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Papa’s World – Life together and dreams!

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Our life together has been created many times –

We all gathered at our home in the kitchen.

Family times – food and drink and grandkids!

Today – we are far away –

But they all come to visit, and we go back home several times during the year.

Our dream to live in a warm climate near beaches has come true.

Our dream now is to have them all once again gathered in the kitchen.

LIFE TOGETHER AND DREAMS!

We are very much against HATE!

That is not who we are or how we live.

Love – caring and helping is what we are all about!

We share LIFE TOGETHER AND DREAMS!

The home we have today is open to family and friends.

All have been here one time or another!

OUR LIFE TOGETHER AND DREAMS!

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Time for a family gathering at our home in Brambleton, VA.

Miss those days, but so many opportunities exist when they visit!

OUR LIFE TOGETHER AND DREAMS!

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Papa’s World – 6-25-1982 – THE DAY WE WERE MARRIED.

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We had dated for a year and a half prior to the day we were married.

Sherry had two daughters from her first marriage.

I had two sons from my first marriage.

We had very little money, but we made it work.

I kept a few friends, and she kept a few friends –

But other than that, we made new friends together.

We lived in a three-bedroom home with one bathroom all the way up to the end of –

The East Windfall Road in the Portville, N.Y. school district-

The school was ten miles away!

The driveway was 1/10th of a Mile long up a gradual slope to the house –

And the house had a large green lawn all around it!

Back then, I had a push mower – gas –

And it took three days to mow it!

The driveway alone was 1/10th of a mile in both directions and about six feet of mowed grass on either side.

On the upper lawn was a fire pit.

The neighbor at the end of the driveway, you could not see because of the trees –

And the other two neighbors –

One you could see way across the field, and the other you could not see!

We were isolated!

But – as the two daughters grew –

So did the school activities and church-

Both – ten miles away.

Many round trips were needed, and my sons were six to eight miles beyond that!

Most of the ten miles were 35 to 45 MPH!

Sherry – in the Dominican Republic for our honeymoon.

We spent a week on the island at an all-inclusive resort.

At the last minute-

The travel agency called and said our prior destination in the Bahamas was canceled –

Due to renovations, this was available, and they gave the all-inclusive at no cost!

We took it and flew out of Toronto, Canada!

We were married on a Friday night in our church in Portville, N.Y.

Saturday, we drove over three to four hours to Toronto –

Stayed overnight and flew out on Sunday!

We had many adventures on the island –

Someday I will write about them!

Our life together has been one of gratitude!

We made it work –

Had no money –

And raised four children (my sons stayed with their mother)

I raised two wonderful stepdaughters.

To get the nutrients from more fruits and vegetables –

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Today – Debby on the left, Tammy on the right, and Sherry in the middle.

They are the daughters I never had.

And they each had three children –

Debby and Mike – with Kendrick, who will marry Maddy!

Sarah and Maddy are in the front, and Ella is behind them.

Tammy with her twin daughters – Taylor and Cassidy!

Marcus and Tammy with Bode –

The only grandson.

My two sons –

Troy on the left and Shawn on the right.

Today, they still live back in NWPA,

Where they were raised.

But they visit –

And we are looking forward to them coming down once again.

Proud father to two sons!

Today we celebrate 44 years of marriage –

I would not change a thing!

My love and soulmate-

My partner and friend.

June 25th. 1982 to June 25th. 2026 –

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, SHERRY –

And more to come!

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Papa’s World – Humor, laughs, and good thoughts!

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Our life has been a blessing!

This flag tells it all!

Born and living through the HIPPIE era and then as a baby boomer –

We have led an interesting life.

THIS IS MY OWN GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Cassidy, Sherry, and Maddy –

On one of our visits back to NWPA before her mother passed away.

In a small town called Mount Jewett-

At a Swedish restaurant on Main Street.

We always went there for breakfast, lunch, or dinner.

It was a tradition for our family!

Here – Maddy tries on a Viking Hat!

As little Cassidy looks on!

It was, I believe, called “KAFFE SOL”!

Serving homemade Swedish pastries and food.

Bring back so many memories –

ANOTHER GOOD THOUGHT FOR ME!

We cherish these memories –

And someday we hope to return to NWPA –

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Our glider on the front porch.

We are fans of these two teams.

She is a little bit more leaning toward the Buffalo Bills-

And I am a little more toward the Washington Commanders.

We cheer for both even if they play one another.

FOR US, A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

LOL-LOL- some laughs and humor for the day!

Our very longtime friends –

From back in the 90s in Portville, N.Y.

Buck and Cindy –

They moved to the Wilmington, N.C. area in the mid 90s, and we moved to NVA in 1999.

But we stayed in contact and visited one another-

And took many vacations together around the world.

Today, we live some 35 miles from them and still get together.

MY GOOD THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY!

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Papa and Sherry –

On our trip to OHAU-

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Papa’s World – Laughs with good thoughts and memories!

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A ferry ride to Sheckleford Island to see wild horses-

With lifetime friends.

Laughs and good times!

A PAST MEMORY with all six grandkids!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR US!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Last year, on a trip to Disney Springs in Florida!

A fun trip with friends –

A lasting good thought memory!

Waiting for the performance to begin at the GREG ROWLES THEATER in North Myrtle Beach –

Bob – Pam and Sherry.

Good times with friends.

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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A GOOD MEMORY FOR US – OUR HOME FOR 14 1/2 YEARS IN BRAMBLETON, VA.

April and Brian – our friends from back in WNY-

Visited us in March on their way to Florida.

Rehashing good times –

Showed them the area –

GOOD TIMES OF MEMORIES PAST!

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Papa’s World – Humor and Good Thoughts for the day!

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LOL – But the good thing for me –

I LOVE VEGETABLES –

I am always eating uncooked carrots, radishes, onions, and tomatoes.

I love celery and hummus dip!

I eat greens and raw cabbage.

I also like them cooked.

Steamed and just picked and fresh!

You do not have to encourage me to eat my vegetables! LOL.

I live one day at a time ever since my open-heart surgery.

I learned that day to never take life for granted.

It was as close to dying as I have ever been.

I count my blessings and the lifestyle changes we made twenty-plus years ago!

We build our IMMUNE SYSTEMS every day.

In twenty years, I have not missed a day, even when I had my heart attack and open heart surgery.

I am convinced – if I had not made those changes before the heart attack-

I would not have survived.

I now get tested every three to six months with blood tests.

Today – in those tests –

I am the same as I was the day after my open-heart surgery.

Everything is working, including every nuclear stress test I have taken.

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Mine would be – “TOM HIT THIS BALL TOO SORT AND TO THE RIGHT- NOW IT IS YOURS!” LOL

In recent years, I have managed to keep it in the fairway –

Not as far as I used to, but at least I can find it!

Golf is a game of hard knocks!

Long – short – sideways and missed swings!

But – for me – it only takes one to bring me back time and time again.

THAT IS MY GOOD THOUGHT IN MY LIFE!

We both live by this in this world of turmoil.

Helping when we can and what we can afford.

Volunteering for those less fortunate.

LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

YEP – I HAVE DONE THAT! LOL!

So many funny things happen while playing golf.

Being out in the open air-

Good companions –

Fun times and laughter.

I have even hit the ball, and my watch signals that I have fallen and do I need assistance! LOL

LIFE IS FULL OF HUMOR!

MY GOOD THOUGHT EVERY DAY IS THIS SIGN ON THE FRONT PORCH!

Beach day is only ten minutes away.

The other beach is fifteen minutes away, and the third is thirty minutes away.

Each offers something different.

For us –

It is a dream we have had for a very long time.

FAMILY – FRIENDS have shared that dream with us.

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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Papa’s World – Health is our goal.

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Twenty plus years ago –

Sherry and I started on a journey to age as healthily as we could into and through our senior years.

This brought a new diet and an awareness of not eating certain foods and drinks!

For me – I GAVE UP MILK! ( I drank a lot of milk since I was a toddler)

Along with that – SODA’S!

I also drank a lot of them since I was a teenager.

Then I cut way back on dairy and meats.

Red meat, I seldom have –

Instead, I eat chicken, pork, and fish in moderate amounts.

I try not to eat deep-fried.

And I cut way down on sweets –

Milk chocolate is my downfall!

But other candy, cakes, and pies –

I seldom eat those.

Sherry is my source of information and keeps an eye on me.

I do not like hard liquor or wine.

I will drink a glass of beer every couple of weeks.

I drink mostly ice water.

I am not a prude, but a SENIOR!

And I recognize I am not up to all that as I used to be!

As a SENIOR, you have more aches and pains –

You require rest but also a form of exercise.

Mine is walking!

Recently, we took our daughter and two granddaughters to Saint Augustine.

In the four days there –

I walked 7000 plus steps a day.

I also know when to get off my feet if only for a couple of minutes.

Taking short rests helps me with a problem I have with my right leg.

Just knowing I will be okay and just keep going with short rests is all part of my senior years.

TRUE – but I KEEP TRYING!!!!!

Sherry – THE GOOD WITCH – and “JUST TOM”!

I used to dress up for Halloween –

But I am okay with going as “JUST TOM”!

Living life one day at a time –

Is good enough for me.

PAPA talking to two tourists after helping to make the runway path for –

THE PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES on Ocean Isle Beach.

Here, I explain as best I can the “WHY” of being a volunteer for this organization.

We are now into our fourth season of volunteering.

This means from mid-May to mid-October-

Almost every day on the beach!

This gives us a purpose in our senior years and a goal to get out and walk every day.

Senior living one day at a time.

Plus as you get older –

Communicating with others is important-

Keeping your mind as sharp as you can.

Taking trips with old friends.

Meeting up with old friends!

Keeping a balanced lifestyle.

Always looking to reset yourselves.

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I have not missed a single day in over twenty years.

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Papa’s World – Spending time together.

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Our senior years are spent doing as many things together as we can.

Volunteering – here we are with some other folks from the Protection of Sea Turtles.

This day, a group of us volunteered for trash pickup along the streets of Ocean Isle Beach.

We spent about three hours on our assigned streets-

Then we, along with a hundred other volunteers-

Met back at the park, where they provided lunch and drinks for us.

We sat here on the stage and ate and talked.

From mid May to mid-October –

We are on the beach in some manner for the Protection of Sea Turrles.

This will be our fourth season of volunteering.

We also volunteer for our church for the Brunswick County Food Pantry.

This involves the second Saturday of every month –

Where our church operates the county food pantry.

We are there between 8am and 8:30 am.

We have 20 to 30 volunteers –

And I am usually assigned to direct parking.

Sherry works inside at produce, meat, eggs, or as a shopper who fills the cart with the supplies each family gets.

As a shopper, she wheels the cart outside to be loaded into the designated car.

Loaders perform this duty, and then she returns inside for her next order.

On the other assignments –

She works at an item storage spot and fills the order as the shopper wheels the cart by.

Outside- a volunteer directs the car to me-

I greet them and ask a few questions, and then instruct them to a spot and “BACK” in.

Many people have trouble backing into a spot –

And I help them.

I give them a number that they show on their dashboard-

And if they are unable to walk over to the sign-in station-

I give them a colored sticker that is placed on the windshield.

We have roving volunteers who will then come to the car and get them signed in.

I tell them when to go and sign in, and that someone will tell them when to go and pick up.

They remain in their cars and are loaded by volunteers.

We handle about 100 to 130 cars during the three hours we are there.

Most are seniors, and many can not walk far.

Many are families, and the total number of people runs between 250 and 275.

This is a service much needed in our county.

Other churches do the remaining Saturdays of the month-

And we are starting on Friday – 6pm to 8pm.

There are so many families.

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Together we walk the beach.

There are certain things that I do not do-

She has card-making, group chats, and women’s games.

But we golf together and with others.

We shop, and I drive.

We explore together –

We watch TV together.

We visit family and friends together.

Since this day – 6-25-1982 –

Our wedding day –

We have been together.

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Papa’s World – SENIOR LIVING!

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SENIOR LIVING – It seems that later in life,

The “COUCH” gets more inviting as the day goes by! LOL

We have calendars –

To keep track of appointments-

Volunteer work –

Errands and shopping.

Meet-ups with friends –

“How did we ever find time to work”?

The children you raised have moved on!

The grandkids are also ready to take flight-

Be it sports, activities, jobs, or everyday life.

You become a source of –

“How are you? When can we see you?

Then the vacations come and go –

That “COUCH” becomes more comfortable.

I drink my coffee early in the morning –

One cup –

Before dawn.

I read the online newspaper –

I do not watch or listen to cable news.

Facebook – I unfollow those who try to change your minds –

With endless postings.

Being a senior, life becomes too short to listen to all the nonsense.

I am registered as INDEPENDENT!

I cast my vote and then move on.

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO DWELL ON WHAT YOU CAN NOT CHANGE, OTHER THAN VOTING!

Being a SENIOR –

We try to give back as much as we can.

Helping others –

Less fortunate.

VOLUNTEERING –

Church – family and friends.

SENIOR LIVING –

Near the beach – playing some golf –

And that couch when watching TV together-

Until early bedtime.

It all starts over for me before the dawn of the day.

That first cup of coffee to start the day –

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AGING AS HEALTHY AND BUILDING OUR IMMUNE SYSTEMS EACH DAY!

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Papa’s World – Our life near the beaches!

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Sitting on our front porch!

One of the criteria I wanted –

Was a place to sit in the shade all day long.

So – we got it with this front porch!

This was in July 2021 when we moved in, and you can see the home directly across the street-

Was not completed yet!

We were one of the first to move into this section of the development.

Perhaps halfway through the total process, which took a couple more years to finish.

So, we pretty much watched the construction of more than half the development.

As of now, two lots remain –

Both on either side of the model and they are working on completing them.

Our community is just a couple of miles as the crow flies from the beaches of –

Sunset Beach and Ocean Isle Beach!

LOL – maybe some truth in this!!!!

We are also thirty minutes from North Myrtle Beach, Holden Beach, and Oak Island Beach.

So, we are in the mix as to going to a different beach if we want!

It is here where we spend most of our time –

This is a view of the patio out back with a SOLO FIRE PIT!

I am not much into fire pits, but we do use them when family comes to stay.

We have now furnished this patio –

And replaced the screens on the lanai with EZEE BREEZE-

Water and pollen can not come in!

Sitting in the lanai during a rainstorm is comforting!

But – it also has a lot of sun back here, so I prefer the covered front porch and the glider!

We back up against a protected wildlife site with very tall trees.

Oak and pine.

This will not be cut down and is full of birds.

We have landscaped the yard –

Planting palm trees and crepe myrtles.

The edging is full of stones to prevent weeds.

This extends to all around the house.

This is now the view of the front porch – glider where I sit-

And the stones inside the edging!

It is here that I can sit in the shade and watch the folks go by, walking or driving.

The crepe myrtle and the stones –

Before the stones replaced the mulch completely around the house.

All the landscaping is complete.

Today, we drive ten minutes, park, we have a season pass, and walk on the beach.

We don’t go into the water to swim –

We are seniors and, beyond that,

Youthfully exercise.

But we do walk in the surf!

From the air –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH – the bottom is where we have a parking pass.

We are blessed in our senior years to live near here.

A dream we both had all our lives.

Here we are in the park before you cross over the causeway to SUNSET BEACH –

And along the ICW!

Summertime, we come here to sit under the huge live oak trees in the shade.

We people watch and also the boats going up and down the ICW!

We also go over the causeway bridge to Sunset Beach and walk the beach.

WE ARE LIVING OUR LIFE NEAR THE BEACHES!

SENIORS – RETIREMENT – BEACHES and GOLF!

Golfing with longtime dear friends – Buck and Cindy!

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Papa’s World – Life together – senior living!

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Our life officially started together on 6-25-1982!

We were young – early 30’s and both single but divorced!

Those early years were times that we shall always cherish.

Nothing “WILD” but living life and enjoying it!

The early years –

Hardly any money –

Working to survive –

But – wonderful in the sense we had each other.

Raising two sets of children –

Her two daughters and my two boys.

Taking long weekend trips and packing lunches – dinners to save on money.

Doing things that had no cost and were free!

Then the sports began, and with that –

Trips back and forth.

All four had sports and whatever came with it!

It seemed an endless life of travel!

But- the memories of all that are priceless –

I would not change a thing and wish we could do it again!

Along our path of marriage –

We have made lifelong friends –

DECADES!

Dottie – from the same town as me.

Decades of friendships!

Cindy – our neighbor back in WNY!

Decades later – still friends!

Bob and Pam –

My grade school friend and his wife.

We are still in contact and get together.

Diane and Sherry.

Our new neighbor in Cameron Woods Community is now a friend.

She has a cottage back in WNY where we lived nearby!

Here are Jimmy and Buck.

Outside of grade school –

My two oldest friends.

We still get together.

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Papa’s World – A day in the life of a SENIOR!

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As we neared our early beginnings of “SENIOR” life –

We did the research and selected a supplement to check off all the requirements –

Of a Healthy Lifestyle.

That was over twenty years ago!

We needed to get more fruits, vegetables, and berries into our diets!

That to us was a hard thing to do –

Being a SENIOR, you just do not consume food as much as you used to!

Our lives changed in those early years.

We became more health-conscious.

Walking for me and running for Sherry!

Our research led us to a Supplement that crossed the “T’S” –

And “DOTTED” the “I’S”.

Juice Plus had all the research published in Journals on health.

Proving to do what was claimed.

It was easy to add to our busy lifestyles as SENIORS!

There were CAPSULES – 30 nutrients in a capsule that went immediately into the bloodstream.

There were GUMMIES – Fruit – Vegetable and Berries –

That you ate and did the same as the CAPSULES!

And then there were several drinks –

FRENCH VANILLA – DUTCH CHOCOLATE and the above SUPER POWER!

All tasted good and became for me –

A way to curb my appetite while getting the NUTRIENTS into my bloodstream.

We have continued this supplement for over twenty years.

Taking it with us wherever we travel in the world.

It has become a staple in our SENIOR YEARS of living.

Volunteering – The Protection of Sea Turtles –

From mid-May to early October each year.

We are now in our fourth season.

Our seniors’ lives are active –

And to have a source of Nutrients to take every day –

Has become a staple in our lives!

Today – I am 77 years old – Sherry will be 77 years old.

We choose the senior lifestyle of health and nutrition –

On the beach for our 75th birthdays in 2024.

Living life to the plus –

One day at a time.

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Papa’s World – Adventures from the past.

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Yes – I consider the above statement to be TRUE!

Our lives together –

Have been full of raising children, buying and selling houses-

Living in five states, including childhood.

Working for one Company for a combined 79 1/2 years.

Volunteering wherever we have lived.

Living our dream now near beaches, golf, and warm weather!

It has been a gift that we are blessed to have had this life.

The twin granddaughters –

When they were little –

Cassidy and Taylor.

In the early years, we had them all the time while the parents worked until school.

I would wish upon a star to reclaim some of these times –

To once more have them little in our life again.

Today, they have grown up –

Freshmen in H.S.

Taylor – Cassidy and their mother, Tammy.

The Swedish genes from Sherry –

Run in the family!

Adventures from the past!

The night Ella played against Maddy in college soccer.

Both were captains for their teams.

A memory I shall always cherish.

We followed both of them from travel league to H.S. to college soccer for so many years!

ADVENTURES FROM THE PAST!

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FRIENDS – for decades and decades!

Cindy – Dottie and Sherry.

Oh, how they have laughed, and the smiles are true to this day.

So many adventures and good times.

ADVENTURES FROM THE PAST!

Sarah – now a Freshman at college.

The youngest of the three oldest granddaughters.

So artistic – so outgoing and full of laughter and humor.

She is a gift to us.

ADVENTURES FROM THE PAST!

BODE – The only grandson in the family with five granddaughters.

Into all sports –

A big fan of the Buffalo Bills – The Washington Capitals –

And the Redskins!

Growing up –

Going into middle school.

ADVENTURES FROM THE PAST!

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Papa’s World – Cold – Winter – PUZZLE TIME!

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This past Winter, we had a major N.E. snow cyclone!

It started around 6:30 PM, and 15 inches later –

There it was!

This was RARE for this area –

Maybe once in 30 to 40 years!

But at least there was very little ice!

Since we do not own a snow shovel –

I used my leaf blower –

The snow was powder-like-

And after hours –

I cleared a path to the street for our car, which we backed into the garage.

And the sun came out, and the melt started right away.

We had strong winds during the storm, which came up the East Coast from the S.W.!

Parts of the grass were wind-swept bare –

And parts had two to three foot “DRIFTS” –

The driveway was part of those drifts!

Then my good friend “JIM” showed up with a snow shovel, and we cleaned the other half rather quickly.

Sherry concentrated on the end of the driveway, where melted snow turned to ice –

And clogged the drain to the street run off!

She freed that up as Jim, and I cleared the driveway.

By the end of the second day of sunshine-

The driveway and road were clear and free of snow and ice.

The hot sun – although maybe only 45 to 50 degrees outside –

The major difference is living here in the South.

Everything melts away within four to five days!

But – a side result of all this –

ARE PUZZLES!

I groan from the inside as Sherry finds them from the closets, cupboards, or thrift stores!

Here is the kicker-

I FIND MYSELF CONSTANTLY HOVERING AROUND THE TABLE, FINDING MATCHES!

It becomes addictive for me! LOL

Even finishing one up – breaking it apart-

Reboxing and dumping the new one out!

Finding the edges – and turning all those 300 pieces over.

And then, as habit is –

Sorting them out and separating them into colors and like pieces!

I AM OBSESIVE!

That is why I GROANED INSIDE when she put the first one out!

Some pieces are much like this! LOL-LOL-LOL!!!!

But – I must admit – it is good for the brain –

And something to do during the cold outside!

It is far from the snow we had back in NVA!

There, it took months to melt.

Less than a week later, the melt is complete.

Our plant sits on the inside window ledge-

Absorbing the sunshine from outdoors.

We are back to normal after a rare Northeastern snow blast cyclone that occurred mostly near the shoreline.

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Papa’s World – A new day – past memories!

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LOL – However – I think there is a lot of “TRUTH” in this – Esp. for me!

Golfing for me is I hit that “ONE” shot that brings me back again and again.

I feel I am successful if I can hit my drives!

The feeling of connecting and seeing the flight of the ball down the middle-

Leaves me feeling good and ready for the next shot!

Par five – dog leg left over the pond to the green

An exceptional hole for me –

I am here in two-

My next shot ended up just to the fringe of the green to the right!

A rolled up chip shot and I putted for a par!

This does not happen often for me –

Most likely would have been a bogey or worse.

BUT – it is this part of golfing that brings me back time after time!

A NEW DAY WITH PAST MEMORIES!

Back in Brambleton at our home-

Every Easter we had an Easter Egg hunt for the grandkids!

Here – Bode is less than a year old, and now he is 11.

Maddie and Ella have graduated from college- Sarah is a Freshman in college-

And Taylor and Cassidy are Freshmen in H.S.

Today – missing from the group photo is Ella –

But the other five grandkids are there.

A NEW DAY WITH PAST MEMORIES!

The six grandchildren are with Ella here.

Life continues as we have into and beyond our senior years.

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On a walking tour of Wilmington, N.C., with our oldest granddaughter –

Maddy – who came for a visit.

A PAST MEMORY!

Debby – oldest daughter in her Buffalo Bills Mafia clothing!

On their deck at Lake Holiday, Va.

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Papa’s World – Old times in pictures!

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LOL – Being a senior, I can very well relate to this!

Before we moved to Cameron Woods Community at OIB-

We stayed off and on with Marcus and Tammy just outside of Leesburg, Va.

Here are Bode, Cassidy, and Taylor walking to the bus stop!

And if you look closely – Taylor is walking MARLEY the granddog!

OLD TIMES IN PICTURES!

Here they all are before the walk!

Marly has gotten so big, and the kids are now in H.S. (the twins) –

And Bode is about to go into middle school!

OLD TIMES IN PICTURES!

When Sherry and I travel to Myrtle Beach to go to the outlet stores-

We walk to Starbucks –

She gets an iced tea and I get a cup of coffee!

There is an area that has palm trees, chairs, benches, and artificial grass-

I select my seat and sit down!

I sip my coffee and stand guard over her iced tea.

She continues to shop –

While I PEOPLE WATCH!

She comes back and leaves her packages –

Sips her Iced Tea and then continues!

THIS IS MY HAPPY PLACE!

OLD TIMES IN PICTURES!

In 2021, we moved into our new home.

The following year, we started landscaping!

Here is the first phase, and you can still see the mulch along the side of the house.

Now – all the way around is matching stone!

The inside lanai is no longer screened in –

But a clear flexible plastic with a screen is there now-

Turning that room into a three-season room and a fourth with a heater!

OLD TIMES IN PICTURES!

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My high school senior picture – 1967!

My buddy and still friend today –

Lower right – BOB – we still get together!

OLD TIMES IN PICTURES!

Bob – Pam – Sherry and Papa at Christmas- 2025!

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Papa’s World – Memories – moments in time!

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Golf is one of the reasons we moved to Cameron Woods Community –

Ocean Isle Beach!

We are in the middle of maybe 30 golf courses within a half-hour drive.

While we do not play multiple times a week –

We try to get out as often as we can.

We are satisfied playing nine holes and then finding a place to eat out!

Usually teeing off around 2:00 pm.

That puts us done in like 2 1/2 hours-

Just in time for an early dinner.

There are so many places to golf and then dine around here.

CREATING MEMORIES- MOMENTS IN TIME!

We volunteer for the PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES!

We will start our fourth season in May.

And the season runs until mid-October.

During that time –

You will generally find us at or near the beach – OIB!

This year, our granddaughter-

Taylor has applied to be an intern.

She has signed up for two weeks and will be involved every day in different capacities!

Sherry and I will be with her at all times!

About two years ago –

During a time when she was here –

At one of the weekly “TURTLE TALKS” –

They talked about being a summer intern and the date that the application had to be in!

Two years later, she remembered that talk and the date-

And reached out to Sherry to tell us she wanted to do this –

Her mother helped her fill out the form, and this summer –

She will be here as the eggs hatch-

To be a part of the PROTECTION OF SEA TURTLES –

As an intern!

Taylor – Cassidy and their mother, Tammy!

So proud of this young lady who has ridden horses since she was four years old –

And works weekends at the barn, cleaning and grooming horses.

TAYLOR – MEMORIES – MOMENTS IN TIME!

Taylor and Cassidy are helping Papa –

Raking up leaves at our home in Brambleton, Va.

They are fraternal twins.

Today – Cassidy made varsity as a freshman in cheerleading!

She also competes in gymnastics!

Cassidy with her father, Marcus, and mother- Tammy-

For her first homecoming as a Freshman.

Cassidy – in the middle high –

As a flyer on the varsity cheerleading team.

Her gymnastic skills helped her immensely in her tryout!

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Trisha and Shawn –

My youngest son –

On their wedding day!

They still live back in NWPA-

And have visited several times.

Looking forward to them coming back once again!

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

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We lived at Minerva Drive in Brambleton, Va.

For fourteen and one-half years!

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

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

That we did every day!

It was a calming day –

And the weather forecast was that a storm was approaching!

We lived in a community just behind the DULLES AIRPORT!

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

It stayed green outside until early winter.

LITTLE DID WE KNOW WHAT YOU SEE IN THIS PICTURE –

WAS THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM!

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

To the top left is the house that –

THE DIRECTOR OF WORLDWIDE COUNTER TERRORISM LIVED FOR THE FBI!

He retired before we did.

And moved away!

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

In the middle of the intersection.

A man rolled the window down,

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

I was caught by surprise,

And it was over in mere seconds.

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

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

I told him what had happened.

He asked me if I got the plate number,

And I said “NO” –

It was all so quick,

And I did not even think about it!

He then told me –

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

On the right-hand side, park.

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

He ran the plate number,

And it came back –

It did not exist!

He had been testifying in Congress against the Chinese –

He took out his wallet –

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

He told me if I ever saw anything again-

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

I never saw anything after that –

But I still have his card,

Although he retired years ago.

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

The next morning after I took this picture –

We woke up to this!

The calm had passed, and the storm became real!

As high as the snow is piled-

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

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

I can say – in NVA –

We had three storms-

That left more snow than we ever had back there.

Most was recorded by the DULLES AIRPORT –

From our second story, we could see the tower.

We had 48 inches in a day and a half!

National Harbor with Buck and Cindy!

Around the time we lived back in NVA.

Our house – the front porch and before the storm –

Christmas lights –

THE CAM BEFORE THE STORM!

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Papa’s World – As a SENIOR – AGING!

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AGING – Where have all the years gone?

With that being said, I feel blessed!

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

Now – in our SENIOR years-

We have settled in at Cameron Woods Community –

And in a few months, five years have passed!

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

We enjoy golfing –

Not very good at it –

But – just being outside-

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

I am just happy not to lose my ball! LOL

We live near so many golf courses.

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

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

Sherry also gets a discount!

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

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

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

Movie – dinner or a show!

Buck and Cindy were our neighbors back in WNY!

Today, we live 38 miles from them in OIB.

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

LIFE AS A SENIOR IS GETTING BETTER!


Our Community entrance!

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

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

SOUTH CAROLINA – the border is but 7 miles away.

Our community is quiet, yet we know many people.

My grade school buddy – Bob and his wife Pam-

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

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

Our neighborhood friends –

A friendly Steelers vs. Bills get-together!

Another football game watch!

At a open air concerts at the park in OIB!

Debby – Papa and Sherry –

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

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

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Papa’s World – Well being – Memories!

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Our senior years – making memories and remembering them!

Not as easy as it sounds!

We both have calendars-

Which we write down all sorts of things!

MEMORY JOGGERS I call them!

I also make notes and keep them within sight!

This is all part of aging!

On Monday, Wednesday and Fridays –

I can go to the recycling-

At the park across the street.

These are the days when the bin is changed.

Then there is Tuesdays!

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

The garbage bin is rolled out around 4pm.

Wednesday morning –

The garbage truck comes and empties around 9am.

BUT – That sometimes does not happen until the afternoon!

WHY? I do not know –

But to make sure it is out there –

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

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

SPORTS!

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

And we have two favorite teams –

The Commanders and the Bills!

And that helps with memory also!

For me, I also follow college basketball –

My team is The Saint Bonaventure Basketball BONNIES!

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

I have been a faithful follower!

SPORTS HELP ME TO REMEMBER THE DAYS OF THE WEEK!

As does CHURCH!

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

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

Another reminder of what day of the week it is!

We accept the Senior life!

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

Life as a senior can be eventful –

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

LIVING HEALTHY AS YOU CAN!

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

WELL BEING – LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER!

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

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

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

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We help one another to remember in our SENIOR YEARS!

I do most of the driving –

She does the directions, and it works for us!

I AM PAPA, and SHERRY is my love.

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

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

The area behind the “GROIN” pictured here –

It is eroding fast!

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

The surf comes in and pulls the sand out.

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

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

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

At high tide,

The ocean water actually was almost under the white house-

But for huge sandbags –

Surrounding it!

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

Such is beach life –

We chose to stay on the mainland –

And commute to here when we want to!

SUNSHINE – BLUE SKIES and BEACH LIFE!

This is the OIB public park on the island.

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

After October, there are festivals held here!

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

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY!

SUNSHINE – BLUE SKIES and BEACH LIFE!

Our home –

The driveway looking toward the sunrise in the East.

This part of the coastline faces almost due South-

Because of the curvature from Charleston to the Outer Banks.

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

They hit.

We have had one Category One storm.

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

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

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

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

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

And not toward the house.

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

Instead of all the clear-cut ones.

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

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

We have now going on five years-

Being in our current house.

We are living our best senior years here.

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Papa’s World – Family times!

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A picture of Sherry and me with five granddaughters!

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

Maddy – Graduated from college –

With Enviormental Science degree and is working!

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

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

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

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

FAMILY TIMES!

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

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

Marcus runs his own company in NVA doing insurance claims.

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

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

BUFFALO CHICKEN WINGS!

Papa – holding Taylor and Cassidy!

Taylor and Csssidy with MARLEY –

First day of H.S.

FAMILY TIMES!

Ella – Maddy and Sarah –

All grown up!

FAMILY TIMES!

Debby – Maddy – Ella – Sherry and Sarah.

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Papa’s World – Life in general!

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In this year –

We have reset our goals.

As aging seniors –

We take care of one another.

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

For me-

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

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

I limit my intake of red meat –

I watch out for starches because I am borderline diabetic.

I take meds for that.

I blog every day –

For this is a journal of our lives!

BUT –

It keeps my mind active in memories!

Writing them down and storing them on my WORDPRESS site.

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Taylor -Cassidy and Tammy.

Youngest daughter and granddaughters.

Debby – oldest daughter!

Debby – her husband Mike and the three oldest granddaughters –

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

The six grandchildren with Bode, the only boy!

Marcus – Bode and Tammy!

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

To see who we are and how we lived.

Our families –

Friends and where we lived.

From our beginnings –

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

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Living is far from simple!

Living healthy is not easy!

So – I have taken this for me –

“TO LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME”!

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

At least in my case –

I still go out,

Although I take shorter walks.

My problem is my right calf.

After a walk –

It starts to hurt, and I begin to limp!

There is a 50% blockage there –

But – it is calcified and will not break free.

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

I am monitored by a vascular doctor-

My heart doctor and my GP!

All those early years of poor eating led to this.

I still maintain a healthy lifestyle –

Eating healthy –

For the past twenty years.

I still walk short distances –

With no pain and no problems.

But – I am learning –

I am doing what I can –

And thanking God that I have lived my life –

I am closer to 80 than 70!

I still golf as long as I have a cart.

And it still is fun for me!

LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

I am blessed to have a wife who coaches me –

Watches over me, and we are growing old together.

After twenty years –

I still need to take this supplement-

To help me on my journey!

Those early years – if only I had them back!

But I am committed to this every day.

I believe it is helping me!

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I am enjoying every day –

I love my life-

I am still here-

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Papa’s World – More memories – friends!

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The high school I graduated from-

It was in 1967.

Otto-Eldred H.S.

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

I stay in contact with –

Some I see yearly –

Others through social media.

But the Memories are still present –

The times we spent together as youths.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Bobby – Pam – Sherry and Papa.

Here is my longtime friend from grade school – Bob.

We have stayed in contact all these years.

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

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

So – we play golf together –

See shows and have get-togethers –

Time spent in friendships!

From childhood friends to senior living friends!

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Here we are –

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

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

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

But knew Jim and Dottie.

We have all been friends for decades and decades!

We all now live in N.C.

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

Some 35 miles from us.

We still get together –

We still stay in touch after all those years.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Three friends and their daughters.

GENERATIONS OF FRIENDSHIPS!

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Sherry – Adam and Peggy.

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

Adam was my boss.

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

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

MORE FRIENDS AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Growing old – living healthy!

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In our senior years – closer to 80 than 70!

Our journey began in 2005!

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

Sherry had been searching for a food supplement.

We had given up several unhealthy items in our diet.

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

Known and sponsored by “NBC” for your health.

Hundreds of vendors –

Healthy supplements and food plans, including diets, etc.

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

She found me later and said she found something –

That could change our lives!

JUICE PLUS – Fruits – Vegetables and Berries in capsules!

THIRTY OF THEM – two capsules of each every day!

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

PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS!

However, I was skeptical.

I am sort of PROVE IT BEFORE I BELIEVE IT!

Well – she did –

She ordered a three-month supply –

This is the recommended supply because it takes that long –

For every cell in your body to change.

Regenerate with all those nutrients working to make you healthier!

After two and a half months –

I saw improvements.

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

She had what I would call a glow.

And she felt better.

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

She was not getting sick as often,

And neither did I after three months!

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

I was feeling better!

NBC for your health –

Lucky she found it,

And lucky to come across a vendor selling the product!

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

I wish I had known about it then.

I felt the change.

My hunger for more fruits and vegetables –

We change what we eat.

I no longer drink soda!

I no longer drink milk!

I have almost completely eliminated fast food.

I have cut way back on sweets,

And I actually control my weight better!

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

I drink mostly water –

A beer once in a while –

No wine or hard stuff!

And it actually is sold in over 25 countries!

We have changed since we first started –

I feel we are healthier today –

Then back when we started!

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

It takes commitment –

As when you make New Year’s resolutions –

It is hard to do.

Temptations are there.

We have made a difference in our family and friends.

No regrets, and I have never missed a day!

Here are our grandchildren –

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You can sponsor one child –

Ages 4 to 19 –

And if going to college –

19 to 25!

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Papa’s World – A look back!

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Number 10 – Maddy Myers –

Her senior year of H.S.

On the Loudoun soccer travel team.

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

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

For two years,

She did this week in and week out

In the soccer season!

She excelled and was recruited to the University of Lynchburg!

Here, she played for four years.

In her Sophomore season –

She was named third team all-conference.

In her Junior year –

Second team all-conference-

And in her Senior year – CAPTAIN!

In those four years,

They won the conference twice-

And went to the NCAA tournament twice!

A LOOK BACK at family!

Debby and Mike –

Parents of Maddy – Ella and Sarah.

Here they are before marriage.

They met in college –

And today – 25 plus years later –

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

And Sarah is in her Freshman year of college!

A fond LOOK BACK AT FAMILY!

Our dear friends – John and Nancy –

Who now live just outside Charleston, S.C.

They attended the same church in Sterling, VA,

As we did.

We have maintained that friendship-

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

A FOND LOOK BACK AT FRIENDS!

EACH MORNING WE WAKE UP BLESSED!

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

A FOND LOOK BACK AT FAMILY!

Debby and Mike –

The day they were married.

A FOND LOOK BACK!

Our protection for our IMMUNE SYSTEMS!

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LOL – All I have to do is find someone slower- MIGHT BE A TALL TASK! LOL!

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

On Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, N.Y.

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

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

Sherry – Buck and Cindy and Papa!

A FOND LOOK BACK –

AND DECADES AND DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

SHERRY and PAPA!

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Papa’s World – Community and Beach!

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

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

Annual TURKEY WALK for Thanksgiving!

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

While I could not walk this year-

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

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

We are mostly retired or soon to be!

Sunset between the trees in our backyard!

We have beautiful early morning sunrises and sunsets here.

One of the two reasons we selected this location –

I wanted a front porch to sit on –

And ours is in the shade almost the whole day!

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

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

Sitting on the front porch – seeing the sunrise –

Sitting on the back patio – seeing the sunsets!

The front porch I wanted!

The glider where I sit!

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

Early morning sunrise from the front porch!

The beach – The pier and surf, and sand!

We always dreamed of beach living!

While we are on the mainland –

Ten minutes without traffic and we can stand here!

This is the life we have chosen.

We are blessed!

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

We are living the dream.

Never did we think this would come to be!

Our lives has changed!

FAMILY AND FRIENDS are still important to us.

And we built a home to accommodate both.

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

We also celebrate our health!

Twenty years ago, we chose this supplement!

Research and cost led us to this.

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Sold in over twenty countries worldwide.

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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!

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I am convinced my life depended –

On these FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES and OMEGAS!

To conclude –

LIFE COMES AT YOU-

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

I will continue on my path to health and nutrition.

I am active- I enjoy life –

AND I LIVE LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

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Papa’s World – The world of senior living!

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Yes – we are from this era!

Those were special times-

I look back and think ‘I LIVED THAT”!

Today is much different –

Being a senior –

Well, a trip to the pharmacy-

Is a way to get out and about! LOL

Shopping for groceries –

Post office and returns!

I think we keep Amazon in business!

LETS EXPLORE!

A side road to find out where it ends!

Down here near OIB-

We have viewing platforms over the marshes!

Ideal place to go and watch birds –

Fish jumping and the occasional GATOR!

We have always made do with what we have,

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

The church is very prominent in our lives.

Just thankful for the blessings we have!

Also, when playing golf –

I need a sense of humor!

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

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

It is more suitable that way for me!

It is hard to fathom for me –

The three oldest granddaughters-

Ella – graduated from college and is teaching!

Sarah is in her Freshman year in college!

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

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

Now the three youngest are growing up-

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

Our senior years are about staying connected to grandkids!

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

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

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Papa’s World – SHE LOVES HORSES!

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Taylor – one of our twins –

Her first homecoming date-

She is as tall as Sherry,

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

As soon as she could walk –

She was drawn to horses!

Have a drink and enjoy the read!

Here is Taylor –

Being held up by her mother – Tammy!

This was the beginning of her LOVE OF HORSES!

She began going to the BARN once a week –

Spending hours there grooming horses-

Cleaning stalls and leaning to ride!

She also learned to play the violin –

Singing in church and recently for her confirmation –

With her own money –

Bought a guitar –

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

Her happy moment is to ride for hours!

If she could be there overnight,

She would!

Grooming and feeding the horses-

Cleaning their hooves-

This is Taylor!

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

She has grown.

This past basketball season –

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

Cassidy and Taylor – Fraternal twins.

Both have gone their own ways –

Cassidy – Gymnastics competition and cheerleading.

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

Taylor – her love of horses.

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Papa’s World – 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.

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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.

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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 – 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 – 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!

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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!

What we started twenty years ago and take daily!

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I HAVE NEVER MISSED A DAY!

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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 – 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!

A MEMORY IN A PICTURE!

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TWENTY YEARS OF MEMORIES IN THIS PICTURE!

YES – MAKE A DECISION!

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 – 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!

So true – when listening – LASTING MEMORIES RETURN!

A memory in the making for the last twenty years.

Our way to a healthy life.

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When the family visited –

My sons and their families.

LASTING LIFE MEMORIES!

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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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EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are there!

PAPA’S WORLD!

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 – 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!

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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 – 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!

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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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Papa’s World – Reflections of the past!

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In our home in NVA at Brambleton-

We had several TOWER GARDENS!

They are growing systems requiring only –

WATER – AIR and NUTRIENTS!

An aquarium pump in the base filled with water –

Pumps the water to the top on a timer!

Then it filters down from the top

And the roots hang in the air and are saturated by the water.

Nutrients are added to the base where the water is stored –

Thus, your plants are fed all the time.

These nutrients are special –

The system grows in weeks, compared to months in soil.

We had so much that we gave it away to neighbors.

Today, since July 2021, when we moved into our home in Cameron Woods Community-

It has grown all year on our back patio.

Fresh vegetables with no pesticides year-round.

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST continued to this day!

THE TRUTH IS HERE!

Right after we moved in –

Our patio is in the rear of the house.

We had not set up the tower garden yet-

You can see it in the corner-

Soon, we had it going and producing!

REFLECTIONS IN THE PAST!

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Sherry – relaxing on the beach, which is a ten-minute drive away!

OUR WHY we selected where we live.

We are blessed and share our home with –

FAMILY and FRIENDS!

We grew up in this era-

Many fond memories!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

Sarah with her father and mother –

A prom in her High School days.

She is now a college student!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

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FRIENDS – Bob and Pam-

They have now leased a house about 9 miles from us for a year.

For six and one-half years –

They were on the road in a Class A RV!

Bob and I went to school together –

They are trying out the area to see if they like it here full-time!

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

My quiet place to sit on the front porch!

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REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

Papa’s World – Looking back – pictures!

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This is the day I came home from the hospital-

After having open heart surgery-

FOUR BY-PASSES!

I never went to the step-down unit-

Instead, five hours after the surgery was done –

I was standing up.

I went directly to the room where I would be discharged.

The surgery was at 10 am. Monday-

This picture was taken at 1pm. on Wednesday.

They wanted to do a study on me as I was the healthiest patient they had for bypasses-

But I said no!

The next day, I started walking inside-

Up and down the stairs and around every room for 30 minutes at a time.

I had a HEART PILLOW I clutched to my chest.

After a couple of weeks, I walked outside.

My journey to better health began ten years prior.

I am convinced that had I not started my routine-

I would not have survived the heart attack!

I had given up SODA’S – FAST FOOD – MILK!

I cut way back on beer.

We had started walking.

And yes, I took meds.

But for ten years, I slowly began changing my body by ingesting JUICE PLUS!

The capsules have been studied and proven to contain the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables-

They are absorbed into the bloodstream after they dissolve.

Every four to six months –

I get tested –

This surgery was at the end of 2013!

Today – still on meds-

My stats are:

Cholesterol- 99

Triglycerides- 57

HDL- 32 ( working on this)

LDL- 54

VLDL Cholesterol calc- 13

AIC- 6.7 ( working on this)

My journey will be for the rest of my life.

Here I am over 12 years later-

I am 76 years old here.

I will continue as I have for the last twenty-plus years –

Taking this supplement.

I will not go back to the things I gave up.

I will be tested every four to six months by my doctors.

To go over twelve years

And still the results of my stats are the same as when I had my first test-

After my surgery-

Proves to me I am on the right path.

I may be an exception –

BUT I BELIEVE!

Last year, we both turned 75 years old.

If this interests you-

Sherry has been a partner all these years since we first started!

She has her own website with her email and phone number.

This is my own story.

This is me!

For contact or just read and order.

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ALL THE PUBLISHED RESEARCH IS THERE!

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Papa’s World – Life in memories!

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FRIENDS!

We have a core group that has been friends for decades.

We all lived back in WNY and WPA-

Just a few miles away from each other.

Over the years, we have tried to get together as often as possible.

Life and grandkids now dictate when that will happen.

But that friendship survives to this day!

FRIENDS – MEMORIES and LIFE IS GOOD!

Daughters of ours and our friends!

Next generations.

Last October – Sherry – Cindy and Dottie – with daughters –

Attended the Bills vs. Panthers football game in Carolina.

Friendships continue in the next generation.

YES!!!!!

LOVE – PEACE and BLESSINGS!

A SUPPLEMENT OF CHOICE FOR US!

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Our friends for many years –

We love getting together to play a golf scramble-

Of guys vs gals.

Sometimes they win, and sometimes we win!

FRIENDS FOR LIFE!

Long-time friends and my grade school buddy!

They are now 10 miles from us –

Leasing a place for a year to determine-

If they like this area after spending –

SIX PLUS years in an RV –

Living up and down the East Coast and to the West Coast.

FRIENDS – LIFETIME!

DRINK OF CHOICE-

SUPPLEMENT OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

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I am closer to 80 than 70!

For over TWENTY YEARS I have taken a supplement-

It delivers the nutrients of fruits and vegetables (30) –

Absorbed directly into my bloodstream!

CAPSULES – or GUMMIES or POWDERED DRINK WITH WATER!

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My health stats are excellent.

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

I HAVE NEVER MISSED A DAY!

THIS IS ME!!!!!

A NEW WAY OF LIFE, ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LOL – BUT TRUE!!!

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Papa’s World – Life with Good humor and thoughts!

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Dottie is pointing to Sherry’s Buffalo Bills shirt!

Our roots to the Bills go all the way back to the late 80s.

Before we moved to NVA in 1999!

In our home, we are divided –

She roots for the Bills, and I do too!

More so than I!

I am a Washington Commanders fan!

My second team is the BILLS-

And Sherry’s second team is the COMMANDERS!

We cheer for both of them!

Makes for some GOOD HUMOR and THOUGHTS!

LOL – have been there and done that!

You need some GOOD HUMOR on the golf course – at least I do! LOL

A healthy way to get the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables absorbed into your bloodstream!

Just take the powder, add water, and mix it up!

It is red in color and tastes like FRUIT punch –

But as research shows –

It does what is claimed to do!

HA-HA! This is the reason I blog –

To keep my memory and mind active!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR ME!

A GOOD THOUGHT!

LOL – A lot of truth in this!

If this interests you and you want answers-

Sherry’s email and phone number are on the website!

SHERRY- https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

POSITIVE THINKING – leads to POSITIVE RESULTS!

JULY – 2024 – celebrating our 75th birthdays on OIB!

This for twenty years-

Is what we are!

Both health and supplemental income.

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Papa’s World – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TROY!

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My oldest son –

I can still remember his taking my fingers as we walked up the street –

To my parents’ house on Main Street in Eldred, Pa.

We were renting an apartment above the Western Auto!

I was on second shift at the Olean Tile Company.

3 pm. to 1 am.

Ten straight hours a day, and breaks were on the fly!

Troy and I would walk up the street every day –

No one would be home there, but my sister lived next door, and she was home.

My parents had the Bradford Era delivered every day, and I would read it while Troy played.

Those were special days for me.

He was always curious –

He would constantly take things apart and put them back together again

Today, he can build a house from the ground up-

Doing everything!

He got that from my father, not me.

Troy on the left and his brother Shawn.

Troy still lives in the area where he grew up.

He is still in construction and a builder to this day.

Troy – to you on this special day –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY-

In my heart, I shall always cherish that little hand squeezing my fingers as we walk up the street.

The little blond-haired boy who loved taking things apart and putting them back together again.

The man you are today – a free spirit and a heart of gold.

Troy and Andrea –

On the beach, the last time they visited.

Until I see you again –

Hugs – many more years to come!

From both of us –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Love ya!

Dad.

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Papa’s World – Living life in the South!

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We spent the first 50 years of our lives in NWPA and WNY!

Here – from left to right –

My friends and neighbors!

Jimmy – from the same town I grew up in, NWPA!

We played softball together and worked together!

Mike – our next-door neighbor in WNY in Portville!

We played many funny tricks on each other, and he and his wife still live in WNY!

Buck – another neighbor in Portville – who was the first to leave and go South to N.C.

He and Cindy – his wife –

Have traveled the world with us!

Today, they live but 38 miles from us.

They are the main reason we came to N.C.

Some HUMOR for today!

Here is where we came in 2020 after selling our home in Brambleton, VA.

This is a three-bedroom, two-bath condo on the fourth floor with two elevators right outside this door.

The view through those glass sliding doors –

Overlooks a large lake with fountains and is a half mile long, and a walk to the beach entrance-

In Ocean Keyes – North Myrtle Beach.

Where those glass sliding doors are – to the right is another set off the master bedroom –

And is a completely screened-in lanai with fantastic views.

We were very happy here and once thought of buying here!

But – no garage and limited storage space.

Here we are on the beach in Winter on a warm day!

Our WHY for moving South-

Hardly any snow and ice!

The heat does not bother us so much-

You can walk the beach in summer, and the surf and breezes are all we need!

We spent nine months here –

At first, searching for houses for sale.

But soon found out that anything we could afford also needed updating!

So – we found a community just North across the border into N.C.

We could build cheaper and get everything we wanted!

So, we signed and spent the rest of the nine months here enjoying NMB and the area!

Our new home shortly after we moved in.

Eight miles to the border of S.C.

Shopping – entertainment all around us.

38 miles from our close friends, the McBrides!

Three beaches, 10 to 20 minutes from us!

In the middle of about 30 golf courses.

A brand new community and loads of new friends.

In the years since-

Old friends from NVA have moved down here, and we meet every so often.

My H.S. buddy and wife-

is here now, nine miles away, for a one-year lease to see if they like the area year-round-

After the past six plus years of RV living up and down the coast and out West!

The younger grandkids and family love it here and visit often!

The oldest grandkids and parents also love coming here!

We now volunteer for the protection of Sea Turtles on OIB! PERMIT 25st02!

We choose to live here –

Aging during our SENIOR YEARS –

And for the past twenty-plus years –

Taking a supplement to help us age as HEALTHILY as we can.

Now, a drink that provides 30 fruits and vegetables to absorb directly into the bloodstream.

Nationally recognized in the health and nutrition industry –

It has been sold in the USA and 27 countries and has been in business for almost FORTY years!

Our HEALTH SUPPLEMENT OF CHOICE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

For more information –

A website with an email and phone number for Sherry.

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Our 75th birthdays are in 2024!

We have not looked back from our move to the South.

Enjoying our retirement and Senior Years!

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Papa’s World – Our steps to retirement!

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Here we are –

Almost a dozen years into retirement!

That went fast –

Leading up to it and then faster –

Once it was here!

Back in 1999, we decided to transfer from AOTC- DAL-TILE –

Located in WNY in a town called Olean!

We ended up applying and then relocating to NVA!

From farm and country to DC life in NVA!

TRAFFIC – BY- PASSES JAMMED FULL OF TRAFFIC!

Quiet life of rural America to city life!

But it was a step we took on our road to retirement.

A brand new world opened up for us –

And we adapted!

Later, after we transferred to NVA-

We attended a Health fair called NBC FOR YOUR HEALTH-

At the convention center in Washington, DC.

We changed our diets – gave up some foods and drinks, and were preparing to –

Age as healthily as we can into our SENIOR YEARS!

FOOD BECAME OUR MEDICINE and MEDICINE OUR FOOD!

We started to choose wisely.

Our senior year was coming fast!

RETIREMENT was around the corner.

We invested in our 401K and upgraded our homes from one to another-

Building equity in the long run.

We now live in the highest per capita income in the country –

THE NVA AREA!

We retired –

And then the COVID PANDEMIC HIT!

The 401K took a major hit-

But – the value of the home we had lived and retired into-

Started to go up and up!

This would become our nest egg!

SOLD!

We said our goodbyes to family-

And headed South to a warmer climate and a less expensive area to live.

We now had our pensions – Social Security – 401K rebuilding –

And our investment in our online business from Juice Plus.

This investment of $50.00 was the best thing we ever did –

It gave us a residual income – monthly!

And we could take it wherever we went as long as we had the computer and the internet.

PLUS – The research proved that we got what we wanted –

To age as healthily as we could –

Was published!

Our retirement journey brought us here!

We had this home built –

All on one level –

I got my wish list of a covered, shaded front porch-

Sherry got her office!

To this day, she continues to run her internet business.

Warm weather – close to numerous friends –

Golfing – entertainment and two beaches!

This home is large enough to house family and friends-

Yet all one level –

And the costs per month –

Allow us to live comfortably in retirement.

To this day, we have residual income.

And a new product – a POWDER that mixes with water –

That provides 30 fruits and vegetables to absorb into the bloodstream,

Nutrients that our bodies need daily!

Now full-blown retirement –

Here we sit on the beach in July 2024 for our 75th birthdays.

For over twenty years –

We have journeyed with this supplement-

To age healthily.

As an income to help in our retirement –

You can check it out on this website:

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There is an email and a phone number there!

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Papa’s World – Good Vibes- humor!

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Good Day!

Early in our life together –

I dream of living near the beach!

We went on vacation to the Outer Banks!

The shores of New Jersey-

Florida and Virginia.

We even went to Myrtle Beach!

But- we always knew in the waning days of the week –

We would pack up and head back home!

That was the bummer –

Back to reality!

So – after we both retired –

And the Pandemic caused the 401K to go way down-

But the housing market expanded, and the price of our home went up

We sold, cashed in, and headed South!

After nine months of renting a condo on a lake in North Myrtle Beach-

We moved into our newly built home in Ocean Isle Beach –

Cameron Woods Community – N.C.

We were still close to NMB- 16 miles –

Shopping –

The hospital and doctors.

When you are our age –

That is important, –

As is the Dentist and eye doctor.

Entertainment is thirty to sixty minutes away.

All the nearby beaches are ten to thirty minutes away.

Here – we sit on OIB – ten minutes from our home.

In July 2024, with family,

We celebrated our 75th. birthdays!

Our home is designed to provide space-

For all of them.

We are for the most part –

Out of the snow, ice, and very cold weather.

Neither of us likes the cold and is not winter sports savvy!

We can step outside in our driveway to observe the sunrise.

It is green year-round –

We can grow our TOWER GARDEN-

Year-round on our back patio!

We try to see the grandkids as much as we can, and they come down to our home!

We are well into our SENIOR YEARS-

And twenty years ago –

We searched and found a way to age as healthily-

As we possibly could!

We found this supplement,

With published research that proves it does what it says!

I have not missed a day in over TWENTY YEARS!

Sherry has always had trouble swallowing pills or capsules!

And this past year, they introduced a powder to mix with water.
She can sip or drink it as she wants.

It is very simple –

Put the powder in a glass of water-

Mix it up – it tastes like FRUIT punch!

And you immediately get the nutrients into your bloodstream-

All THIRTY FRUITS AND VEGETABLES!

It is well known in the world of health and nutrition.

Sold in the USA and in twenty-seven countries worldwide!

LOL – OLD TIME GOLF!

We decided twenty years ago –

To pay for our orders –

To become partners in Juice Plus.

$50.00 a year – and have our own website –

This first step, within a couple of months,

Pays for both of our journeys into healthy aging as SENIORS!

It has also provided us with a supplemental income to help with Social Security, pension, and 401K!

POSITIVE OUTLOOKS –

Today, we are aging as healthily as we can.

If you would like an EMAIL or PHONE NUMBER-

Then simply go to Sherry’s Website!

www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

It was a game-changer for us in both health and retirement!

Because of all the above –

WE ARE HERE!

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Papa’s Wprld – MY thoughts- humor – good and positive!

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Friendship is free!

Smiles are free!

Volunteering is free!

There is a lot in life that sends a positive message to other folks!

Make life as pleasant as possible!

On this day, we played golf with friends Cindy and Buck –

He only putts now.

So – Sherry – Cindy and I shot a 39!

Proud of that!

Life is good!

It is the positive results that keep us coming back to golf!

Cindy and Sherry –

Sitting on the patio in the backyard of her late mother’s house-

In Mount Jewett, Pa.

We were there for the Swedish Festival before her mother passed away.

A GOOD MEMORY for us from the past!

Advice or a smile for you!!!!!

Laughter – smiling is free!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT for me –

My HAPPY place to sit and watch the World go by!

Our front porch –

This was the one thing I wanted when we decided to BUILD a house!

HAPPY THOUGHTS – POSITIVE THOUGHTS – LAUGHTER are all welcome here!

Our life together started before we were married on 6-25-1982-

We dated for a year and a half.

We combined two sets of children –

Her becoming a stepmother,

And I am a stepfather.

Now, today –

They all come to visit.

A VERY BIG POSITIVE IN OUR LIVES!

Now there is a POWDERED drink for Juice Plus.

If you have trouble swallowing capsules –

This fruit Juice drink –

It is an easy way to get all the nutrients into your bloodstream from 30 fruits and vegetables.

The powder and when mixed with water –

A red juice that tastes good.

Easy – fast and you can sip this if you want!

Twenty-plus years,

We have taken this supplement-

I have never missed a day.

We also became a partner in the company –

To help pay the cost for both of us twenty years ago.

Sherry was given a website for becoming a partner.

You can read all about it –

See the published research –

Order email or Phone her – it is on the site.

Sold in the USA and 27 countries WORLDWIDE –

And in business for almost FORTY YEARS!

JUICE PLUS – Worldwide leader in the health and nutrition business.

SHERRY and her WEBSITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

SHE IS A CERTIFIED HEALTH CORDINATOR AND AN SSC IN THE COMPAMY!

PAPA’S WORLD – 2024, celebrating our 75th birthdays!

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Papa’s World – Word Press blog – New Year!

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The “KINDRED SPIRIT” mailbox.

We are now into a new year –

Yet this staple of a couple of HIPPIES –

Decades and decades ago –

Continues on –

New folks walk the mile and a half of the beach to sit and write their thoughts.

All these years – storm after storm –

And it continues – years of notebooks and writings!

Situated on the far end of SUNSET BEACH ( known as Bird Island)-

There are two benches –

The mailbox with a pencil-pen and a notebook inside!

And on the dune behind it –

Sits a large piece of driftwood –

With a plaque dedicating this site to those two hippies all those years ago.

Can you imagine the two of them lugging all the materials down the beach for two miles –

To install the mailbox –

Creating a myth – the storyline is endless.

Today, you can walk this and rest on a bench –

Gazing out to sea –

And write your thoughts in a notebook that for all these years and notebooks –

Have been preserved for future generations to read and study!

A way of life that both of us grew up in!

Give thanks for peace, love, and caring.

Not a bad way to live your life.

This past year, Sherry finally got a supplement that did not involve pills or capsules!

She has always had a hard time swallowing either one.

But – for over TWENTY YEARS –

She has taken the SUPPLEMENT JUICE PLUS!

Those capsules with nutrients –

Went directly into the bloodstream!

Today – The SUPER FOOD POWDER by JUICE PLUS-

Does the same –

A powder mixed with water and tastes like FRUIT punch! A WIN!

You too can do the same.

Just follow on her website for the research – what it has proven to do –

And the USA and Twenty-Plus countries it is sold in!

www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com ( HER WEBSITE)!

MY BLOG and my WORDPRESS WEBSITE-

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FRIENDS – FAMILY – MEMORIES – all in here for GENERATIONS to come to see and read!

We created this so the past and present are available to those yet to come-

In generations of family!

This blog represents my memories written down and shared worldwide!

I have some 655 members –

I only personally know 4 or 5 of them –

The rest are all over the World-

And also members of WordPress with their own blogs.

Each morning, I check the “STATS” of my site.

At any given time, there are 8 to 10 countries listed as having read my blog!

This amazes me as I had no idea it would go like this.

My original thought was to have a secure place to store all these blogs.

All you have to do is on GOOGLE –

TYPE IN – livinglifedoingitmyway.blog –

A search that should bring up blogs that I have written.

Or you can SUBSCRIBE on the site,

And you will get the blog when it posts!

THIS IS ALL FREE!

Follow along on our journey through life that started on June 25th. 1982!

Our life has traveled the globe –

We are now traversing our “SENIOR YEARS” together one day at a time.

I made a promise to Sherry –

When I started writing these blogs!

I will keep them positive – good thoughts – humor and laughter –

And show the family through the years, along with friends.

I will not write on Politics –

I will keep it wholesome and a place where readers can find comfort-

Think positive and laugh!

A big hug and a thank you to all who read this.

We are “HIPPIES” at heart.

May your journey be filled with positive thoughts-

Laughs – humor – FAMILY and FRIENDS!

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Papa’s World – Easy living – OIB!

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Yes – during the “VACATION SEASON” it is crowded and quite busy!

However, it was this way in the NVA every day throughout the year.

Back there – we learned when to venture out –

And what secondary roads we could travel on.

Here you have one way to the beach –

And we know when to try to cross the bridge and when not to!

It all comes down to the “TIME OF DAY”!

And what the heck –

WE ARE RETIRED!

We have no schedule –

We can come and go as we want.

A very BIG PLUS for us –

We get to stay, while others have a week and leave.

WE ARE NO LONGER THE OTHER FOLKS!

From the end of May to early September –

Our park has OPEN-AIR FREE CONCERTS on Friday evenings.

This draws five hundred to seven hundred people.

But – in the off-season,

There are other concerts,

And festivals and vendors!

So you could say we have the best of both worlds –

PLUS THE WEATHER in September- October and November!

Born and raised in the NYS and WPA –

Those months are like Summer months to us!

The beach is not crowded –

The water is still warm if you want to go in

I DON’T! LOL!

I am satisfied walking in the surf –

Sitting under the shade and just enjoying life near the beach!

We are volunteers for the SEA TURTLE PROTECTION – NC WILDLIFE RESOURCES COMMISSION-

PERMIT 25ST02!

This season runs from mid-May until almost the end of October-

Depending on when the last Sea Turtle lays her eggs!

We spend a lot of time at the beach during this time.

Again, you plan the time you are going and add the time it takes to get there!

Our volunteer work involves –

BEACH WALKING to find Sea Turtle Crawls-

Twenty-four-hour on-call for the VERIFICATION team of Sea Turtle nests.

NEST SITTINGS ( OBSERVATIONS and THE HATCHING OF SEA TURTLES AND CROWD CONTROL)

CHECKING KNOWN NESTS.

SET UP AND TAKE DOWN OF THE “TURTLE TALKS”!

HELPING VENDOR BOOTH.

EDUCATING FOLKS ON THE “WHY” of protection for SEA TURTLES!

We have been married for over FORTY THREE years and together for TWO YEARS before our marriage.

WE ARE NOW ON WHAT I CALL – Easy Living – OIB life!

We selected this site and life after selling our home in Brambleton, VA.

Before that, we lived and worked in WNY!

Family and Friends are very important to us.

We have new friends and old ones who have also moved down here-

And other long-time friends who live in N.C.

Buck and Cindy have been in the area near Leland for years and years-

They were our neighbors back in WNY!

We have maintained these friendships all these years.

Jim and I grew up in the same little town in WPA –

We worked together and played softball together.

Dottie is married to Jim and is from the same town I grew up in.

They now live in Northern N.C.

And all of us get together.

They are also friends with Buck and Cindy.

Our life has evolved –

Living in the South with almost no snow or ice.

This suits us in our Senior years!

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Papa’s World- “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

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WELL-WELL-WELL!!!! Have you made your New Year’s Resolution?

Mine is to enjoy each and every day to the plus!

I gave up losing weight-

Instead, I want to be happy!

Today, we are where we want to be.

LOL – this can be very true!

I make lists of things to do-

I keep a daily calendar of “STUFF” coming up!

I know what day of the week it is by

  1. The fact that church is on Sunday-
  2. Garbage goes outside on Tuesday evening.
  3. Wednesday- the garbage is picked up.
  4. Monday – Wednesday – Friday -the recycles can be taken care of.
  5. And walking the beach could be any day it does not rain! LOL

COFFEE – I look forward to COFFEE each morning!

One cup is all I drink-

Sometimes I drink tea!

But – COFFEE is my tiny pleasure.

I do not drink WINE – or HARD STUFF!

I occasionally have a beer. Light beer – not IPA!

I do not smoke or chew-

I drink mainly ice water.

When I do have a draft beer, it is a local called “RED OAK”!

So – “HAPPY NEW YEAR’S” for me –

It’s mainly being with family, friends, music, songs, and a hug at midnight!

Kind of boring – but that is what it is!

Our dear friends for decades and decades.

Now – we – Shery and I – are the older seniors!

But we still enjoy the friendships of these folks over the years.

Golfing – music and laughter.

To many more good times to come!

Memories are made of songs sung and laughter –

To be enjoyed for a lifetime.

FRIENDSHIPS are for life-

WE ARE BLESSED!

A memory of little Taylor I shall always have.

To each and every one of you –

Across the USA and across the WORLD –

“HAPPY NEW YEAR” from us to you.

You are what makes this blog –

FAMILY – FRIENDS – PEOPLE-

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Papa’s World – Life with us!

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In our SENIOR years – we VOLUNTEER –

Once a month – for our church – Saint Luke’s Lutheran Church-

We volunteer for our church on Saturday-

At the Food Pantry!

Sometimes this also involves a Thursday night of packaging for Saturday morning.

Saturday usually goes from 8 am ( if I am on parking)to noon.

From mid-May to mid-October –

We volunteer for the Protection of-

Sea Turtles for Ocean Isle Beach!

During that time, one or both of us walk the East end of the beach for signs of a Sea Turtle laying her eggs.

Sherry is also on a 24-hour one day per week team verification .

At any time during that time period – (midnight Wednesday to midnight Thursday)

She can and has been called out to find the nest and verify or move it according to the tide lines.

We also work to set up and take down for the weekly MONDAY TURTLE TALK!

We are on one of the teams that sit on the nests to monitor until they hatch!

We are also on standby if any team needs help!

Sherry works the booth at the Oyster festival to help raise money –

As we are a volunteer organization,

And need to raise funds to exist.

We also collect food at our Community Center to take to the food pantry.

Ocean Isle Beach Causeway.

And our front porch sign!

We choose to live here because it is middle ground to two beaches-

Big box stores –

Where we lived for nine months in North Myrtle Beach.

Over thirty golf courses.

Entertainment and many fine places to eat and enjoy coastal views!

Memories from the past!

Little Bode leaning forward to look at his sisters and cousins.

Maddy to far right-

Next is Ella and then Sarah!

Taylor – Cassidy and Bode!

Someday in the future I would like to get a picture of when they are older like this!

When the twins were little –

Taylor and Cassidy helping Papa bag leaves back in Brambleton, Va.

Past memories I cherish of past times!

Each and every day I count one more day as a Blessing!

Sherry and Papa- relaxing at the beach – our dream come true in our SENIOR YEARS!

In JULY – 2024- our family helped us celebrate our 75th birthdays at the beach!

We are well into our SENIOR YEARS!

But TWENTY PLUS years ago –

We started search to find a SUPPLEMENT that had published studies and research-

That helped us age as healthy into our SENIOR YEARS AS we possibly could.

After extensive looking –

We found JUICE PLUS!

This supplement provides 30 fruits and vegetables nutrients that go directly into the blood stream.

I have never missed a day in TWENTY plus years.

Sherry has always had a problem swallowing pills or capsules.

This year they marketed a new product that when mixed with water –

And tastes like FRUIT punch –

Does exactly what the capsules do!

After released –

Here it is featured in –

HEALTHY LIVING-HEALTHY PLANET-

NATURAL AWAKENING – HARMONIOUS LIVING!

JUICE PLUS SUPER FOOD POWDER-

She now drinks this everyday instead of the capsules!

They also have GUMMIES for anyone who wants them and –

A PROTIEN SHAKE CALLED – COMPLETE in FRENCH VANILLA and DUTCH CHOCOLATE!

We are aging into our senior years as healthy as we can,

Staying active – volunteering and eating healthy and continuing to take our JUICE PLUS!

Sherry has been a PARTNER for over TWENY YEARS –

And has her own WEBSITE complete with her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

Sold in USA and WORLDWIDE in 27 countries.

For more info and answers –

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

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Papa’s World – It has been a good life and the best is yet to come!

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In the past TWENTY PLUS YEARS –

We have traveled the country in our JUICE PLUS BUSINESS!

Sherry and I became “PARTNERS” early on.

It was a way to save money on the product-

Which, after reading the studies that were published-

Proved that this SUPPLEMENT was the real deal!

We had searched and searched for a nutrient that would help us age as healthily –

As we could into our SENIOR YEARS!

We found that it went into the bloodstream immediately.

And enhanced several key factors in aging.

All this was years ago, and I have never missed a day in all those years.

I am now closer to 80 than 70!

Now, Sherry has always had a problem swallowing a pill or capsule.

But she persisted in the Capsules and managed.

Recently, the company developed a powder!

And it tastes just like FRUIT punch to me!

Mixed with water and you can sip or just drink it!

It also puts the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables directly into your bloodstream!

JULY 2024- Here we are celebrating our 75th. birthdays!

On a week with our family at the beach.

AGING HEALTHY INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

Our JUICE PLUS family that has supported us all these years!

Our grandchildren have all taken this for most of their lives.

They are healthy –

And we know they get the nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables every day into their bloodstream!

Now – well into our SENIOR YEARS –

We feel the best is yet to come.

We are active- walking and volunteering for several organizations.

If you want to check this HEALTH SUPPLEMENT out

Here is Sherry’s website: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are on the site.

The product is sold all over the USA –

And in 27 other countries!

All orders can be done on the site-

She can be contacted for questions.

PAPA’S WORLD – IT HAS BEEN A GOOD LIFE- AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME!

Papa’s World – Good times – pictures and memories!

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YES- IT IS!!!!!

Oh, to have these days back again!

Here – the twins – Cassidy and Taylor –

Back when they dressed alike-

That is not the same today!

It was at this age that they would help me with the Fall cleanup!

Bagging leaves!

They would help and then play hide and seek in the piles of leaves!

Those days are gone, but the memories linger on!

My good thought!

My brother Roger –

Gone but not forgotten.

We spent a considerable amount of time with him over the last ten years of his life.

Memories I cherish!

The Causeway Bridge to Ocean Isle Beach.

This is just ten minutes from our home in Cameron Woods Community!

We are often on the island –

On the beach, at the park, or at the community center.

One of the reasons we decided to live here!

Sherry has always had problems with swallowing capsules or pills!

Now, Juice Plus has come out with a powder that you just mix with water.

It is red and to me tastes like FRUIT PUNCH!

It has the same exact results as the capsules for your body!

It is easy to take with you –

And has all of FORTY STUDIES –

Published – that proves what it says it does.

Here we are – JULY-2024- celebrating with family –

Our 75th BIRTHDAYS!

Over twenty years ago –

We searched and found a food supplement –

JUICE PLUS –

That was research that proved what it did to your body.

In those twenty-plus years –

I have never missed a day!

Finding a supplement to help you age healthily into your senior years –

It was and is a homerun for us.

During this time –

Sherry became a CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH and a PARTNER in the JUICE PLUS COMPANY!

Mostly to help pay for our products!

She was given her own website all those years ago.

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are there.

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

If you have questions or want to order, you can here on this site!

THE POWER OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES NUTRIENTS GOING DIRECTLY INTO YOUR BLOODSTREAM

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Papa’s World – Life journeys – good thoughts!

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I love this- peace be with you!

My two sons- on the left – my youngest son, Shawn-

On the right – my oldest son, Troy!

Fond memories of the past!

LOL- funny thought!

Some years ago –

Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy –

Came to visit over St. Patrick’s Day.

We took her to the parade in North Myrtle Beach!

She loved it, and maybe someday she will come back for it again!

My sons and their families.

Came to visit a few years ago.

Here we take a picture of the sunset from the pier.

A fond memory of a time gone by!

Before, the only boy grandchild- Sarah, Cassidy, Ella, Taylor, and Maddy.

The little twins are now in their first year of High School.

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college.

And Sarah is in her first year of college.

And now Bode is in fifth grade.

Fond memories of times gone by!

Bringing humor to this blog!

Sherry and Papa – July 2024 – a family celebration for our 75th. birthday!

Now well into our SENIOR YEARS-

Twenty-plus years ago, we started searching and reading research –

For a SUPPLEMENT to help us age as healthily into our SENIOR YEARS-

As we possibly could.

What we found and started to take every day-

Because it was proven to go immediately into our bloodstream-

Since Sherry has always had problems swallowing pills or capsules-

There is now a powder to mix with water –

That does the same thing –

Goes right into the bloodstream and tastes a little like red fruit punch!

All forty studies-

Prove what it does.

It is sold here in the USA and in 27 other countries.

To help us pay for the product twenty-plus years ago-

We became partners –

And we have our own website where Sherry’s EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are for questions.

Or you can just order and become a partner yourself to save money!

THE WEBSITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today we continue our journey into and through our SENIOR YEARS AS healthy as we can.

Thanks for reading –

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Papa’s World – Past times with family!

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My mother Mary’s parents.

Nora and David.

My middle name is David-

He passed before I was born, but my grandma lived with us as I was growing up!

They had ELEVEN children!

During the depression –

He would take and feed the neighbors from his farm!

Family from the past.

TRUE!!!!

The three youngest grandkids came to visit when we lived in a condo in Ocean Keyes –

In North Myrtle Beach!

Creating so many fond memories from the past!

On our wedding day –

June 25th. 1982!

WOW – THAT WENT FAST!!!!!

Papa – with our friends Cindy and Buck –

In Northern California.

They were our neighbors back in Portville, N.Y.

We now live some 38 miles from them in N.C.

We are still friends after all these years-

And have traveled the world on vacations with them!

FRIENDS FROM THE PAST AND TO THIS PRESENT DAY!

A VERY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Friends – Cindy, Dottie, and Sherry.

Decades and decades of friendships!

The smiles tell it all!

In July of 2024 –

Our family helped us celebrate our turning 75 years old!

Here – we are at OIB on the sand by the beach.

Over twenty years ago –

We started to search for something that would help us age healthily into our senior years!

We found the research – published in Journals –

That proved what this supplement would do once you ingest it!

It goes directly into the bloodstream –

And carries an NSA verification for professional athletes.

It is the Winter and Summer Olympic teams supplement.

Over twenty years ago, we made this choice and have never missed a day!

I still take the CAPSULES –

But – they produced a powder that is made into a liquid with water that Shery drinks every day!

She has difficulty swallowing capsules or any pills.

In those early years, we decided to save money and pay for the product –

By becoming a partner in the company –

Whish, in addition to the USA –

It is sold in over 25 countries!

Today, she still helps out people –

Looking for health and nutrition.

When you become a partner –

You get your own WEBSITE!

Sherry’s website-

With her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

She can sell from here to the USA –

And those 25 countries!

We have been aging as healthily as we can –

For twenty-plus years.

We are grateful for those who led us to this supplement all those years ago,

Thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD!

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