.

We live back in the forest,

A couple of miles before crossing the bridge in the forest!

A little over ten minutes and we are here.

Sunset Beach is a couple of miles away, and we have access to that area also.

All shopping – gas – parks – box stores,

And multiple golf courses are within fifteen minutes of our house!

Wilmington is 45 minutes, and NMB is less than thirty minutes.

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

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Sherry in our home-

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Papa’s World – Some HUMOR and good vibes to start the day!

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I AM – All of the above or some of it?

A GOOD VIBE to start your day!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT!

GOOD HUMOR FOR THE DAY!

Taylor on the left –

Cassidy on the right!

Cassidy on the left and Taylor on the right!

How they have grown –

Both in high school now!

MY GOOD VIBE FROM A PAST MEMORY!

GOOD AND POSITIVE VIBES!

LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS WITH GOOD FRIENDS!

Pam and Bob –

Now are in the area to see if they like it!

GREAT FRIENDS AND GOOD VIBES!

Our healthy choices for the past twenty years!

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Papa’s World – Cool pictures and good vibes!

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On a Spring 2025 trip to Florida-

We went to the Villages –

We had spent considerable time visiting my brother, who lived there!

Several years ago, he passed away.

We decided during our trip there in Florida-

We would once again visit Sumpter Landing.

He lived a half mile away, and we walked it every day for months.

This picture was taken just outside the Radio Station –

Where a man had a couple of parrots.

One he placed on Sherry’s upper arm, and we got the picture!

Across the street is RED SAUCE –

This was my brother’s favorite place to sit, talk, and have a couple of beers!

A COOL PICTURE and brought back many GOOD VIBES in memories!

The WWII museum is back in my hometown of Eldred, Pa.

Buses stop here for tours, and while you only see the entrance-

It really is huge.

The tank coming through the wall is real!

Put it on your bucket list –

You will not be disappointed.

A COOL PICTURE and many memories and GOOD VIBES growing up here for me!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Mother and daughters.

The Swedish gene runs deep!

Tammy on the left and Debby on the right!

A COOL PICTURE BRINGING GOOD VIBES TO OUR FAMILY!

Our choice for health and nutrition for over twenty years.

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A GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

Shortly after I had my heart attack and before my four bypass surgery!

This was back in 2013, almost 2014.

Eight years before this, I had changed my eating habits-

Most likely, what kept me alive after FORTY YEARS of fast food and not eating well.

I have continued on what I practiced back then-

FOR ME, THIS IS A COOL PICTURE AND A GOOD VIBE MEMORY!

Me today!

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Papa’s World – Positive writings!

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Writing a blog that has positive meanings.

Good thoughts and vibes.

That is my goal on every blog!

Nature – picking up trash on the beach!

We strive to keep the areas as clean as possible.

Volunteering once a year on trash pickup!

That is who we are!

This is one side of my son Shawn’s business-

The other side is auditing for power companies –

State and local governments for the elderly-

To qualify for energy savings!

Proud of this man for what he is accomplishing!

Looking ahead –

Winter is here –

But not so bad in the area we live in.

Here – we have mostly blue skies – sunshine-

But still warm coat and scarves weather.

But for the most part –

No snow and ice –

I can live with that as it warms up in the sunshine!

LOL- might just be some truth in this!

Cassidy – one of the twins –

She drew this when she was eleven years old, freehand!

Such a talent.

I love this, and we have it framed!

Our health and nutrition for over twenty years.

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Papa – during the COVID-19 pandemic –

Could not find a barber-

It just gets more curly with each passing week! LOL

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Papa’s World – Blogs – Thoughts and good times!

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We moved here in 2021-

The weather here is much warmer than in NVA or WNY –

Where we first lived.

Also – born and raised in NWPA –

We had a few months of ideal weather and then cold and snow!

Neither one of us enjoys that weather –

We both like to be warm.

Living here can be hot and humid.

You just learn when to go out,

And you can always head to the beach.

There – with the wind and shade –

It is comfortable for us.

Walking the beach with a shade hat on –

The surf on your feet and a breeze-

That is a WHY for us.

Coffee in the morning is a must for me!

Just one cup!

But – I also like a cup of tea-

Nothing in it and only cream in my coffee!

My mother and grandmother drank tea as I was growing up!

Later, Mom drank coffee!

My grandmother introduced me to “COFFEE SOUP”!

Wierd as it sounds –

It was during the DEPRESSION thing.

When hard times came –

She would make and bake bread!

As a way to substitute for other items-

She would slice a thick piece of homemade bread-

Then pour some coffee over it with sugar and milk from the cows.

They called this “COFFEE SOUP” and sometimes some thick bacon.

Which came from raising pigs.

Most everything was done on the farm.

My father would take two slices of homemade white bread –

Butter both pieces –

And cut a thick slice of onion and make –

“BREAD AND BUTTER ONION SANDWICHES” for his lunch pail –

On the oil leases where he was a supervisor!

This also went back to his upbringing during the “DEPRESSION”!

Our way for over twenty years of healthy eating!

THIRTY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES are going directly into the bloodstream from powder capsules.

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PAST MEMORIES make me laugh!

This could be a success! LOL!!!

Our front porch –

My place to sit and relax in the shade!

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Papa’s World – Good humor- great vibes- pictures!

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The twins were born on their mother’s birthday!

Not planned, but the doctor said it was time-

So they were premature.

Here is Tammy holding Taylor’s hand while Miss Independent- Cassidy –

Does her own thing! LOL

This – giving a GREAT VIBE to my picture!

A LOT OF TRUTH HERE!

Our feelings exactly!

On our bucket list dream – OAHU!

Someday, we would like to return only to the Big Island!

ABOVE – A PICTURE OF A GOOD VIBE!

OUR ROAD TO HEALTHY LIVING – PAST TWENTY YEARS!

email and phone number, and order on the website!

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

LOL – LOL!

PAPA – As a volunteer for the Sea Turtle Protection on Ocean Isle Beach!

We have finished our third year and look forward to the beginning of our fourth year-

In May of this year!

Some good advice-

We will continue as long as we can!

A GOOD VIBE FOR THE DAY!

Papa – talking to tourists about the turtles.

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PAPA’S WORLD: GOOD HUMOR- GREAT VIBES- PICTURES!

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Papa’s World – Writing Positives and humor!

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Raised during this time in history-

Love – Peace and happiness!

GOOD DAY TO ALL OF YOU!

We have this place to go to for early morning coffee and tea!

Just across the causeway bridge over the ICW-

The eatery called CAUSEWAY 59-

You sit outside if you want and observe the boats coming into the marina!

It is quiet and peaceful-

A way to welcome the day!

WHEN THEY WERE LITTLE!

Cassidy – Bode and Taylor-

Back at our home in Brambleton, Va.

Time has gone by –

Bode is in 5th. grade and the twins are Freshmen in H.S.

But – I have memories of times gone by!

A gift I shall cherish as long as I live!

LOL- YEP – AS FAR AS I AM HITTING – THEY ARE SAFE!!!!

YES – I HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO DO THIS!

A drink for health – if you have trouble swallowing capsules or pills-

This is health and nutrition in a fruit drink!

For more information, email and phone number, or just to try out –

Sherry’s site: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

When my two sons and family come to visit!

Several times they have been here.

Looking forward to when they once again make that long drive down here from NWPA!

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Papa’s World – Positivity – humor and vibes!

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Maybe- Maybe not- you never know!

When he was small – Bode- on our couch in Brambleton, Va.

He would come and stay with us during the day before he started pre-school.

Often – quiet as a mouse!

Today, he plays flag football, golf, Lacrosse, and sometimes soccer.

I often want the little boy back, but I enjoy seeing him grow –

“Papa – what are we doing next”?

“I don’t know, but whatever it is – we will have fun”!

That is so true! LOL!

Two of my oldest friends.

All three of us grew up in Eldred.

Bob – on the left- we graduated together.

Jim – on the right – we played softball and worked together.

MEMORIES THAT GO WAY BACK!

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Email and phone number-

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Every day, I practice this and learn from my mistakes!

My quiet place-

My place to sit and watch.

Shaded all day – Neighbors go by –

Greetings are made-

Watch storms come in and go.

FRONT PORCH – many memories are here!

LOL – however – not for me-

My problem is waking up after four hours to go to the bathroom –

AND THEN falling back to sleep! LOL

We both love the BILLS and COMMANDERS!

But no fights here as to which ones to cheer for!

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Papa’s World – Laughs – Good thoughts – Pictures!

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GOOD DAY, everyone!

A blog to bring a smile and a good thought!

Here we are in Winter, and I am already looking toward Spring!

Sherry and I are not fans of cold weather.

However, living here is much better than wherever we have lived!

Another GOOD THOUGHT!

This is my way of life!

Cassidy was in her fort when she was younger!

I miss these days!

LOL – YEP – MAYBE I DO!!!!!!

Sherry selected this instead of capsules –

Simply because she has a problem swallowing pills and capsules.

Add the powder to water, mix it up, and either drink it down or sip it slowly.

For information – email or phone number-

This is her website: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

We are close to several beaches!

In retirement and being a SENIOR -We are living where we want to be.

For us –

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

In JULY 2024 – they all came to the beach to celebrate our 75th birthdays!

WE HAD LAUGHS – GOOD THOUGHTS and PICTURES!

FAMILY!

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FAMILY – OLDEST GRANDCHILDREN!

Papa’s World – Good thoughts and life memories!

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GOOD THOUGHT and GOOD VIBE for the day!

When we lived in NVA, we often made trips either on the Metro or by car-

Into Washington, D.C.

We moved into the area in 1999 –

First, for a couple of months in Alexandria,

Close to Old Town.

Then, for a dozen years, in and around Fairfax.

Finally – Brambleton –

Which was on the backside of the Dulles Airport in the country.

Dozens of times during those years –

We acted as tour guides to family and friends!

We would spend weekends going into the city with them.

Here is one time with friends from AZ. –

Sherry -on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with –

The Washington Monument and the reflecting pond in the background!

We loved going into the city.

I normally don’t like cities, as I feel closed in.

But – Washington, D.C. –

It is wide open, and the buildings can only be so high!

LOL – A SMILE FOR THE DAY!

Jo – Sherry and Paul –

REFLECTIONS on the Vietnam Wall!

They visited us from AZ.

We are all from that area of history.

We lost people we knew.

MEMORIES FROM THE PRESENT INTO THE PAST!

WHEN FRIENDS MAKE YOU LAUGH AND SMILE!

These friends go back decades –

And decades!

Sherry – Cindy and Dottie.

Oh, the times through the years they have had!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND LIFE MEMORIES!

Sherry switched to this instead of the capsules –

Because she has always had problems swallowing capsules and pills.

Tastes like FRUIT juice when mixed with water.

For more info –

Sherry’s website with email, phone number, and how to order-

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

The twins – Taylor on the left and Cassidy on the right-

When they were small, they would climb up onto my lap-

And we would watch the IPAD!

Today, they are in their first year of H.S.

Taylor is almost as tall as I am-

And Cassidy is a few inches shorter!

If only I could turn back time!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

The day Sherry and I took Ella and Maddy –

On the Metro to Arlington Cemetery –

And then we walked across the 14th. street bridge –

Into the Rolling Thunder Bike Rally!

I think they were maybe 13 and 16 years old.

It was an exciting trip as we walked in DC that day!

Covering most everything and then caught the Metro back just outside where we lived.

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Together – our life!

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June 25th. 1982 – a second marriage for both of us.

Combining Sherry’s two daughters –

And my two sons.

Back at that time –

We had no money –

We both worked for AOTC –

In Olean, N.Y.

We lived in the country at the farthest point from the Portville School District.

Life was busy –

We would often load the kids up in our twelve-passenger van-

Pack food for picnics or overnight trips.

We lived on a budget yet tried to have as much fun as we could as a family.

The house where we lived had a long gravel driveway and in winter-

Provided a 1/10th of a mile sled ride.

We had a backyard, and on the far end –

A fire pit for cooking out and a bonfire at night!

Hardly any lights in the country and a star-filled sky at night!

We had dated for a year and a half.

Both of us are waiting for the divorce to be done.

It was a time that I would not trade –

We had new friends.

But the house was small –

We were going to find one closer to the school –

It was about 14 miles round-trip every time we had to take the girls to activities.

And for my sons who still lived with their mother –

20 to 25 miles round trip.

After five years, we found a home close to the school and closer to my two sons.

We lived in that house for 12 1/2 years.

In that time, the kids all graduated from H.S.

We were empty nesters, and we decided we needed a change.

We both transferred within the company to NVA!

We would end up moving three times – build two houses while working in NVA!

Between both of us-

We had 79 1/2 years of service to the same company at retirement.

During this time, we found a supplement with research-

To help us age as healthily as we can into our senior years.

Now – over twenty years later –

We are seniors and still take this every day!

Sherry’s site with email and phone number-

She decided to have this as a part-time business.

https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Papa – third from the left, and Sherry second from the right!

Being retired – and both closer to 80 than 70-

We volunteer – The Protection for Sea Turtles –

And the Food Pantry for our church.

Here we are after volunteering for the pick up of trash for OIB.

We covered first and second streets and side streets between Lee Street and Charlotte Street!

In July 2024 –

Our family celebrated our 75th birthdays on the beach!

With our friends, the McBrides,

After a day of golfing.

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Papa’s World – My “WHY” – writing blogs!

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Yes – I do drink coffee-

One cup early in the morning as I read the newspaper online!

After that, I turn my attention to “PAPA’S WORLD”!

This blog is a result of my wife, SHERRY, telling me I needed to have a place-

Where my writing could be stored –

Since it just went into the internet world –

Somewhere out there in space!

Never to be recovered and read again.

So with help from her and a friend –

We found WORDPRESS –

And for a yearly fee-

I have my own BLOG SITE – titled – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

“PAPA’S WORLD”!

Where members can SUBSCRIBE for FREE – 660 have now joined-

And a blog goes to their email whenever I write one, and it publishes at midnight-

All over the world!

Of all those members, I only know maybe 4 or 5!

The rest are WORLDWIDE-

And I can see each country that they live in.

AND IT IS FREE TO SUBSCRIBE!

My writing is a memory jogger for me.

It is an exercise that requires me to remember things!

I write them down as a memory –

And oftentimes, pictures of the past jog that memory!

This supplement on the right-

Also clears my mind and boosts my energy!

Along with the fruits and vegetables on the left.

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I am grateful that my wife and friend helped me start my blogs!

Today, there are over 2000 stored on my blog site.

You can just Google “PAPA’S WORLD – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog”

And they will come up.

This is also for our family-

GENERATIONS to come who can read and see our pictures!

Instead of photo albums –

There are stories of family, friends, events, and holidays!

Where we lived and how we lived.

That is most important for me.

I hope to continue to write and share my blogs as long as I can.

It has helped my memory –

My will to stay as healthy as I can.

Thanks to all of you for supporting my blogs all over the world!

PAPA’S WORLD –

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PAPA and SHERRY – JUNE 25th, 1982!

Papa’s World – Past memories in pictures!

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Several years ago –

Along with our long-time friends – The McBrides-

We vacationed on Oahu!

This was a bucket list for both of us!

We also wanted to golf-

So we rented clubs and played a rainforest course in the mountains.

We even saw a mongoose and wild pigs!

In this picture, you can see the yellow ball just as Sherry hits it!

To her left are green Trees, bushes, and deep ravines!

Needless to say –

You do not look for lost golf balls on this course!

It was cart path only – at times going through jungle growth on either side of the cart!

Part of the course was in the rain forest-

And yes, it rained!

The other part was sunny and dry!

It was an experience I shall always remember.
GOLFING OAHU!

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

The Covid Pandemic!

We wore masks –

But I have had Covid three times.
I have had the two shots and the booster.

I was sick for a few days –

But no lasting results.

I do not plan to have additional shots-

As I also do not have the Flu shots.

I have been tested, and my body is producing antibodies!

BUT – A PAST MEMORY I SHALL ALWAYS HAVE!

This I have taken for over twenty years.

Absorbed directly into my bloodstream.

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Our kitchen island in our home in Brambleton, VA.

The three youngest grandkids lived one mile from us.

We were together all the time as their parents worked.

They eventually moved out to the country.

The 401K took a big hit-

However, this house has increased significantly in value.

We decided to cash out after 14.5 years.

What had been an everyday occurrence for years –

Became less and less.

Loundon County became more and more expensive to live in.

We decided since they were older and becoming more and more involved in activities-

It was time to find a warmer climate,

Yet it was a six-to seven-hour drive away!

We moved to Cameron Woods –

Just a short drive to OIB!

This is across the causeway bridge to Ocean Isle Beach-

In the wooded area in the upper left is where we live on the mainland!

We either go home or they come down, so we see them often-

And try to support them in the events they do.

They call Sherry – MORMOR- Swede for MOTHERSMOTHER –

And they call me PAPA!

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

Instead of capsules – a quick way to get your daily 30 fruits and vegetables!

Just mix with water and you have what tastes like FRUIT punch!

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

Two of my oldest buddies-

On the left – Buck –

And on the right – Jimmy!

Yes – we do funny things –

But then we have been friends since the mid to late 70s.

We all now live in the state of N.C.

PAST MEMORIES IN PICTURES!

On our wedding day –

JUNE 25th. 1982!

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