Papa’s World – For future generations – REMEMBERING!

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!

May 8, 2026January 30, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

CREATING MEMORIES – MOMENTS IN TIME!

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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!

CREATING MEMORIES – MOMENTS IN TIME!

Our dreams come true-

Beach life in OIB!

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

May 7, 2026January 29, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

My mother’s mother lived with us.

Grandma took care of me as both my parents worked.

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

And seeing a neighborhood young boy across the street-

On his way walking to school!

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

That would make me about four years old!

My younger brother was born about four years later.

Today I turn 77 years old –

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

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

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

Near the border of WNY –

In what is called ELDRED, PA.

At 18 –

One week after I graduated from H.S.-

I started work at AMERICAN OLEAN TILE –

Across the border in Olean, N.Y.

And – 47 1/2 years later –

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

After transferring in 1999 to NVA –

Working at six different locations –

I ended up in Dulles- Chantilly –

At the Slab yard – Sales Service Center warehouse.

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

I also met Sherry at the Olean Factory –

She was in Payroll, and I was in shipping.

That was around mid 1980 –

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

And I did too!

We were married on June 25th. 1982!

That was almost 44 years ago!

My two sons still live back in that area –

And her two daughters live in NVA!

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

Near the border of S.C.

We moved during the Pandemic –

Form here in NVA –

To North Myrtle Beach, S.C.

We eventually had a house built in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach on the mainland in N.C.

The Pandemic changed our lives –

We sold our home after 14 1/2 years –

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

We said our goodbyes –

Loaded our car and left for the South.

Warmer weather –

And live out our senior years.

Our health was a big factor these past Twenty Years!

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

And now have for TWENTY YEARS!

Over the past TWENTY YEARS –

Building our IMMUNE SYSTEMS!

At NO OBLIGATION – visit Sherry’s website-

Just look around – an email and phone number are there if you want to converse.

Or – order in a cart or just not!

It is up to you – but we highly recommend the supplement.

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

On June 25th.

It will be 44 years since we got married.

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Papa’s World – Memories of good times!

May 6, 2026January 28, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry at the BILTMORE ESTATE on one of our trips.

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

In 2020, during the Pandemic –

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

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

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

To update!

A lot of good memories from our time here!

June 25th, 1982 – our wedding day!

It seems like only yesterday –

All the years have gone by-

GOOD MEMORIES!

While we were in ASHVILLE,

We visited the SERRA NEVADA BREWERY!

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

And then we did a tasting!

GOOD MEMORIES!

LOL – However – I like PBR!

In fact –

We have a local hangout on the beach –

Called – “PELICANS PERCH” –

Where can I get $2.00 PBR’S!

Last time there with my buddy – Bob-

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

And a bag of chips –

FOR A TOTAL OF JUST UNDER $17.00 each!

GOOD MEMORIES!

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At a resort just outside Asheville-

We just stopped and looked around.

GOOD MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Well being – Memories!

May 3, 2026January 25, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

Building our IMMUNE systems –

FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES and OMEGAS!

What we can not possibly eat – we get through JUICE PLUS capsules, Gummies, and Drinks!

The nutrients of THIRTY FRUITS – VEGETABLES and BERRIES –

Are going right into-

The bloodstream is absorbed into the body!

For healthy eating – senior living –

Here is the website: NO OBLIGATION – just facts – research and what it is proven to do!

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 – Past memories – family and friends!

April 29, 2026January 21, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

You see –

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

Our lives together have spanned all that time.

We raised two sets of children –

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

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

But we made do!

June 25th. 1982 – our wedding day.

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

The daughter’s school was about eleven miles away,

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

We were constantly driving the kids back and forth.

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

Good for sled riding in winter snows –

But had to be plowed often.

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

And the same across the hill at the other neighbor.

Cindy and Dottie –

Two of our earliest friends,

Along with Buck and Jimmy, their husbands.

Cindy – Dottie – Sherry – Buck and Jimmy!

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

We have vacationed together and traveled the world.

Our children were all involved with us as friends!

Today we are all retired –

All have grandkids.

Life has been good-

And as seniors –

We live as healthily-

As we can.

We have taken a supplement for over TWENTY years!

Building our IMMUNE systems –

Which, in your senior years, is so important!

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PAST MEMORIES – FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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

April 28, 2026January 20, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life for me is one day at a time!

After experiencing a major heart attack-

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

That being said –

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

Sherry and part of her “TEAM GENERATIONS”!

She and her two daughters –

Twenty-odd years ago –

Formed “TEAM GENERATIONS” –

To help grandchildren with healthy eating and lifestyle –

To go toward “GENERATIONS” to come.

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

Nutrients in daily consumption.

As “TEAM GENERATIONS EXPANDS –

All up and down the EAST COAST-

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

FOR FREE!

If an adult purchases the Fruit and Vegetable nutrient capsules –

As long as they continue –

They can sponsor one child –

Between the ages of 4 and 19 –

And if in college, 19 to 25-

FOR FREE – just pay shipping!

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

And berries if you also take the Vineland capsule.

Plus – if the child has trouble swallowing the capsules –

It is available in GUMMIES!

They are all entered into a database by the parents-

And their health is tracked for years –

The research program shows the health benefits of these nutrients.

TEAM GENERATIONS – twenty plus years –

Getting healthy one day at a time!

INFORMATION – EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER – NO OBLIGATION!

Tammy – Sherry and Debby – Mother and Daughters –

Over Twenty Years ago –

Started “TEAM GENERATIONS”!

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

April 27, 2026January 19, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

FAMILY is so important to us.

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

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

They have been down several times –

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

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

We have room for them.

LOOKING FORWARD TO WHEN THEY COME BACK!

FAMILY TIME!!!

FRIENDS are also important to us.

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

Cindy – Debbie – Dottie and Sherry!

We try to get together for long weekends and golf.

The four guys –

Waiting for the gals to tee off.

No – they said to go first! LOL

We play a scramble against them –

And after much discussion –

Strokes are given –

Not many because it is close without them!

And we won by “ONE STROKE”! WHEW!

It is always a fun long weekend.

FRIENDS ARE AWESOME!

FAMILY AND FRIENDS!

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EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER!

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Papa’s World – Life in general!

April 26, 2026January 18, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

THE BILLS WANT TO MAKE YOU SHOUT!

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The grandkids were raised on it!

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

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

To see who we are and how we lived.

Our families –

Friends and where we lived.

From our beginnings –

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

April 25, 2026January 16, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

For information –

Email and phone number with no obligation!

I am enjoying every day –

I love my life-

I am still here-

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Papa’s World – Refelctions of the past!

April 22, 2026January 13, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

And then the sun sets in Cameron Woods Community!

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

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

Maddy – graduated from college with an Environmental Science degree-

Now works for a national Environmental firm.

Ella – graduated from college as an Elementary PHYSED teacher-

And now teaches in Loudoun County, VA.

From Sunset to walking the beach at sunrise with family!

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

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

Thus, these pictures are –

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

That same view facing SW as a storm approaches.

These storms roll in off the coast –

From a westerly direction and sometimes –

From the SW.

The coastline here is unique.

Because of the curvature from Charleston to Wilmington –

Our beaches face almost south!

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

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

The Myers family –

Oldest daughter and her husband,

And their three daughters.

This picture was taken behind the church on OIB –

The sunset across the marsh!

CREATING FOR US –

REFLECTIONS OF THE PAST!

For better health-

Education on health –

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EMAIL – PHONE NUMBER and NO OBLIGATION!

Papa and Sherry –

Living our dream by the beaches!

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Papa’s World – More memories – friends!

April 21, 2026January 12, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The high school I graduated from-

It was in 1967.

Otto-Eldred H.S.

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

I stay in contact with –

Some I see yearly –

Others through social media.

But the Memories are still present –

The times we spent together as youths.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Bobby – Pam – Sherry and Papa.

Here is my longtime friend from grade school – Bob.

We have stayed in contact all these years.

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

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

So – we play golf together –

See shows and have get-togethers –

Time spent in friendships!

From childhood friends to senior living friends!

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Here we are –

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

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

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

But knew Jim and Dottie.

We have all been friends for decades and decades!

We all now live in N.C.

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

Some 35 miles from us.

We still get together –

We still stay in touch after all those years.

MORE MEMORIES – FRIENDS!

Three friends and their daughters.

GENERATIONS OF FRIENDSHIPS!

For our health, twenty-plus years –

NO OBLIGATIONS!

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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 – Positive writing!

April 19, 2026January 10, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Cassidy – Bode and Taylor when they were little!

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

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

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

Most likely will not happen –

But – you never know – just maybe it will!

THINK POSITIVE!

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

Always a POSITIVE THOUGHT!

Three friends –

DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

DECADES OF LAUGHTER!

DECADES OF BEING THERE FOR EACH OTHER!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT!

We have-

And we will continue to do!

POSITIVE THOUGHTS IN OUR LIVES!

LOL – SO TRUE!

If you are searching –

Here is our website –

NO OBLIGATION –

Just information – research –

Email and phone number to answer questions!

Sherry – on our honeymoon in 1982!

A VERY POSITIVE MEMORY FOR ME!

Top picture –

Bode when he came home –

Middle picture –

Taylor and Cassidy when they came home!

POSITIVE PICTURE ON BOTTOM-

ALL THREE AS THEY WERE GROWING UP – MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Humor – Positive thoughts!

April 15, 2026January 6, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- Some smiles to start your day!

Buck – Cindy and Sherry –

On one of our many golf outings!

Friends for decades-

Traveling the world and golfing!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY FOR US!

Sherry and I lived this era in our lives!

I actually rode a motorcycle and had long curly hair!

A part of my life that I fondly remember.

LOVE – PEACE – and HAPPINESS!

Yes, I am! LOL – In our home –

That is called teamwork!

My view after we drove ten minutes to the beach!

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR ME!

My oldest son, Troy

Was on his visit here-

A couple of years ago.

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR US!

Papa with his youngest son, Shawn.

A POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR US!

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LOL – HUMOR FOR THE EARLY MORNINGS!

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Papa’s World – Growing old – living healthy!

April 14, 2026January 5, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

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 –

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Papa’s World – Present days and past memories!

April 13, 2026January 4, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Hard to believe –

The six grandkids are growing up!

Bode- the only boy –

Is in fifth grade!

Next is Cassidy and Taylor-

Both are freshmen in HS!

Then Sarah –

Freshmen in College!

Maddy and then Ella –

Have graduated from college and are working!

It seems like yesterday they were all at the beach –

Little Bode and the rest were sitting on the sand.

The present is upon us-

The past is memories!

Bobby and his wife Pam.

Sherry and Papa.

Bob and I go back to grade school.

Staying overnight at each other’s house –

Playing sports together.

Growing up in Eldred, Pa.

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

After over six years on the road in an RV!

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YEARS OF MEMORIES!

The date-

6-25-1982!

After a year and a half –

We were married.

Combining two sets of children.

In those days, we were poor.

But we made it work.

Living way out in the country –

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

Great for sled riding-

In the winter snows!

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

Money was tight –

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

Or her parents’ fifth wheel!

Four and a half years we lived out there-

In the country.

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

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

PAST MEMORIES AND NOW THE PRESENT –

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

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Papa’s World – Looking around – beach life!

April 12, 2026January 3, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

My dream has come true-

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

It was a dead winter –

But a comfy 55 degrees with lots of sunshine.

First, we drove for fifteen minutes –

Crossed over the causeway bridge-

And parked near the pier and entrance to Sunset Beach.

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

It was low tide!

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

GROUNDED, SHE SAID!

Me – I keep my sneakers and socks on –

The sand is too cold-

But others were walking barefoot!

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

Made our day trip worth it!

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

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

Here are the restrooms which I needed –

Sherry said she would meet me behind the pavilion.

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

Even in the wintertime!

It was time to journey to our other beach –

A fifteen-minute drive to Ocean Isle Beach!

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

We volunteer for the Protection of Sea Turtles!

This May will be the start of our fourth summer!

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

It is different here –

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

The sand here is coarser and has more shells.

Yet, you can see Sunset Beach!

There is more beach erosion here with drop-offs!

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

But – on the plus side-

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

Sherry decided to walk up to the Community Center –

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

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

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

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

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

Sun – Sand and Surf.

Our peaceful place and my dream after all these years.

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Papa’s World – Family – Friends and Memories!

April 11, 2026January 2, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

The Kinzua Bridge( Via Duct) –

Just outside Mount Jewett, Pa.

Cindy – and Sherry.

Sherry was raised near here –

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

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

The land of the Seneca Indian Nation-

It was built to transport coal from Pittsburgh to Erie!

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

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

A couple of decades ago –

A TORNADO came through and took out half the bridge.

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

The rest of the bridge remains where it came down.

A center was built – like a museum-

And the whole area became a state Park!

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

Sits with Sherry –

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

A steam locomotive used to cross before it came down –

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

We would watch it come by a par three hole!

FRIENDS AND MEMORIES!

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

Before we sold the house in Brambleton, VA.

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

Hours and hours he would spend playing games.

So quiet –

I would check on him every few minutes!

Here he was, maybe three years old.

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

And more as he gets older.

He is now eleven years old and in fifth grade!

All boy – barefoot – short shirt sleeves and shorts-

Even when it is cold outside! LOL

FAMILY MEMORIES!

Our very longtime friends from Portville, NY.

Steve and Elaine-

We raised our families together-

Played volleyball together –

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

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

I see in the future –

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

Old friends and good times!

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Sherry with our friends Jo and Paul from Arizona!

Paul graduated from Smethport as did Sherry –

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

They came to visit before we moved in in 2020.

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

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

Good times with friends!

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

April 10, 2026January 1, 2026 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sixteen years ago –

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

Twice a year –

We made our reservations –

Booked our flights –

Every six months –

The Conference switched from the East to the West Coast.

Three days of learning –

New research has been published.

Sherry’s TEAM GENERATIONS –

Which stretches up and down the East Coast-

Attended and recognized.

The PAST continues into the present –

Now twenty years and going strong!

Taylor and Cassidy –

They would both crawl up onto my lap-

And watch the screen –

Flashing through photos of events and family, and friends!

Today, they are freshman in HS.

I miss these past memories –

But they are making new ones in the present!

REMEMBERING THE PAST INTO THE PRESENT!

Papa – on the far left-

Sherry – standing in front of him!

In the mid-80s-

We played volleyball together.

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

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

1989 – we won!

The league had 16 teams.

And it was a tough league-

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

Many fond memories with these friends from back then!

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

Point of Rocks across the border into Maryland.

A short ride from our home in Brambleton.

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

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

For fourteen and one-half years –

We called this home in Brambleton, VA.

But – the Pandemic hit –

The 401K went South –

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

WE SOLD –

And built a home in Cameron Woods Community-

In Ocean Isle Beach, NC, on the mainland.

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

In front of our house in Brambleton, VA.

After finishing one of our walks.

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

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The day RONNIE COX – on the right-

Star of the movie “DELIVERANCE”-

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

PAST MEMORIES INTO THE PRESENT!

Papa’s World – A look back!

April 8, 2026December 30, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

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!

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

April 6, 2026December 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

A Christmas tradition of CHRISTMAS IN A BARN –

Bethel Lutheran Church-

Above – Debbby – Maddy – Ella Sherry and Sarah.

Grandmother, mother, and three granddaughters!

This is a special time of year –

And as Seniors –

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

THIS IS LIFE for us!

This is how we now live our lives as Seniors.

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

We cherish our life together.

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

We have become each other’s caregiver.

Taking turns driving –

Running errands together.

Still able to plan adventures with family and friends!

LIFE is what we make it to be!

LAUGH – it makes you feel good –

Even if the above does ring some truth! LOL

Home now in the South –

Near the borders of NC and SC!

Our senior years will be spent here-

Now going on five years!

It is warm most of the year here.

In our senior years –

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

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

Being comfortable in our home-

But – knowing that everyone is welcome.

Our home is set up for guests.

Sand – Beach-

And Surf –

But minutes away.

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Papa’s World – Everyday life!

April 4, 2026December 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

2025 – Our picture for the church directory!

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

Just ten minutes from our home on RTE 17!

Slowly, we are becoming more involved.

We volunteer on the second Saturday of the month –

For the South Brunswick – Food Pantry!

That is the Saturday assigned for our church-

In the area, churches to help out!

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

We take our health seriously!

A lot of food and drink –

We cut out of our lives twenty years ago!

Especially me!

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

And also ice cream and milk, and soda!

I do not eat many sweets –

But chocolate- (MILK) –

Is my downfall-

I am diabetic –

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

I drink mostly water all day!

I do not drink wine-

Or hard stuff!

I will have a beer every once in a while!

In 2013, I had a major heart attack!

An open heart surgery with four bypasses!

So I am on medications –

But I follow a pretty strict guideline!

My choices for a supplement to help me-

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I credit this with my test results ever since my operation and bypasses-

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Oftentimes in place of a meal!

Here we are in 2025 at 76 years old!

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

Which we now are far into!

We still can live –

By ourselves –

Taking senior living one day at a time, healthy!

EVERYDAY LIFE-

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Papa’s World – OIB – BEACH LIFE!

April 3, 2026December 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Growing up in NWPA and WNY-

Vacation time was almost always a week at the beach!

In the early years –

It was in New Jersey –

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

Then – it was the Outer Banks!

Always – I had that internal feeling-

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

Today, we have that opportunity –

We have moved to Cameron Woods Community-

In normal traffic –

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

Above – Sherry and I –

We volunteer for the Protection of Sea Turtles!

From mid-May to mid-October –

We are on the beach almost every day!

Our dream of living near the beach has come true!

Our happy place-

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

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

I visit the dermatologist every four months.

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

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

But I am also aware of the hot sun!

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

And we have walked with family and friends!

It is a quiet walk –

No houses – just sand, surf, and dunes!

The pier at OIB-

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

When there are strong storms out to sea –

The waves here are a surfer’s paradise.

In 2024, we celebrated our 75th birthdays –

On a family beach vacation on OIB!

In our move to NC-

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

And they all have been here numerous times,

Even though busy life- jobs and school limits-

Their time here.

We, in turn, travel back-

So every few months we reconnect!

Today – our home –

This is more than likely –

The last time we moved!

We have either built – or bought –

SIX homes!

This is the sixth!

Our BEACH DREAM IS HERE!

In our case –

“DREAMS COME TRUE”!

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April 1, 2026December 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living on the mainland of N.C. –

Near the S.C. border-

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

We spent the first 50 years of our lives-

In WNY and NWPA!

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

65 miles South of Buffalo, N.Y.

And – honestly,

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

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

I love the green pine trees –

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

Here – the day starts out cold –

If 35 degrees is cold –

And by noon, it is in the 50s!

I can live with that –

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

50 to 60 degrees in late November!

The lawns are starting to turn a light amber brown –

But the oak trees are green –

The ferns are green.

Winter is almost here.

I can live with this!

A cold winter day –

Walking near the beach!

But – it is doable!

The beaches are empty.

The sound of the surf and birds-

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

We are in the South!

This is winter for us!

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

It is warm enough to walk on the beach.

Yes – we have what I call four seasons!

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

And to age as healthily as we could into these years-

Twenty years ago, we chose this supplement.

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

The warm days are ahead for springtime in the Carolinas!

And once again,

We will be tour guides –

The Four Seasons of where we now live-

OIB in N.C,

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Papa’s World – Staying in touch!

March 31, 2026December 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

Friends are important to us.

Over the years –

These friendships have grown and flourished.

We are blessed to have many people we consider friends.

From back in our DAL-TILE DAYS –

The Barndts – April and Brian.

Sherry and I worked with Brian –

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

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

To one of our factories!

Today, they remain friends –

Again, we are blessed!

We have a group of friends from WNY and NWPA –

In the late 1980s –

We moved to Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, NY.

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

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

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

And two still in WNY!

DECADES OF FRIENDSHIPS!

We are blessed!

We all lived back in NVA-

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

We still get together –

Blessings for our group!

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

Of Sea Turtles!

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

New friends are new blessings!

Dottie and Cindy, and their daughters.

Decades of friendships!

Sherry and her daughters –

Forming relationships through their mothers.

All friends through the years!

BLESSINGS IN GENERATIONS!

A health blessing!

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

March 30, 2026December 17, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- Start your day with a smile!

FRIENDS – Sherry – Pam and Bob!

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

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

Cassidy is very talented.

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

Taylor, Cassidy, and their mother, Tammy!

The girls are fraternal twins.

Taylor –

Rides horses – sings and plays violin.

She also plays basketball.

Cassidy, in addition to what I stated before-

Sings – did play the violin –

And acts in plays as does Taylor!

My GOOD THOUGHT for the day!

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

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

The twins are now in H.S.

LOL- some more smiles for the day!

Cassidy – in the middle – highest –

She made the varsity in cheerleading!

She is very athletic!

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

March 28, 2026December 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good positive thoughts!

Sherry and I on the ICW –

Our life in the South-

Experience things we only dreamed about!

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

Today, she works for a large national environmental firm.

LOL – Happy to say I did –

Now in my senior years – MEMORIES!

When friends gather –

A reason we picked Cameron Woods Community!

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

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

Lots of memories and good times!

You know who you are! LOL

Our life- our family – and some humor-!

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Papa’s World – The world of senior living!

March 14, 2026November 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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 – Writing blogs – helps my memory!

March 11, 2026November 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

After turning into my senior years –

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

Family – friends – neighbors and events –

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

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

I started my blog site on WordPress!

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

A PICTURE TO ME IS A MEMORY JOGGER!

Keeping a sense of humor –

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

If only this were true! LOL

Family is and always has been –

Important to both of us.

Now –

More so in our senior years.

A picture brings those special times –

Every time I see one-

It jogs my memory, and in these blogs –

I write it down!

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

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

Tammy was also with us that day.

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

If I remember right –

This estate changed hands during the Civil War-

Several times.

A lot of history here!

Sarah – Debby – MADDY – Mike and Ella-

Maddy was the first grandchild to graduate from college!

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

Her degree was in Environmental Science-

And today works for a major national environmental firm.

Her soccer college days included third team all-conference –

Second team all-conference and captain her senior year.

A conference championship –

And twice going to the NCAA tournament.

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

An injury at the end of her Sophomore season –

Plagued her for the last two years –

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

Today, she is a Phys-Ed Teacher –

For little children.

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

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

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

Designed the cover for the graduation ceremonies.

Today, she is a Freshman in college.

This picture gave me thoughts-

Of all the memories!

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

If you know me –

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

I did all that growing up!

Today – I can and will sit there –

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

Also – sitting outside in the cold –

Well, into my senior years –

I want warmth.

That is why we both decided to move South!

Since my heart attack and bypasses –

The cold –

Really has an effect on me.

And – I barely drink now –

Except on special occasions.

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

However, I did enjoy this one time.

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

A MEMORY CAPTURED WITH A PICTURE!

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And perform brain exercises for me!

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Papa’s World – Life to the plus.

March 8, 2026November 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life to the plus –

Every day presents a new view and challenge.

A trip to the post office,

And the grocery store to pick up items.

Doctor appointments ( seem more as we age)!

Meet-ups and lunches(Sherry),

Not me so much.

Life has many events and meanings.

CALENDARS- play a prominent role in our lives.

It seems in retirement –

We are so busy, in these times –

We are doing the best we can!

One wonders –

How did we ever find time to work?

In these times,

We are doing the best we can!

All of the above!

We are living our lives to the plus every day.

Since my heart attack –

I live life one day at a time!

LIFE IS GOOD!

I AM BLESSED!

I AM THANKFUL!

A LITTLE LAUGH FOR THE DAY!

Give what you can!

Help when you are able!

Listen to all and not judge.

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

Yes, I do!

MY CHOICES FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

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

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

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

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

Part of LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS –

Is have lifelong friends.

Getting together –

Sharing laughs and events.

Raising Families –

Vacations – golfing – games and music!

I would not change a thing!

LIFELONG FRIENDS –

LIFE TO THE PLUS!

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LOL- humor to make you smile!

Papa’s World – Being a senior!

March 7, 2026November 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

My dream since I was in my twenties!

I would kid to my wife –

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

We would take yearly vacations –

To a beach.

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

I formed an idea in my head-

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

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

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

Our SENIOR years are now just like that.

We live maybe four or five miles from the beach.

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

My dream has come true in my senior years!

We still travel back to NVA for the holidays.

And they all travel down to spend time with us.

Our plan for moving South-

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

For us to go home-

Or family to come down to us.

As we advance in our senior years –

We might have to curtail the traveling!

But for now,

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

Home is where our hearts are.

Blue skies- white clouds –

Sunshine- warm weather-

Hardly any snow or ice.

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

But with a jacket, gloves, and scarf-

I can manage-

Taking them off as the day warms up!

Being a senior-

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

My two sons –

Troy on the left and Shawn on the right-

Still live back in NWPA where they grew up!

Both have been down once or twice.

And both will come for more visits.

Love them always.

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

Being a SENIOR –

And for the past TWENTY YEARS-

We have taken this supplement –

To obtain healthy nutrition in our senior years.

For more INFO-

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!

March 6, 2026November 17, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In our senior years –

I believe family-

Becomes more and more important.

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

Those are the older ones!

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

Or soon to be!

We also moved to a warmer climate.

At our age,

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

So we plan trips back to see them –

And also for them to visit.

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

We give – we volunteer-

And help when we can.

Senior years –

Life goes by quickly.

Before you know –

You are on the edge of caregiver –

To be a receiver of care.

Climbing that step ladder –

Becomes dangerous –

Bending over to weed becomes a chore!

Driving becomes-

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

Happiness is when you can give-

And not expect a return!

Celebrations are when you stay awake at an outing –

Beyond eight PM!

But you also appreciate the little things of life –

LOVE OF LIFE follows you into the senior years!

We seem to look –

And see what we can do to help!

One day it will be reversed.

But until that happens-

LOVE OF LIFE will be our focus.

Living life to the plus one day at a time!

Our supplement for twenty years,

And what we believe in!

We can make our world better –

By making the world a better place.

SENIOR YEARS – we are long into them.

BUT WE HAVE A LOVE OF LIFE!

SENIORS – THE GOOD WITCH AND JUST TOM!

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

March 5, 2026November 15, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

He came back and gave me a baby aspirin.

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

He recognized that something was happening.

I guess it was my color and discomfort.

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

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

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

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

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

I was on a stretcher-

And stopped to administer something –

I was shaking from the cold.

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

Soon, we were on our way –

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

My blood pressure was skyrocketing!

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

I managed to start thinking of warm, comfy things.

To try and slow down my pulse.

It was a wild ride –

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

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

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

Wrong way!

Turn around and down to a set of doors –

A crew all dressed in gowns and masks awaited me.

They had called ahead, and they were ready.

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

I would have said GO AHEAD!

They started to move me onto an operating table.

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

Then all of a sudden –

The pain went away –

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

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

Just like that, my arm did not hurt!

It was a wonderful feeling.

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

I SURVIVED TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY!

But this was not over yet.

They came into my room the next day and said –

You have three more Arties that need stents!

But there is one problem –

Because of their locations –

It would be too dangerous to do them.

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

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

And all four would be repaired.

So it was set up!

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

The six weeks were stressful –

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

I went in at 5:30 am.

They started to operate at 10am.

I went to recovery at mid-afternoon.

At six thirty, I was standing up!

I never went to the step-down unit!

On Wednesday, at 1:00 PM. –

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

I had a widowmaker’s HEART ATTACK.

I HAD FOUR bypasses and open heart surgery.

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

They asked me if I would participate in a study!

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

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

I would not be here today.

I have never missed a day in twenty years.

Fourteen one-half years later-

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

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

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

But I am fine with that.

I am now 76 years old.

I still live my life one day at a time.

Here is information on the above supplement-

I will always take it.

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

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Papa’s World – Writing blogs!

March 4, 2026November 14, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

This is NEBO LUTHERAN CHURCH in MOUNT JEWETT, PA.

The church sits on a hill called MOUNT NEBO!

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

An eight-sided church in the 1880s.

Mount Jewett is a settlement comprised of Swedish immigrants!

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

from their native Sweden.

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

Into constructing the EIGHT SIDED CHURCH!

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

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

The pews inside – some are separated by the columns –

That comes straight down in the middle of the pews.

So you either enter from the right or left side.

A traveling artist of the 1800s –

Painted a church biblical scene behind the altar.

It is still there to this day.

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

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

To know and understand the heritage of their ancestors!

WRITING BLOGS!

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

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

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

There are many facets to the organization-

Sherry does NEST VERIFICATION –

She is scheduled for twenty-four hours a day-

Midnight to midnight.

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

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

Or a confirmed Sea Turtle Sighting!

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

To where the event has happened.

They then must dig and locate the eggs.

Once they have done this –

The leader of all the teams –

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

To a safer location above the tide line.

If they move it –

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

Depth from top to bottom.

A hole is dug to those measurements-

The eggs are then gently taken out –

And put into a bucket!

The eggs go back into the new hole-

Exactly how they were taken out.

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

Like they were laid.

The temperature inside the chamber determines the genders!

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

Stating this is a protected nest,

And fines can be leveled by authorities.

Also, each nest I’d sponsored and –

Lamented signs are posted for the sponsors.

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

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

WRITING BLOGS!

My youngest son, Shawn.

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

He contracts for the state and Energy Companies –

To provide energy savings for the elderly.

He still lives back where he was raised in NWPA!

He and Trisha have visited twice since we moved South!

Shawn is also a ranked pool player.

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

This past year –

The team he is a member of –

Won TWO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS!

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

Shawn – top left when he was in High School.

WRITING BLOGS!

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

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Papa’s World – Living – IN THE SOUTH!

March 3, 2026November 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

Golfing in the winter months –

Walking in sunshine with a coat and scarf-

Getting too warm and taking them off!

Blue skies – white fluffy clouds-

Watching thunderstorms rolling in!

Shows – music – entertainment-

Friends nearby.

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

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

The deep south was too far.

Being close to beaches was a plus.

Shopping – doctors and medical facilities.

Cities we could travel to if we wanted.

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

It can be hot in mid-summer –

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

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

We still manage to get together several times a year.

The closer ones are about once a month.

We have made many new friends –

And other close friends from NVA have moved nearby!

We have downsized to one level –

With enough room for family!

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

You see here behind the house,

Trees that are protected!

We feel we made the right choice!

We are happy here.

Friends and family visit.

The weather is to our liking-

Neither one of us likes the cold.

Andrea and Troy – my oldest son!

They will visit once again in the future!

Sunsets – this is our life in the South!

Our senior years are now here.

As the days begin and end

We are truly living in the South.

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Papa’s World – Sitting on the front porch!

March 2, 2026November 9, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

Our home has that porch –

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

It would be in shade most of the daylight hours!

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

You could just sit there and enjoy the storm.

Our home in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Here you can see the wet sidewalk, grass,

And decorative stones-

Which are all wet after a rain shower!

The glider with the two pillows is where I sit!

And you can see it is dry!

Hot days with a breeze-

The shade makes it bearable to sit!

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

The same for the sunrises-

YES- I am up before dawn every day!

The dawn of another day at our house!

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

Sherry’s bucket list for the new house-

Was an “OFFICE” that we could close off-

With floor space to put down a –

Queen-size mattress for company (mostly family)!

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

A love seat that pulls out to a single-

Along with the office-

We can sleep –

ELEVEN PEOPLE!

The only regret we have is either another full bathroom-

Or a half bath!

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

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

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

We also have an enclosed sunroom – Lanai –

In the rear, which houses many plants –

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

To sit there for the four seasons!

Papa and Sherry are walking on the beach.

Neither one of us swims in the ocean anymore!

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

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Papa’s World – A blessed life with memories!

February 28, 2026November 8, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

MADDY – Now 25 years old –

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

First of six grandchildren-

Five girls and one boy!

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

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

One of the blessed memories of our life together!

At our home in Brambleton, VA.

The entrance to the enclosed patio.

The three youngest granddaughters!

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

And behind them is Sarah –

The youngest of her own family and all are cousins.

They always dressed up and played together.

Today, Sarah is a freshman in college,

And the twins are freshmen in high school.

Another blessed memory in our lives together!

Sherry is an SSC with the Juice Plus Company.

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

After reading all the published research –

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

Into our SENIOR years.

Here is one of the many conferences we have attended –

Over the years, across the country.

Another blessed memory of our lives together.

Ella and Bode –

When he was young –

He adored Ella!

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

He would spend the whole game cheering her on.

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

And is teaching PHYSED to grammar school students!

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

I CHOOSE WISELY!

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

Here, Sherry stands at the Lincoln Memorial-

With the Washington Monument in the background on the mall.

We often took family and visitors on tours-

Walking all over after riding the metro in.

We loved the city –

And all the history and the museums.

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

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

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

But have been down twice for visits!

Another blessed memory in our lives together.

A LIITLE HUMOR! LOL!

Sherry on our trip to Asheville, N.C.

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

February 27, 2026November 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

Two little blond-haired and blue-eyed twins!

I miss these times –

But we have pictures from back then!

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

Taylor with Marley!

She has trained her to do so many tricks.

She has a way with animals.

One more picture of –

ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!

DECADES and DECADES of friendships!

Sherry – Dottie and Cindy.

So many laughs –

So many trips-

So many times making-

ONE DAY AT A TIME – LIVING LIFE!

Just some humor- LOL!

Troy and Andrea –

My oldest son and his partner-

At Broadway on the beach – S.C.

They have visited once-

And will come back again.

ONE DAY AT A TIME – LIVING LIFE!

When MOTHERS and DAUGHTERS –

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

To watch the Bills play the Panthers!

They all knew each other back in NWPA and WNY!

ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!!

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Our supplement of choice for twenty years!

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ONE DAY AT A TIME- LIVING LIFE!

The GOOD WICH and JUST TOM! LOL

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Papa’s World – Thoughts and Humor!

February 26, 2026November 5, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

I have always thought this way.

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

I think back on the choices I have made,

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

But with everything said –

I am happy with my life!

As true today as it was all these years!

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

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

Was to be able to golf!

We have achieved this dream.

Once every two or three weeks –

Satisfied my need!

Living here –

It can be year-round!

LOL – A sense of humor goes a long way!

YEP – I RELATE TO THAT!

Our granddaughter –

Cassidy –

Made varsity as a Freshman Cheerleader.

She is also in gymnastics!

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

Such a gifted little girl!

When long-time friends meet up after golf!

Bob – Papa and Jim!

All from little Eldred, Pa.

GOOD THOUGHTS SAVED IN A PICTURE!

Taylor – first homecoming date as a Freshman.

She is so pretty!

Our choices for health and nutrition for twenty years!

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LOL – LOL – LOL!!!!!

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Papa’s World – A journey through life!

February 25, 2026November 3, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

February 22, 2026October 31, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

February 20, 2026October 29, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

Making memories for twenty years for Sherry and me.

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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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The life we lead and the memories we make!

Papa’s World – Past Memories!

February 18, 2026October 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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 – Living life in the South!

February 15, 2026October 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

After we moved to NVA in 1999-

Around 2010-

We purchased our first Tower Garden-

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

NO SOIL!

IN the late spring – summer and early fall –

This worked well with the temperatures!

But during the winter –

As you see in the above picture-

We moved it inside the garage-

With grow lights and an aquarium heater.

That also worked.

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

Above this is the back patio.

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

It has been producing ever since.

Every four to six months-

We tear it apart –

Clean it up –

And then start all over again.

In reality –

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

Sherry – Dottie and Cindy.

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

Having moved South from Pa. and NYS.

Friends and neighbors for decades and decades!

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

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

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

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

To Wilmington, N.C.-

The back of our home faces almost due South!

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

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

LIVING LIFE IN THE SOUTH!

Our choice of a nutrient and healthy supplement for twenty years.

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Living here in our community-

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

The weather is why we have concerts –

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

LIVING IN THE SOUTH!

This will be our last move –

Having moved seven times –

Built three homes –

Lived in a condo for a short while.

Coming from WNY and growing up in NWPA!

LIFE IN THE SOUTH suits us!

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Papa’s World – OIB Oyster Festival!

February 14, 2026October 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The dawn of another day at the beach!

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

Since 2021, Sherry and I have attended.

This year, our friends Bob and Pam –

Have rented a home nearby-

For the next year.

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

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

We have been in contact through the years –

Reunions and seven years ago –

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

This festival was a first for them.

Three days and FIVE LIVE BANDS!

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

There were easily five to six hundred folks here!

The sun is about to set –

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

Here is Sherry in gray and Pam in red.

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

Ocean Isle Beach looking West-

From the Groin on the East end.

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

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

Sherry on the beach.

We are now on another adventure with our friends,

Who will be here until next October!

A weekend to remember.

OCEAN ISLE BEACH OYSTER FESTIVAL!

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Papa’s World – Enjoying our area!

February 11, 2026October 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

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ENJOYING OUR AREA!

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For twenty years.

HEALTH and NUTRITION –

HEALTHY LIVING!

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Papa’s World – Life – family and grandkids.

February 6, 2026October 10, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here are the five granddaughters and the only grandson –

Bode sitting between Maddy and Ella –

You can barely see him!

Today, he is in fifth grade –

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college –

Sarah is a freshman in college-

And Taylor and Cassidy are freshmen in high school.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Sherry and her sisters –

Bonnie and Debbie.

Her mother, Barb, and her father, Bill.

Her parents are now gone –

Family was and is a priority to her.

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

My good thought for the day!

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

Today, we continue on toward the big 80!

We have been married for 43 years –

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Our choice for healthy eating and nutrition –

Over twenty years ago.

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Three youngest granddaughters-

Taylor – Sarah and Cassidy!

If we could only turn back time!

LIFE, FAMILY, and GRANDKIDS!

And of course, there is MARLY!

Belonging to Marcus and Tammy, and the grandkids.

LIFE, FAMILY, AND GRANDKIDS!

Papa, Sherry, and the three oldest granddaughters-

ELLA- MADDY and SARAH!

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Papa’s World – Life in Cameron Woods.

February 5, 2026October 8, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

Later, they removed it!

A lot of truth in this.

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

Shopping – Golfing- Beaches –

Gas stations, groceries, parks, and entertainment.

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

Bathrooms – Pickle Ball courts-

Quick access to highways North- South –

And six to eight hours’ drives to family!

We get to spend time on the beaches!

Neither one of us is into swimming in the ocean!

But walking the surf –

Relaxing in the shade of umbrellas-

Knowing we can do this every day!

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

Our old friends have lived here since the 1990s.

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

Debby – Sherry and Tammy –

They have visited often, along with the grandkids.

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

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

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

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

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

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

Today, this is our home –

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

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY –

OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

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

February 4, 2026October 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Andrea – Troy and Sherry-

At the pier in OIB!

They have visited once since we have been down here.

Looking forward to when they come back!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

A good thought for the day!

A walk on the beach in Feb.

Why do we choose here to live-

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

WINTER – LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Friends, some 13 years ago –

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

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Steering the boat on the ICW!

LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

Our go-to for health and nutrition for twenty years.

EMAIL – PHONE – NUMBER and INFORMATION on HOW TO ORDER ON the website.

LOL- LIFE IS SHORT – LIVE IT!

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Papa’s World – Living near the border!

February 2, 2026October 4, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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 – Blogs – Thoughts and good times!

January 28, 2026September 28, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

We moved here in 2021-

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

Where we first lived.

Also – born and raised in NWPA –

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

Neither one of us enjoys that weather –

We both like to be warm.

Living here can be hot and humid.

You just learn when to go out,

And you can always head to the beach.

There – with the wind and shade –

It is comfortable for us.

Walking the beach with a shade hat on –

The surf on your feet and a breeze-

That is a WHY for us.

Coffee in the morning is a must for me!

Just one cup!

But – I also like a cup of tea-

Nothing in it and only cream in my coffee!

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

Later, Mom drank coffee!

My grandmother introduced me to “COFFEE SOUP”!

Wierd as it sounds –

It was during the DEPRESSION thing.

When hard times came –

She would make and bake bread!

As a way to substitute for other items-

She would slice a thick piece of homemade bread-

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

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

Which came from raising pigs.

Most everything was done on the farm.

My father would take two slices of homemade white bread –

Butter both pieces –

And cut a thick slice of onion and make –

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

On the oil leases where he was a supervisor!

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

Our way for over twenty years of healthy eating!

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

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PAST MEMORIES make me laugh!

This could be a success! LOL!!!

Our front porch –

My place to sit and relax in the shade!

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Papa’s World – Good thoughts and life memories!

January 23, 2026September 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

GOOD THOUGHT and GOOD VIBE for the day!

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

Into Washington, D.C.

We moved into the area in 1999 –

First, for a couple of months in Alexandria,

Close to Old Town.

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

Finally – Brambleton –

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

Dozens of times during those years –

We acted as tour guides to family and friends!

We would spend weekends going into the city with them.

Here is one time with friends from AZ. –

Sherry -on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with –

The Washington Monument and the reflecting pond in the background!

We loved going into the city.

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

But – Washington, D.C. –

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

LOL – A SMILE FOR THE DAY!

Jo – Sherry and Paul –

REFLECTIONS on the Vietnam Wall!

They visited us from AZ.

We are all from that area of history.

We lost people we knew.

MEMORIES FROM THE PRESENT INTO THE PAST!

WHEN FRIENDS MAKE YOU LAUGH AND SMILE!

These friends go back decades –

And decades!

Sherry – Cindy and Dottie.

Oh, the times through the years they have had!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND LIFE MEMORIES!

Sherry switched to this instead of the capsules –

Because she has always had problems swallowing capsules and pills.

Tastes like FRUIT juice when mixed with water.

For more info –

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

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

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

And we would watch the IPAD!

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

Taylor is almost as tall as I am-

And Cassidy is a few inches shorter!

If only I could turn back time!

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

The day Sherry and I took Ella and Maddy –

On the Metro to Arlington Cemetery –

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

Into the Rolling Thunder Bike Rally!

I think they were maybe 13 and 16 years old.

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

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

GOOD THOUGHTS AND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Scenes from the past!

January 16, 2026September 16, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Mike – Sarah – Ella – Debby – Maddy and Sherry.

Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach!

In the background – a huge condo complex.

We had considered living there, but it felt too much like a vacation rental.

These are the oldest grandkids with their parents.

We are about an eight-hour drive from their home, North of Winchester, VA.

So they visit, and we go back to visit throughout the year!

This is but one scene from the past!

Here are my two sons and their families.

They are from back in NWPA-

Where they had grown up!

It is a very long drive down here, but they have made the trip several times!

Excited for them to visit once more!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

The youngest grandkids and their parents at the waterfront at Calabash!

They often come to visit –

It is a little over a six-hour drive!

The kids are all busy in different areas and are quite busy.

But the trips we make back and then coming here-

Keeps us in touch!

This is but one more scene from the past!

On one of our many walks on the far EAST END of OIB!

Looking for Sea Turtle crawls and at the same time collecting garbage off the beach!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

Our way of getting the nutrients from 30 fruits and vegetables –

absorbed instantly into our bloodstream!

The website with how to purchase- an EMAIL ADDRESS and A PHONE NUMBER!

They grew up so fast!

Above when young –

Ella and Maddy –

Then, when they were in college, both captains played against one another!

Today, they have graduated from college and both work in their own fields!

SCENES FROM THE PAST!

My quiet place ( Front porch) where I sit and watch the neighbors walk, bike, or drive by!

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Papa’s World – A look back!

January 14, 2026September 14, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Bode and Cassidy –

Patiently waiting as Taylor takes a lesson in riding horses!

Bode watches as Taylor tightens the saddle.

This was years ago –

Taylor is now fifteen years old, and Bode is eleven years old!

Taylor has loved horses and riding since she was about four years old.

She applied for a job working in a barn and getting paid for something –

She has been doing it for free for years!

For her,

It is a pleasure and not a job!

Her dream is to go to a college-

That has an equestrian program!

Taylor – Tammy and Cassidy.

Hoping her dream comes true –

A proud mother and her two daughters!

Here is our way of getting all those fruits and vegetables into our bloodstream with the nutrients!

We have taken this for over twenty years!

Here is the website with Sherry’s email and phone number!

Sarah –

Her early birthday and her sixteenth.

Today, she is a Freshman in college.

In her senior year –

She drew this picture-

Representing the past of her high school to the left-

And today’s H.S. on the right!

Her car is the white one on the right next to her father’s car on the right.

These are all her friends in the picture!

She also submitted the above, and it was painted on two spots in the school!

She is very artistic- her signature is bottom left!

Funny and bright!

She will go a long way!

She never stopped believing in herself!

Sarah – a look back!

On our wedding day –

6-25-1982!

JULY – 2024 – on the beach –

Family is celebrating our 75th birthday!

We seriously take our health to the next level!

Twenty plus years!

Aging during our SENIOR years!

our website with email and phone number!

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Seventy-six years old!

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Papa’s World – Life in memories!

January 13, 2026September 13, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!

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!

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!

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!

January 9, 2026September 9, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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.

If interested, go to: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

PAPA’S WORLD-

LIFE WITH GOOD HUMOR AND THOUGHTS-

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Papa’s World – Our steps to retirement!

January 6, 2026September 6, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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:

There is an email and a phone number there!

PAPA’S WORLD – OUR STEPS TO RETIREMENT!

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Papa’s World – Good Vibes- humor!

January 5, 2026September 5, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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!