Papa’s World – Living our lives together!

LIVING OUR LIVES TOGETHER WITH HEALTH AND NUTRITION!

We choose to give of ourselves.

Someday –

Only one of us will remain.

But until that day comes –

We shall continue hand in hand.

VOLUNTEERING – LOVING LIFE – FAMILY – FRIENDS – TOGETHER!

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

February 8, 2026October 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Logan and Taylor –

He asked her to go to Homecoming with him.

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

Cassidy and Nate.

He asked her to go with him to Homecoming-

She accepted – she is also a freshman-

This is also a first for her!

Father Marcus – Cassidy and her mother, Tammy!

Marcus – Taylor and her mother, Tammy.

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

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

Climbed up onto my lap-

Sang in the back seat and captured my heart.

Sarah and Cassidy-

They are so grown-up.

Sarah is now in college.

Bode – Taylor- Cassidy and Tammy!

The days of little people are over.

Taylor is placing the flower onto Logan’s shirt.

Cassidy is sitting with Bode as Taylor rides horses.

Cassidy is with her mother for the first Homecoming!

The little twins are young women now!

Taylor at the homecoming game.

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

Papa’s World –

Seeing them almost all grown up.

CASSIDY AND TAYLOR –

So different but so alike.

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CASSIDY and TAYLOR – HOMECOMING – 2025- FRESHMEN!

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

February 3, 2026October 6, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Left to right!

Bob and Pam-

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

Sherry and Diane.

Diane is back from her summer cottage on Rushford Lake.

We will be doing numerous things with all of them.

FRIENDS!

Buck – Cindy – Papa and Sherry.

They are almost our oldest friends.

We were neighbors back in the late 80s.

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

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

We have traveled the world with them on vacations.

We often golf together.

FRIENDS!

Ocean Isle Beach and the Causeway bridge over the ICW.

We live in the forest area on the mainland side.

Ten minutes –

And we can be across the bridge.

We spend a lot of time here.

We also go to Sunset Beach and Hilden Beach.

We have made many new friends here.

A DREAM!

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

Protection of Sea Turtles on OIB!

Here we are in front of the OIB Park stage-

This is where May through September –

Open-air music concerts for free –

Are held!

FRIENDS!

For health and nutrition –

Visit the website with email and phone number available.

My good thought for the day!

Sherry – Dottie – Cindy and Debbie-

Some of our oldest friends that we still see!

All these years, and we still enjoy getting together.

FRIENDS!

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FRIENDS!

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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website: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

Today, if we choose –

We can see this every day!

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

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Papa’s World – A place in the sun!

February 1, 2026October 2, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

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

With a 90-degree turn –

This section of the “L” shape is short-

Then the dredging of the Shalotte channel began –

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

This was about a mile and hundreds of feet wide!

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

This design is designed to prevent that erosion from happening.

The project succeeded –

However, going East beyond the bouldered wall-

The erosion has devastated that area of the beach.

Huge sandbags and sand have been carried in.

That whole end is most likely to collapse –

Placing multi-million-dollar homes in extreme danger.

It is a mess, and lawsuits have been filed.

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

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

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

My sons and their families-

A visit a couple of years ago-

Here we were hiking a trail near Cherry Point.

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

It can be nice there for a few months-

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

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

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

For healthy living!

SUNSET from our patio in the back yard.

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

Most Winter days.

Here you see a late fall day-

Or an early winter day.

Almost zero snow and ice.

I bundle up – scarf and winter jacket-

Sometimes ear muffs-

But after walking a distance in the sun-

Slowly, I lose the scarf and earmuffs!

I do not like the cold-

I am comfortable at 74 degrees inside and 77 outside!

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

We chose our place in the sun –

Ocean Isle Beach!

Here you see the mainland and then the Causeway Bridge.

The town of OIB is after crossing the bridge.

We live back in the forest,

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

A little over ten minutes and we are here.

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

All shopping – gas – parks – box stores,

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

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

A PLACE IN THE SUN!

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Go to https://sfitzsommons.juiceplus.com

Sherry in our home-

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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 – Laughs – Good thoughts – Pictures!

January 24, 2026September 24, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

GOOD DAY, everyone!

A blog to bring a smile and a good thought!

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

Sherry and I are not fans of cold weather.

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

Another GOOD THOUGHT!

This is my way of life!

Cassidy was in her fort when she was younger!

I miss these days!

LOL – YEP – MAYBE I DO!!!!!!

Sherry selected this instead of capsules –

Simply because she has a problem swallowing pills and capsules.

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

For information – email or phone number-

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

We are close to several beaches!

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

For us –

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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

WE HAD LAUGHS – GOOD THOUGHTS and PICTURES!

FAMILY!

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FAMILY – OLDEST GRANDCHILDREN!

Papa’s World – Together – our life!

January 22, 2026September 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

Combining Sherry’s two daughters –

And my two sons.

Back at that time –

We had no money –

We both worked for AOTC –

In Olean, N.Y.

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

Life was busy –

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

Pack food for picnics or overnight trips.

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

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

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

We had a backyard, and on the far end –

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

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

We had dated for a year and a half.

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

It was a time that I would not trade –

We had new friends.

But the house was small –

We were going to find one closer to the school –

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

And for my sons who still lived with their mother –

20 to 25 miles round trip.

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

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

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

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

We both transferred within the company to NVA!

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

Between both of us-

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

During this time, we found a supplement with research-

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

Now – over twenty years later –

We are seniors and still take this every day!

Sherry’s site with email and phone number-

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

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

Being retired – and both closer to 80 than 70-

We volunteer – The Protection for Sea Turtles –

And the Food Pantry for our church.

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

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

In July 2024 –

Our family celebrated our 75th birthdays on the beach!

With our friends, the McBrides,

After a day of golfing.

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

January 21, 2026September 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Yes – I do drink coffee-

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

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

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

Where my writing could be stored –

Since it just went into the internet world –

Somewhere out there in space!

Never to be recovered and read again.

So with help from her and a friend –

We found WORDPRESS –

And for a yearly fee-

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

“PAPA’S WORLD”!

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

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

All over the world!

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

The rest are WORLDWIDE-

And I can see each country that they live in.

AND IT IS FREE TO SUBSCRIBE!

My writing is a memory jogger for me.

It is an exercise that requires me to remember things!

I write them down as a memory –

And oftentimes, pictures of the past jog that memory!

This supplement on the right-

Also clears my mind and boosts my energy!

Along with the fruits and vegetables on the left.

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

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

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

And they will come up.

This is also for our family-

GENERATIONS to come who can read and see our pictures!

Instead of photo albums –

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

Where we lived and how we lived.

That is most important for me.

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

It has helped my memory –

My will to stay as healthy as I can.

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PAPA and SHERRY – JUNE 25th, 1982!

Papa’s World – A heritage on Sherry’s family!

January 18, 2026September 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Sherry was raised in a little town in Pa. called Mount Jewett!

Back in the 1800s,

Swedish immigrants settled here and actually built the town-

Along with an eight-sided replica of a church back in Sweden!

This church is called Mount Nebo, and during special times of the year, it still holds services!

Every year in August, over the past 50 years –

The community holds what is known as THE SWEDISH FESTIVAL!

Usually lasting three or four days!

A large parade with marching bands and local fire departments!

Organized events and a chicken BBQ!

When her mother was still alive-

We would go and spend the week with her!

There was a local grocery store called “BILLS” just up the street.

And – we always put an order in to take back home-

“CITY CHICKEN LEGS”! which were made there in the meat department!

In our 43-plus years of marriage –

This was always a dinner we had with her mother and father!

After her mother passed away, we decided to try to make our own.

It is made out of PORK and VEAL ( WE ADDED PRIME CUT OF STEAK) –

And then dipped in egg batter –

And dipped in a mixture of seasoned bread crumbs!

The meat is threaded on wooden skewers –

Here in our home in Brambleton –

We make the CITY CHICKEN LEGS.

This dish originated during the GREAT DEPRESSION!

When pork was more affordable than chicken.

It was made to look like Chicken Legs breaded!

Back at that time, it was a POLISH AMERICAN DISH!

Cindy and Sherry are sitting on the patio at her mother’s house during the SWEDISH FESTIVAL!

I do not know how this became a family tradition-

As her mother’s mother was born in Sweden –

And her father’s ancestors were Scottish-German.

But we always had the dish during the festival when we visited!

Just looking at these pictures of what our CITY CHICKEN LEGS looked like-

Make my mouth water!

After we moved to OIB and Cameron Woods Community-

We have not made them again.

And after her mother passed away and the house was sold-

We have not been back!

Our choice as a supplement for health and nutrition!

CITY CHICKEN LEGS!

PAPA and SHERRY-

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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 – The past with pictures!

January 15, 2026September 15, 2025 / Tom / 1 Comment

Cindy and Sherry are sitting on her mother’s backyard patio in Mount Jewett, Pa.

They stayed here with us, and her mother was by that time in the nursing home!

Just one of many memories we have of traveling together over the years!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

One of my longtime best friends – Jimmy!

We grew up in the same little NWPA town called ELDRED!

Jim – up Barden Brook and me on North Main Street!

In the mid-70s, we played softball together-

And we also both worked for AOTC-DAL TILE!

We raised our kids and took vacations to the beach together.

Sherry – Jim and I all transferred to Va..

He to Va, Beach and us to NVA!

Today we are all retired and still try to get together several times a year.

We are all in N.C., although over three hours apart!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

OUR GO TO FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

Our home on Minerva Street in Brambleton, Va.

This was taken from our neighbor’s front yard.

Brambleton was full of folks who worked for the state and the federal government.

The couple who lived here –

She was a stay-at-home mom, and he was the Director of Counterintelligence Worldwide for the FBI.

He retired and moved away a few years before we did.

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

You can now mix it with water and enjoy it as a refreshing drink.

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My grandpa, David Aiken, and wife, Nora.

I never knew him, as he passed before I was born in 1949!

However, I have his name for my middle name.

My grandma lived with us, and I remember sitting on her lap on the front porch-

And seeing a boy walking down the street to the school.

I asked her when I would be able to walk to school-

And she said, ” I’d be in a couple of years when you turn six!”

That was my very first memory of her!

THE PAST WITH A PICTURE!

Looks like and tastes like red fruit punch-

But has the powdered nutrients of 30 fruits and vegetables that are-

Immediately absorbed into the bloodstream!

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PAPA of PAPA’S WORLD – closer to 80 than 70!

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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!

Thank you for reading my blogs –

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Seventy-six years old!

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

January 12, 2026September 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Living life one day at a time- living life doing it my way!

I have been doing this since I had my heart attack all those years ago.

At the time –

I had six more months to work and then retire at 65!

I had open heart surgery –

And four by-passes!

I never went back to work!

Since that time –

I came to realize you never know from day to day-

What might be the last day you are alive!

It was then that I decided to continue my journey on healthy living.

I had changed my diet after 40 years of eating fast food before my heart attack!

It was this change I had made that to this day –

Convinces me that is the reason I survived my “WIDOW MAKER HEART ATTACK”!

These capsules helped me build my body –

They provided nutrients that, when taken –

Go directly into the bloodstream.

The doctors and surgeons all told me –

I WAS THE HEALTHIEST HEART ATTACK PATIENT THEY EVER HAD!

They wanted me to come back for a study, and I declined!

On a Monday at 10 am. –

I had the four bypasses!

At 6:30 pm.. I was standing up.

Later that night, I was assisted in walking!

I never went to the step-down unit-

Instead, I went to the room I checked out of.

The next morning, they removed all the wires from my chest, and I was walking with Sherry!

On Wednesday at 1pm.-

I WAS HOME!

And started walking several times a day up and down our stairs –

And around in each room for THIRTY MINUTES each time.

I was home in a little over 48 hours from the start of my surgery!

Now, I am convinced that had I not made changes to my diet and taken this supplement-

I would not have survived.

I continue to this day –

My recent cholesterol was 99!

My Triglycedeides were 57!

LDL was 54!

HDL was 32, which means I need to walk more!

I have been on MEDS for ELEVEN and ONE HALF years –

Because of the HEART ATTACK and the damage it caused!

I now weigh five pounds less than I did the day I graduated in 1967.

Since that day –

I HAVE CHOSEN TO LIVE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LIVING LIFE DOING IT MY WAY!

And that is the name of my blog-

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And I am convinced this is my “WHY” to live that way!

Since that time all those years ago-

The company has developed this powder to mix with water.

It tastes like FRUIT juice!

But – I still take the capsules –

Have for over twenty years.

Because Sherry has a hard time swallowing any pill or capsule –

She switched to the above mixture –

They both do the same thing.

They are absorbed directly into the bloodstream!

Yes – this is me today!

A survivor of a heart attack that should have been my last day alive!

I will always take this supplement-

I will always believe this is what I did to allow me to be here today!

LIVING LIFE ONE DAY AT A TIME!

LIVING LIFE DOING IT MY WAY!

Here is the site where you can ask questions by email or over the phone!

My only REGRET?

Someone did not show this thirteen years before I had the heart attack!

Thank you for reading –

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Papa’s World – Living – humor – good thoughts!

January 11, 2026September 11, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

There have been a few times that all three of the oldest granddaughters –

Have visited at the same time!

Today – Maddy and Ella –

Two have graduated from college,

And Sarah is in her freshman year of college!

Here we are, OIB Marina.

LIVING – and GOOD THOUGHTS with them!

As the grandkids get older-

Memories have a way of keeping us close.

Children grow and their lives change-

Just as ours did!

THE MEMORIES REMAIN – until we meet again!

They will always be in our minds and thoughts!

LOL – HUMOR – keeps you young at heart!

PEACE – LOVE – CARING – we are all human.

Spending time with friends –

Decades and decades.

Life is good!

Our life choice over twenty years ago – still to this day –

For info, go to: https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

LOL – WISHFUL THINKING!

YES IT DOES! LOL

Thanks for reading –

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Papa’s World – HAPPY BIRTHDAY TROY!

January 8, 2026September 8, 2025 / Tom / 1 Comment

My oldest son –

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

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

We were renting an apartment above the Western Auto!

I was on second shift at the Olean Tile Company.

3 pm. to 1 am.

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

Troy and I would walk up the street every day –

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

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

Those were special days for me.

He was always curious –

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

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

Doing everything!

He got that from my father, not me.

Troy on the left and his brother Shawn.

Troy still lives in the area where he grew up.

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

Troy – to you on this special day –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY-

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

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

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

Troy and Andrea –

On the beach, the last time they visited.

Until I see you again –

Hugs – many more years to come!

From both of us –

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Love ya!

Dad.

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Papa’s World – Living life in the South!

January 7, 2026September 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

Here – from left to right –

My friends and neighbors!

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

We played softball together and worked together!

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

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

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

He and Cindy – his wife –

Have traveled the world with us!

Today, they live but 38 miles from us.

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

Some HUMOR for today!

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

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

The view through those glass sliding doors –

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

In Ocean Keyes – North Myrtle Beach.

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

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

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

But – no garage and limited storage space.

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

Our WHY for moving South-

Hardly any snow and ice!

The heat does not bother us so much-

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

We spent nine months here –

At first, searching for houses for sale.

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

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

We could build cheaper and get everything we wanted!

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

Our new home shortly after we moved in.

Eight miles to the border of S.C.

Shopping – entertainment all around us.

38 miles from our close friends, the McBrides!

Three beaches, 10 to 20 minutes from us!

In the middle of about 30 golf courses.

A brand new community and loads of new friends.

In the years since-

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

My H.S. buddy and wife-

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

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

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

The oldest grandkids and parents also love coming here!

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

We choose to live here –

Aging during our SENIOR YEARS –

And for the past twenty-plus years –

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

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

Nationally recognized in the health and nutrition industry –

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

Our HEALTH SUPPLEMENT OF CHOICE FOR OVER TWENTY YEARS!

For more information –

A website with an email and phone number for Sherry.

Our 75th birthdays are in 2024!

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

Enjoying our retirement and Senior Years!

Thank you for reading –

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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!

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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!

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

Because of all the above –

WE ARE HERE!

Enjoy your day –

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Papa’s World – Easy living – OIB!

January 2, 2026August 31, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

Back there – we learned when to venture out –

And what secondary roads we could travel on.

Here you have one way to the beach –

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

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

And what the heck –

WE ARE RETIRED!

We have no schedule –

We can come and go as we want.

A very BIG PLUS for us –

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

WE ARE NO LONGER THE OTHER FOLKS!

From the end of May to early September –

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

This draws five hundred to seven hundred people.

But – in the off-season,

There are other concerts,

And festivals and vendors!

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

PLUS THE WEATHER in September- October and November!

Born and raised in the NYS and WPA –

Those months are like Summer months to us!

The beach is not crowded –

The water is still warm if you want to go in

I DON’T! LOL!

I am satisfied walking in the surf –

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

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

PERMIT 25ST02!

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

Depending on when the last Sea Turtle lays her eggs!

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

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

Our volunteer work involves –

BEACH WALKING to find Sea Turtle Crawls-

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

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

CHECKING KNOWN NESTS.

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

HELPING VENDOR BOOTH.

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

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

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

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

Before that, we lived and worked in WNY!

Family and Friends are very important to us.

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

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

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

They were our neighbors back in WNY!

We have maintained these friendships all these years.

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

We worked together and played softball together.

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

They now live in Northern N.C.

And all of us get together.

They are also friends with Buck and Cindy.

Our life has evolved –

Living in the South with almost no snow or ice.

This suits us in our Senior years!

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Papa’s World- “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

January 1, 2026September 1, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

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

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

I gave up losing weight-

Instead, I want to be happy!

Today, we are where we want to be.

LOL – this can be very true!

I make lists of things to do-

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

I know what day of the week it is by

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

COFFEE – I look forward to COFFEE each morning!

One cup is all I drink-

Sometimes I drink tea!

But – COFFEE is my tiny pleasure.

I do not drink WINE – or HARD STUFF!

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

I do not smoke or chew-

I drink mainly ice water.

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

So – “HAPPY NEW YEAR’S” for me –

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

Kind of boring – but that is what it is!

Our dear friends for decades and decades.

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

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

Golfing – music and laughter.

To many more good times to come!

Memories are made of songs sung and laughter –

To be enjoyed for a lifetime.

FRIENDSHIPS are for life-

WE ARE BLESSED!

A memory of little Taylor I shall always have.

To each and every one of you –

Across the USA and across the WORLD –

“HAPPY NEW YEAR” from us to you.

You are what makes this blog –

FAMILY – FRIENDS – PEOPLE-

FROM PAPA – ” HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

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Papa’s World – Beach dreams and living life!

December 31, 2025August 30, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The Ocean Isle Beach pier!

We always dreamed of beach living.

While we are on the mainland –

We are close enough to drive anytime we wish-

And walk the sand and surf!

I remember vacations where I wished ed did not have to leave.

Those were wishful thoughts!

On the long drives back from vacations –

I always thought “ONE DAY”!

Now, when we walk or sit on the sand and listen to the surf-

And we ourselves watch as the vacation families change on check-out and check-in day-

We are now in our dream and happy place.

It is hard to believe that it was five years ago that we sold our forever home and moved South.

Today – this is our neighborhood.

Already, people have sold and moved on.

We have met new neighbors and said goodbye to old ones.

There are many second homes in this area.

Meaning the folks come and go each month.

But – except for trips back to see family-

We are the constants in what is now our retirement home.

Growing into this life –

Aging as healthily as we can.

My one thing I wanted in a new home!

A front porch where I could sit in the shade and watch and greet folks as they went by!

Our home is large enough to have folks and family stay –

Yet on one floor easy to maintain.

We have almost all of the landscaping the way we want it!

I no longer mow and trim –

But we grow plants and flowers and battle the Deer from eating them!

This is home – where we live.

Friends are nearby, and we see them all!

Friends for decades and decades!

We live but 38 miles from them, and we visit often back and forth, and play golf!

JULY – 2024- on OIB with family –

Celebrating our 75th birthdays.

We are now seniors in the years we have spent on this earth.

But over twenty plus years ago –

We started searching for something – a food supplement –

That had published research that proved what it claimed.

We found it at NBC for Your Health in Washington, D.C.

This is what we have taken for over twenty years!

To age into our SENIOR YEARS – HEALTHY!

And now you can drink it instead of swallowing capsules!

Think of RED FRUIT PUNCH – it is powered by nutrients and water-

Tastes to me like FRUIT punch!

If any of this is of interest –

GO TO SHERRY’S WEBSITE – INFORMATION AND RESEARCH IS THERE-

ALONG WITH HER EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER.

IT HAS BEEN SOLD IN THE USA FOR FORTY YEARS AND IN 27 COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

You can ORDER FROM THIS SITE: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

PAPA’S WORLD – BEACH DREAMS AND LIVING LIFE TO THE PLUS! ONE DAY AT A TIME!!!!

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

December 29, 2025August 28, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In the past TWENTY PLUS YEARS –

We have traveled the country in our JUICE PLUS BUSINESS!

Sherry and I became “PARTNERS” early on.

It was a way to save money on the product-

Which, after reading the studies that were published-

Proved that this SUPPLEMENT was the real deal!

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

As we could into our SENIOR YEARS!

We found that it went into the bloodstream immediately.

And enhanced several key factors in aging.

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

I am now closer to 80 than 70!

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

But she persisted in the Capsules and managed.

Recently, the company developed a powder!

And it tastes just like FRUIT punch to me!

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

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

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

On a week with our family at the beach.

AGING HEALTHY INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

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

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

They are healthy –

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

Now – well into our SENIOR YEARS –

We feel the best is yet to come.

We are active- walking and volunteering for several organizations.

If you want to check this HEALTH SUPPLEMENT out

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

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are on the site.

The product is sold all over the USA –

And in 27 other countries!

All orders can be done on the site-

She can be contacted for questions.

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

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

December 28, 2025August 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

YES- IT IS!!!!!

Oh, to have these days back again!

Here – the twins – Cassidy and Taylor –

Back when they dressed alike-

That is not the same today!

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

Bagging leaves!

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

Those days are gone, but the memories linger on!

My good thought!

My brother Roger –

Gone but not forgotten.

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

Memories I cherish!

The Causeway Bridge to Ocean Isle Beach.

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

We are often on the island –

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

One of the reasons we decided to live here!

Sherry has always had problems with swallowing capsules or pills!

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

It is red and to me tastes like FRUIT PUNCH!

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

It is easy to take with you –

And has all of FORTY STUDIES –

Published – that proves what it says it does.

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

Our 75th BIRTHDAYS!

Over twenty years ago –

We searched and found a food supplement –

JUICE PLUS –

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

In those twenty-plus years –

I have never missed a day!

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

It was and is a homerun for us.

During this time –

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

Mostly to help pay for our products!

She was given her own website all those years ago.

Her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER are there.

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

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

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

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Papa’s World – Life journeys – good thoughts!

December 27, 2025August 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

I love this- peace be with you!

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

On the right – my oldest son, Troy!

Fond memories of the past!

LOL- funny thought!

Some years ago –

Our oldest granddaughter – Maddy –

Came to visit over St. Patrick’s Day.

We took her to the parade in North Myrtle Beach!

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

My sons and their families.

Came to visit a few years ago.

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

A fond memory of a time gone by!

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

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

Maddy and Ella have graduated from college.

And Sarah is in her first year of college.

And now Bode is in fifth grade.

Fond memories of times gone by!

Bringing humor to this blog!

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

Now well into our SENIOR YEARS-

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

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

As we possibly could.

What we found and started to take every day-

Because it was proven to go immediately into our bloodstream-

Since Sherry has always had problems swallowing pills or capsules-

There is now a powder to mix with water –

That does the same thing –

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

All forty studies-

Prove what it does.

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

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

We became partners –

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

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

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

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

Thanks for reading –

PAPA’S WORLD –

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Papa’s World – “MERRY CHRISTMAS”!

December 25, 2025August 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Over the years, “CHRISTMAS” celebrations with family!

When we lived in Brambleton-

It was a drive to the Metro some miles away –

And take the family into D.C –

To the White House lawn and the nation’s Christmas tree!

Here is Sherry on one of those trips!

We have spent many holidays in DC.

Always forming memories –

We keep them in our minds and souls!

We have spent many Christmases in Lake Holiday with the older grandkids and their parents!

Forming memories for years to come.

When family visits –

And going to a Christmas show at Barefoot Landing.

You can see the mild winter conditions of winter in December!

And of course, there is MARLEY –

The family granddog!

Such a gentle dog!

And then –

It is “CHRISTMAS IN A BARN” with the older grandkids and their parents!

The twins –

Reading for a Christmas service.

At Community Lutheran Church in Sterling, VA.

Around the Holidays –

And game days for football-

Celebrating with friends.

Yuletide feelings with our neighbor Diane.

Many fond memories of Christmas past –

And looking toward the future!

From family to you-

“MERRY CHRISTMAS”-

And a “HAPPY NEW YEAR”!

PAPA’S WORLD –

MY SITE: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

“MERRY CHRISTMAS”!!!!

Papa’s World – Looking back and good thoughts.

December 23, 2025August 21, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

The Covid Pandemic – It still amazes me that some people did not take this seriously-

And refused to wear masks!

All around us, people were really sick.

Here we had to stock up on groceries –

It became just a habit and was no big deal!

Although I went months without a haircut-

Reminded me of my days way back in the 70s –

Riding my motorcycle with long hair! LOL

The date – June 25th. 1982-

Our wedding day.

My oh my-

The time has gone by so fast.

Kids are all grown up, and grandchildren have graduated from college!

Hard to believe that great-grandchildren are possible in the future!

It has been a long ride, and I have enjoyed every moment of it!

The innocence before they get older.

Love this time of life!

At my age – it could be me! LOL!!!!

It never gets old with old friends.

BOB and PAM!

Bob and I went to grade school and High School together.

Now they will be nearby for a year –

Testing out the area.

They have been RVING the past six plus years!

Friends are priceless!

Our friends have this sign near their front door! LOL!!!

For three golfers who just play for fun –

Cindy – Sherry and I –

Playing a scramble-

Carded a nine-hole even par!

Proud of this in my senior years!

In July 2024 – Sherry and I –

Celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family on OIB!

Back in the early 2000s –

We decided to search for and find a supplement with nutrients –

To provide us with nutrition to age as healthily as we can into our senior years.

After much research, we found the one that has published research –

That proves what it does to the bloodstream.

We have never missed a day since then.

It is taken by the Winter and Summer Olympic teams.

Professional athletes take it as it is,

NSA certified.

When tested in their bloodstream –

They pass the tests.

Since then –

Sherry has obtained a “CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH” through Dr. Sears.

In the beginning –

She decided to help pay for the Supplement by becoming a partner with her own website!

www.https://sitizsimmons.juiceplus.com

On this site –

Are her EMAIL and PHONE NUMBER!

If you want to communicate.

Or you can order as we did –

And become a partner to help pay for it!

Plus it is sold in 27 countries and the USA!

Our journey has led us to our SENIOR YEARS –

Taking this has helped us age as healthily as we can

LOL – A SENSE OF HUMOR!

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Papa’s World – Aging into our senior years!

December 21, 2025August 19, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Now, we are seniors!

Have been for quite some time!

Our senior years changed back in the start of the Pandemic.

That is when the 401K dropped like a lead weight –

Wiping out almost 1/3 of our retirement.

But – at the same time, for some reason-

The housing market took a leap-

And we decided to sell and take the profits!

Above – our “RETIREMENT HOME FOR LIFE”!

We lived here for 14 1/2 years.

We built this house – and were happy here!

Many memories of family and friends were here for all those years.

It was large – two stories and 3100 sf.

A corner lot, and we were one of the first ones to move here.

And it grew and grew!

There was one High School, and when we sold and moved away –

The fourth High School opened.

They had built a complete community –

Along with stores, banks, a library, restaurants, a gas station, and a grocery store.

Everything you would need to not venture out to the hustle and bustle of NVA!

The Metro was just a few miles away, as was the Dulles Airport.

We were happy here – but the costs kept rising!

NVA is very expensive to live in.

So when the market fell –

We decided to go South!

We found a condo in North Myrtle Beach at Ocean Keyes.

It was fourth floor with two elevators!

This was our view at night over the lake and fountains, and lights from the houses.

It was a half-mile walk to Main Street and the beach.

Sunrise from the lanai, which went across the complete front of our condo.

There were swans and Geese on our walks beside the lake on our way to the beach!

Sherry was near the end of the half-mile walk to the beach!

The beach entrance and our first trip walking to this entrance.

What would become a ritual walk every morning.

Our time here lasted nine months, after which we moved into our new home that was built in –

Cameron Woods Community-

Some sixteen miles to the North in N.C.

This is our new home, as it was when we moved in!

Today, all the landscaping is complete.

We still travel back and forth to North Myrtle Beach.

Tons of shopping – good food and entertainment are within thirty minutes of where we live.

We are aging well into our SENIOR YEARS!

In July of 2024 –

On the OIB –

We celebrated our 75th. birthdays with family.

We have, for over twenty years, maintained our aging healthy-

With the following supplement.

For any information –

Go to Sherry’s website: www.https://sfitzsommons.juiceplus.com

Her email and phone number are there to answer questions

You can order on your own or with her help!

PAPA’S WORLD – AGING INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

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Papa’s World – When dreams come true!

December 17, 2025August 14, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

After the Pandemic and the 401K collapse –

We decided to sell our “Forever Home” in Brambleton, VA. –

And go to a warmer climate!

We stayed for nine months in Ocean Keyes, NMB- S.C.

During those nine months, we visited many homes for sale.

Anything in our price range involved updating and months of work.

By chance, seeing a billboard –

We visited a new Community site under construction.

We found where we wanted to live and decided to BUILD our next home.

The total cost was equivalent to what we would spend on purchasing one to update.

The plus side was that we would have everything new and be where we wanted to be.

This picture shows our new home under construction –

1900 plus square Feet –

Plus an enclosed screened-in lanai!

Our wish list was met by upgrading almost everything we could!

The beaches –

10 to 13 minutes away for both of them.

Gas station – Post Office-

Two miles away.

Shopping – 12 minutes in either direction-

And big box stores – 8 to 16 miles away.

Entertainment – thirty minutes away, sometimes closer.

Numerous friends live nearby.

We play golf on over thirty golf courses nearby!

We volunteer for three organizations.

And we live in a climate that suits us year-round!

This is our dream come true!

We left behind family, but they visit often.

And we also often go back!

We are retired and in our senior years!

July 2024 – on the beach celebrating both of our 75th. birthdays!

Over twenty plus years ago –

We did the research and read the published research( 40 now published)

and decided to age as healthily as we could into our Senior years!

After much thought and reading, we selected JUICE PLUS –

THIRTY FRUITS – VEGETABLES – BERRIES AND OMEGAS –

Once taken go immediately into the bloodstream.

USA OLYMPIC TEAMS, BOTH WINTER AND SUMMER – TAKE THIS.

IT IS NSA APPROVED FOR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES!

We are aging in our senior years –

Getting the required fruits and vegetables with nutrients that go directly into your bloodstream.

Sherry decided over twenty years ago to become a partner in the health establishment.

She has her own website: www.https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

This is sold worldwide in over twenty COUNTRIES.

Her email and phone number are on this site to answer questions.

It can be ordered from the USA or other countries through this website.

The company is over 35 years old.

CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH AND OWNER OF THE WEBSITE!

AGING INTO AND DURING OUR SENIOR YEARS AS HEALTHY AS WE CAN!

PAPA’S WORLD – WHEN DREAMS COME TRUE!

THANKS FOR READING! PAPA’S WORLD!

Papa’s World – Living our dream one day at a time!

December 16, 2025August 13, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is a big part of our “DREAM” life!

The island of Ocean Isle Beach!

If you look at the picture –

On the mainland side –

Upper left center is two clearings in the forest.

We live close to the clearing to the left!

For us to get to the causeway bridge-

Is about four miles.

But that is not how the crow flies-

But the way the road goes.

If you could fly –

Then it would be about two miles!

Also on the mainland side –

Just before you enter the causeway bridge-

Upper right is a straight, cleared space running to the right.

This is the OIB airport-

Small planes –

I guess mostly used by wealthy owners who also store cars there for when they fly in!

On the center right –

Is the splash park – rides and area for children to play.

The open field and the amphitheater-

Is for summertime open-air free concerts!

This is for locals and weekly renters!

Oftentimes, this is also for events with music and vendors in the off-season.

And then a couple of miles Southwest is Sunset Beach.

That also has its own facilities that we enjoy!

The splash pad and tennis, basketball, and pickleball courts-

Covered pavilions for picnics.

This is all free to the public.

Restrooms are also here and are the town’s center for activities!

This is the stage for the Friday night free open-air concerts!

This was early, and it fills completely up by concert time.

This park sits right across from the mini-golf and our local hangout-

PELICANS PERCH and a new bar and restaurant –

THE SAND DOLLAR!

There are donuts, slushes, ice cream, and açai bowls to be had!

Shopping for beach items, and the pier is right across the street!

Papa and Sherry on the beach with the pier in the background.

Ten minutes from our home, we are here.

Our dream was always to be close to the sand and water –

And we found it here –

Cameron Woods Community near Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

Looking at the sunrise from the front of our home!

We built here because it was cheaper than buying and updating another home!

Plus – we have all our needs within 16 miles-

From entertainment to big box shopping.

Gas – groceries are but minutes from the house.

If we want city life, Wilmington is 45 minutes away.

And the airports in both directions are less than 60 minutes away.

Sherry and Papa are sitting in the park in Sunset Beach –

The causeway bridge is in the background, and we watch the boats traveling on the ICW!

We have the best of both beach towns just minutes away!

OIB from the far East end by the “GROIN” which was put in a few years ago-

To stop beach erosion.

The town with the water tanks –

The pier and the West end are defined by the tall building.

In the distance,

Before the skyline-

Sunset Beach is,

And the skyline is Cherry Grove and North Myrtle Beach.

We are living our dream one day at a time.

Here we are in July 2024-

Sitting on OIB celebrating both of our 75th. birthdays with family.

We are well into our SENIOR YEARS –

Twenty plus years prior –

We read research and decided to take a supplement –

To age as healthily as we could into our SENIOR YEARS!

This supplement has been on the market-

For 35 PLUS years and sold in over TWENTY COUNTRIES!

Forty research studies have been published in Journals proving what it claims to do!

It is NSA-approved for professional athletes and also for the USA Olympic teams.

We have never missed a day and continue to this day-

To age as healthily as we can in our SENIOR YEARS!

Sherry’s email and phone number are here.

She will guide you and answer what questions you might have.

She has been a partner for over Twenty Years – just order.

We have never regretted this choice.

If out of the country, it is distributed in over twenty COUNTRIES –

She can help with that!

Sherry – CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH –

Family celebrating both of ur 75th. birthdays in July 2024!

Papa’s World – Our life aging healthy.

December 11, 2025August 7, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

We started our journey to try to age as healthy as we can in our senior years!

That was over twenty plus years ago.

We made choices and stayed with it – I GAVE UP MILK!

I ALSO GAVE UP SODA’S!

I drink mostly water – Complete Shakes by Juice Plus.

I have a occasional beer – that may run weeks in between.

I do not drink wine or hard stuff.

I have a cup of coffee every morning.

And sometimes tea.

I try to cut way back on sweets and ice cream.

I added more veggies – I actually like veggies.

I tend to eat chicken or fish.

I have reduced my weight from what I graduated at in 1967- by 5 lbs.

I walk when I can.

We volunteer.

We travel back to family.

We chose a warmer climate as it does not have the same effect as the cold on us,

We enjoy golfing – together or with friends.

We go to the beach to walk –

We also go to North Myrtle Beach to walk at Barefoot Landing.

We were married on 6-25-1982 –

Second marriage for the both of us.

We have lived in four states.

Bought or built five houses.

We value family and our church.

We found a supplement that had research.

It has now 40 published findings in Journals.

It has become a staple in our diets for over twenty plus years.

It is part of the Olmpic teams.

NSA approved rating for professional athletes.

I HAVE NEVER MISSED ONE DAY SINCE I STARTED!

The supplement used by atheletes at the UNITED STATES PERFORMANCE CENTER!

If you want to learn more-

GO TO https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

For those out of country – it is sold in over TWENTY COUNTRIES!

THE RESEARCH PUBLISHED PROVES WHAT IT CAN DO FOR YOUR BODY!

On that website is Sherry’s email and phone number if you have questions.

On the beach in 2024-

Celebrating both of our 75th birthdays.

Living life to the PLUS one day at a time.

Thanks for reading PAPA’S WORLD-

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Sherry – Certified Health Coach.

LOL – HAVE A GREAT DAY!

Papa’s World – Past memories and thoughts!

December 9, 2025August 4, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

This is a picture back in 1889 –

Of the little town I grew up in

Eldred, Pa.

I lived here until I was about 30 years old.

After I graduated from H.S.-

I rented an apartment in the brick building with four windows across –

With the canopy and something on the front sidewalk.

At the time I was there, it was the Western Auto.

Flooding was a natural occurrence –

Some years are worse than others.

We had the flood of ’72 –

and 12 to 15 feet of water on Main Street.

The reason was that the Alleghany River ran just below the tracks.

Growing up –

A lot of these buildings were still there.

Many memories from when I grew up in this little town in NWPA!

PAST MEMORIES AND THOUGHTS!

A GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Papa in the “PINK” shorts playing volleyball for the Corporate Cup!

Sherry is to the right in a white top!

WHAT WAS I THINKING?

PAST MEMORIES AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

LOL – HOW TRUE IS THIS!!!!!!

CASSIDY AND TAYLOR WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG!

NOTE CASSIDY’S SOCKS – SHE WAS A FASHION STATEMENT EVEN BACK THEN!

PAST MEMORIES AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

Papa- walking the sidewalks in Brambleton!

We had over fifteen miles of walking trails when we moved.

Some you had to walk the sidewalk to get to.

But – we could go any direction and find a trail!

PAST MEMORIES AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

ANOTHER GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

MIKE AND DEBBY – BACK WHEN THEY RAN IN THE SPARTAN RACES!

PAST MEMORIES AND GOOD THOUGHTS!

Sherry and Papa-

Sitting on the sand in 2024 –

Celebrating our 75th. birthdays with family!

20 plus years of aging healthy into our senior years!

After years of searching –

We found this supplement and the 40 published studies proving what it said it did.

RESEARCH WAS THE KEY FOR US!

That was TWENTY PLUS YEARS AGO.

THIS SUPPLEMENT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR OVER 35 YEARS!

IT IS SOLD IN OVER TWENTY COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE.

THE USA OLYMPIC TEAM TAKES THIS AS DO PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

IT IS CERTIFIED NSA FOR PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES.

FOE A EMAIL AND SHERRY’S PHONE NUMBER TO ANSWER QUESTIONS –

Or you can just order on this site!

PAPA’S WORLD –

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Papa’s World – Past memories and good thoughts!

December 8, 2025August 3, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

A good thought for today!

A little humor for today!

This is the park at Sunset Beach before you cross over the causeway bridge!

Here, we take our chairs and find shade under a tree!

It is calming as you watch-

All the boats come and go on the ICW!

This is also the park with a covered gazebo-stage where live music on Wednesday evenings occurs.

Also, once a week is a vendor day where dozens of vendors –

Show their wares to buy.

It takes us 10 to 12 minutes to get her from our house.

A GOOD THOUGHT AND MEMORY FOR THE DAY!

Sherry won a day on the water with a pontoon boat at a raffle.

Our friends ( Decades and Decades) came and shared this day.

Here we are on the ICW-

We had the pontoon for over six hours.

PRODUCING US WITH MEMORIES FROM THE PAST!

One more GOOD THOUGHT for the day!

A day on which we took the three youngest grandkids –

On a ferry to Fort Fisher –

To the aquarium.

They loved the boat ride,

And then we drove off and went to the aquarium.

A CHERISHED MEMORY OF THE PAST!

TRUE – AND I HAVE BUCKETS OF THEM, THANKS TO MY NEIGHBOR JACK!

PS. I KEEP TRACK OF MY SCORE ( how many balls I lose and find)!!!! LOL

SHERRY and PAPA –

On the sand dune, celebrating our 75th. birthday in 2024!

The family was here for the week, celebrating with us.

A GOOD THOUGHT AND MEMORY!

FOR OVER TWENTY PLUS YEARS –

WE HAVE TAKEN THIS SUPPLEMENT-

WE READ THE RESEARCH ( 40 published) –

AND DECIDED THIS WOULD HELP US TO AGE AS HEALTHY AS WE COULD INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS!

FOR INFORMATION:

GO TO Https://sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

IN HERE YOU CAN READ AND ASK SHERRY THROUGH HER EMAIL AND TELEPHONE NUMBER-

OR YOU CAN ORDER.

FPR THOSE OF YOU OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY –

IT IS SOLD WORLDWIDE IN MORE THAN TWENTY COUNTRIES!

A RESEARCHED HEALTH AND NUTRITIONAL SUPPLEMENT FOR ALMOST FORTY YEARS!

SHERRY – CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH!

THANKS FOR READING PAPA’S WORLD –

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Papa’s World – Good and Positive Thoughts!

December 5, 2025July 31, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

A GOOD AND POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE START OF THE DAY!

Well – I did hit it there! LOL!

In my mind, this is TRUE!

POSITIVE THOUGHT!

Marley, when she was little –

And Taylor, who has trained her since she was a pup!

MY GOOD POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

In our family room in Brambleton –

Cassidy always had this rocker as her place to be.

All this is hers –

stuff animals – blankets.

A little girl –

Who holds a big place in my heart!

A GOOD AND POSITIVE THOUGHT TO MAKE YOU FEEL GREAT!

Date: 2024 –

Place: OIB on a sand dune!

Event: Family celebrating our 75th. birthdays!

Hers – 7-5-1949

Mine – 5-7-1949

WE WERE MEANT TO BE!

FOR OVER TWENTY PLUS YEARS-

THE SUPPLEMENT OF OUR CHOICE!

WE READ THE RESEARCH PUBLISHED IN JOURNALS-

AND SELECTED TO AGE INTO OUR SENIOR YEARS AS HEALTHY AS WE COULD!

WE ALSO FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS SOLD IN OVER 20 COUNTRIES – WORLDWIDE.

YOU CAN SEE AND READ THIS AT SHERRY’S WEBSITE:

IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR NEED TO TALK-

SHERRY’S EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE THERE!

FROM DOCTOR SEARS – SHERRY IS A CERIFIED HEALTH CORDINATOR,

Papa’s World – Thinking good thoughts and humor!

December 4, 2025July 30, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Back on the rear landing in our house in Brambleton-

We had two of the four Towers-

We owned.

I put this landing in, and it was perfect for the Sun.

Until 1PM.-

It was in the Sun.

We also had one in the enclosed patio and one in the garage with grow lights.

That gave us all year-round-

Fresh home-grown veggies!

I would dismantle three outside units and use only the one in the garage –

With the grow lights!

These two we sold with the house when we moved.

We moved the one in the garage with us,

And it has been year-round outside on our back patio!

Every six months,

we take it apart and clean it.

It is calming to know what you eat and no pesticides.

THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS AND HUMOR TODAY!

THE BEATLES – growing up with them!

On one of our many adventures with the McBrides!

Friends since the mid-80s.

We have traveled the World with them.

THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS FOR TODAY AND HUMOR!

Halloween birthday party for Sarah when she turned SWEET SIXTEEN!

This is what she wanted from us.

Maddy wanted to swim with the manatees.

Ella wanted to visit Star Wars.

THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS AND HUMOR.

Some humor for today!

When friends gather,

We GOLF!

Everyone here is from back-

Where we lived in NWPA and WNY!

Our many friends –

That we have in our lives!

THINKING GOOD THOUGHTS AND HUMOR!

On one of our many walks –

We have taken.

Thanks for reading –

PAPA’S WORLD-

My site: livinglifedoingitmyway.blog

In 2024, on the beach for both of our 75th birthdays!

WE STARTED THIS SUPPLEMENT OVER TWENTY-PLUS YEARS AGO!

WE READ THE RESEARCH ON WHAT WAS PROVEN TO DO!

TODAY OUR GOAL IS TO AGE AS HEALTHY AS WE CAN IN OUR SENIOR YEARS!

THE WEBSITE TO SEE WHAT THIS IS AND WHAT IT IS PROVEN TO DO –

THIS IS SHERRY’S WEBSITE AND INCLUDES ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS –

HER EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER.

FOR THOSE OF YOU OUTSIDE OF THE COUNTRY-

IT IS SOLD IN TWENTY-PLUS COUNTRIES WORLDWIDE!

SHERRY – CERTIFIED HEALTH COACH!

Papa’s World – Memories from past pictures!

December 1, 2025July 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL – AIN’T THIS THE TRUTH!

Sherry and Papa at Niagara Falls!

This was on a trip with McBrides, covering both the American and Canadian sides.

We toured wineries and breweries.

We went to the Casinos-

And out-of-the-way attractions.

This forms a MEMORY FROM PAST PICTURES!

Raise your hand if this is in your home! LOL!

Sherry – Papa- Buck and Cindy-

On one of our countless golf outings!

We even did one on OHAU!

A MEMORY FROM A PAST PICTURE!

When they were little-

Cassidy and Taylor are at our home in Brambleton!

Memories – in a picture from THE PAST!

LOL- But I have heard that this is what you do with a JELLY FISH STING!!! OMG!

Sherry and Papa –

At POINT OF ROCKS in Maryland!

We took the three youngest here for a day trip.

I was nervous the whole time.

I watched them like a hawk.

But it gave us a PICTURE FROM THE PAST!

On a golf outing and a par three-

A rare picture of Cindy and Papa-

Hers was closest to the pin.

We played a scramble and birdied the hole!

PICTURE OF A MEMORY FROM THE PAST!

Our scorecard from that day –

EVEN PAR!

That is worth a PICTURE FROM THE PAST!

Sherry and Papa in 2024 –

On the beach celebrating their 75th. birthdays!

AGING AS HEALTHY AS WE CAN IN OUR SENIOR YEARS!

THE SUPPLEMENT OF OUR CHOICE FOR OVER TWENTY PLUS YEARS!

WE READ THE RESEARCH IN PUBLISHED JOURNALS-

AND HAVE NOT MISSED A DAY SINCE!
IF THIS INTERESTS YOU –

GO TO SHERRY’S WEBSITE: http://www.sfitzsimmons.juiceplus.com

HER EMAIL AND PHONE NUMBER ARE THERE IF YOU NEED TO CONTACT HER.

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Papa’s World – A look at memories!

November 29, 2025July 24, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- A little humor to start the day!

The three oldest granddaughters –

Two have graduated from college –

One is in the Freshman year in college.

A special memory of when they spend vacation each year in Raquet Lake, NY.

My two sons –

Shawn to the left and Troy to the right.

A special picture I cherish!

When they were young-

Sherry – Cassidy – Tammy and Bode!

They came shortly after we moved into our new home and we walked in Vareen Gardens.

A memory of a special time.

My good thought for the day!

Family photo of Marcus – Bode – Cassidy – Tammy and Taylor.

A memory of time gone by!

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Papa’s World – A look at our life memories!

November 28, 2025July 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

OCEAN ISLE BEACH CAUSEWAY!

This is the “WHY” we choose to live near here!

It has everything we ever wanted.

If you look toward the upper middle left-

There is a large community there.

Then straight back through the woods –

Toward the left –

It is an area of cut wood.

That is almost where our home is!

It takes us a little over ten minutes to get to the Causeway Bridge!

Across from the miniature golf in the lower right picture-

Is the park – splash pad and open-air concert area!

To the right of the miniature golf course is Pelican Perch –

One of our favorite local bars and restaurants!

The parking lot at the bottom –

This is where we have a season pass to park, and this is the OIB Pier!

On the left middle is the blue roof of the church, and where in the back by the marsh-

I have taken many pictures of family and friends at the sunsets!

Jinks Creek is just to the right of that, and fine dining with sunsets!

The cluster of buildings just across the street to the left of the park-

Offering bars and restaurants- ice cream, slushes, and commercial sales.

There are now two other places to grab doughnuts and Accia bowls.

In the upper middle, a boat marina,

And a gas station,

And three restaurants that are local favorites.

Also, toward the right is the start of “CANAL SIDE HOMES”!

And this is just the commercial part of OIB!

On the mainland side are more stores and places to eat – plus a small airport.

We chose this barrier island for its beauty-

Closeness and easy access for us.

A LOOK AT WHAT IS NOW BECOMING OUR LIFE MEMORIES!

We volunteer our time and effort to many things that are important to us!

Living life to the plus – one day at a time.

What we love to do and have the ability to do every day-

Walk the surf on the sandy beach of OIB!

ANOTHER LIFETIME MEMORY!

I am happy we lived through this age of peace and happiness!

AND WE CONTINUE TO BELIEVE IN-

PEACE-LOVE and MUSIC!

A LOT OF LIFETIME MEMORIES!

ANOTHER LIFETIME MEMORY FROM 2024 –

OUR 75th. BIRTHDAY WITH FAMILY ON THE BEACH!

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Papa’s World – Great memories in long ago times.

November 24, 2025July 20, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Gone but always remembered!

My brother-in-law Bill.

A veteran of the Korean War –

He married my sister Donna, whom you see here.

She was 15 years older than I.

Bill played first base for my father on the town team in Eldred.

I remember going with my dad-

To the games when he managed the team.

Bill would go on to be the Police Chief for our town and later the Mayor.

One time, he was near Boston at a truck stop –

He was approached by a man –

And crew members for a radio station.

It turned out to be Larry King –

And as a long-haul truck driver –

He also told them he was the Chief of Police for our town.

Bill had a recording of that interview, which he played for me one time.

My sister helped raise me when I was born, as both my mother and father worked.

Along with my mother’s mother, who lived with us.

They lived in Eldred all their married lives.

I have so many memories of both of them.

GREAT MEMORIES FROM LONG AGO!

A little humor to start your day!

Daughter and mother – Sarah and Debby!

She is now in her first year of college.

The last of the three granddaughters to attend college.

She is very striking and tall.

In high school, she worked, and in her senior year,

She worked two jobs!

My thoughts –

She will go far!

She is super artistic –

And very funny.

SARAH – GREAT MEMORIES FROM LONG AGO!

MY GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

Papa and Maddy on Saint Patrick’s Day in North Myrtle Beach!

She graduated several years ago from college.

And is working as an Environmental Scientist –

For a large nationwide Environmental firm.

She has moved out of her parents’ house and is on her own.

She is the oldest granddaughter.

A MEMORY FROM LONG AGO!

LIFE IS SHORT – WE GIVE THANKS FOR OUR JOURNEY TOGETHER!

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TAKEN IN 2024!

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Papa’s World – Some great times in pictures!

November 21, 2025July 16, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

In the Brambleton Town Center –

A race for HEALTH was held.

Since I do not run –

I do not like to “THUD” around!

Sherry, Tammy, and Marcus ran with the three youngest grandkids.

Here they all are after crossing the finish line!

This was a few years before we sold our home and moved South!

A GREAT TIME IN PICTURE!

SMALL ACTS DO CHANGE THE WORLD!

Cindy and Buck –

Our dear friends for decades.

On one of our vacation trips!

Here we stand above Lake Tahoe.

Hard to fathom that it’s a few months –

Just how much snow will be here!

We took in miles and miles of exploring on this trip.

So many times we have traveled the world together.

Resulting in GREAT TIME IN A PICTURE!

HHHHHMMMMM! I could, but I won’t! LOL

LOVE – LOVE this picture.

Taken a couple of years ago –

Our three oldest granddaughters-

SARAH, MADDY, and ELLA.

Standing on the road in front of our home in Cameron Woods Community.

This was the sunset for that day!

They had just returned from running down that hill.

GREAT TIME IN A PICTURE!

LOL – A SENIOR MOMENT IN TIME!

A Christmas time photo of all six grandkids at Tammy and Marcus’ house.

Brings back so many memories!

Today, Sarah is in college- Ella and Maddy have graduated from college-

Taylor and Cassidy are freshmen in high school, and Bode is in fifth grade!

GREAT TIME IN A PICTURE!

In our senior years –

living life to the plus one day at a time.

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Sherry – closer to 80 than 70!!!!

Papa’s World – Smiles – Laughs – Good Thoughts!

November 20, 2025July 15, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

My dream has always been sand, sun, and surf!

When we went on vacation to the beach –

I always counted the days left!

Knowing that the following week I would be back on home turf-

Away from the Ocean –

The feel of the water while walking on my feet.

You look forward all year to that week all of you are together.

Then it comes and goes so quickly.

Now, I go to the beach with my chair and shade!

We walk and see all the folks on vacation!

But – our lives are now that we will be back again –

Day after day and week after week.

This is now our vacation for the year and many years to come.

GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

LOL – TRUE FOR ME!!!!

I think I really could write a book on my life-

But most likely no one would read it except me! LOL

This is my “WHY” that I use spell check! LOL

For Sherry’s birthday –

She received this shirt from Tammy, Marcus, Taylor, Cassidy, and Bode!

Here she stands in our living room –

Wearing a shirt that has two memorable items on it!

A SEA TURTLE and the title “MORMOR”!

Which in Swedish means “MOTHERSMOTHER”!

Both play a major role now in our life at OIB!

PROTECTION FOR SEA TURTLES and what the younger grandkids call her.

MY SMILES AND GOOD THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY!

OH – if I could only turn back time!

Cassidy is on the left, and Taylor is on the right.

When they were little –

Little blond-haired, blue-eyed twins.

Today they are in the first year of High School-

Both are going their separate ways in their activities.

But – A moment caught in a time long ago-

GIVES ME A SMILE AND GOOD THOUGHT FOR THE DAY!

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SMILES – LAUGHTER – GOOD THOUGHTS!

Papa’s World – Moments from the past!

November 17, 2025July 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Several years ago –

We had a friend’s long weekend at Cindy and Buck’s.

We had rented a pontoon boat on OIB for the day.

Six of us had been neighbors on Pleasant Acres Drive in Portville, NY.

That would be Carol and Mike, Cindy and Buck, and Sherry and me.

Jim and Dottie lived a few miles away across the border in PA.

I knew them even before Sherry and I married.

We have all stayed in touch over the decades.

Here we are on the ICW with the boat-

Producing A MOMENT FROM THE PAST!

Marcus and Tammy –

The twins Taylor and Cassidy –

And the only boy grandchild – Bode.

Here we are behind Oyster Rock in Calabash waterfront-

On one of their visits to come down and see us!

Producing another MOMENT FROM THE PAST!

LOL- A little humor for the day!

At a hotel in Tampa for a Juice Plus Conference.

Relaxing during a team meeting.

In twenty-plus years, we have been attending-

A conference is held every six months –

On a different coast –

She and her two daughters started over twenty years ago-

TEAM GENERATIONS-

MOTHER-DAUGHTERS and GRANDKIDS and beyond to healthy lifestyles.

HEALTH AND NUTRITION –

Creating a MOMENT FROM THE PAST!

As a Senior –

I know how this is!

A look back at the early history of the town – ELDRED, PA. –

That I grew up in.

At the top center-right and a little beyond –

My family home in later years after this picture was taken.

The tall brick building with the four windows across the middle left side of the picture-

That’s where I lived after graduating from high school.

Today, that building still exists and is a Library!

I am guessing this picture is from the late 1800s!

Many memories of growing up here!

A MOMENT FROM THE PAST!

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Papa’s World – Memories fondly remembered!

November 16, 2025July 11, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Life has very quickly put us into our Senior years!

But – also given us many fond memories.

My blogs are to record those memories for future generations.

Please enjoy as much as we did in making them!

April and Brian –

Before we transferred from DAl-TILE ( former AOTC) in Olean, NY. –

We worked with Brian for a few years as he transferred from Lansdale.

We became friends and met his wife, April.

Now, they too are close to retirement –

And contacted us as they were staying near Barefoot Landing in SC.

We arranged to meet up and had dinner together, and showed them around.

The past meets the present –

AND CREATES MANY FOND MEMORIES!

LOL – my little humor for the day! But it might just be true!!!!

This is the WWII museum from my hometown of Eldred, PA.

Many blue tours stop and pass through the front doors.

For such a small town –

This museum offers a fantastic look back at WWII.

If ever you happen to be in this town –

Take time and see this marvel!

ANOTHER FOND MEMORY!

Maddy, while playing Travel Soccer in HS.

On her own, she traveled 65 miles each way to play soccer for Loudoun County.

More competition, and for two years, she prevailed.

Getting an offer to play soccer for the University of Lynchburg.

She played all four years –

Starting as a Sophomore – named third team all conference-

In her Junior year, she was named second team all-conference-

And in her senior year named team captain.

Two out of the four years she played –

They made it to the NCAA tournament.

One year, they won the conference championship.

THIS IS ONE OF THE FOND MEMORIES WE HAVE!

On our wedding day –

6-25-1982.

Combining two families –

Her two daughters and my two sons.

A start of decades of being together –

And now in OIB-

Living our dream of sun-sand, and ocean,

And golf!

THE START OF MANY YEARS OF FOND MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – November-Maddy and Bode-birthdays!

November 12, 2025July 6, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Bode – the only grandson among five granddaughters!

It is hard when on vacation and there are all girls!

He loves sports –

Knows professional soccer, hockey, and football, and is a good athlete.

He golfs, plays flag football – did play soccer, but now chooses field hockey.

He ice skates –

and attends sports games with his father.

Maddy was four or five.

Today, she is a college graduate.

Today, she is an Environmental scientist-

Working for a national Environmental firm.

She has moved on to her career and now lives in VA..

Some two hours away from her parents.

From the little blond-haired blue-eyed boy –

He will be a grandson who loves his MORMOR – SHERRY- his MOTHERSMOTHER!

Maddy – center bottom –

Bode on top.

They both just celebrated birthdays!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MADDY AND BODE!

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Papa’s World – Family – Friends and Memories!

November 11, 2025July 5, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Life is short- smile, laugh, and show kindness.

In 2020, after the Pandemic had been around for months and months-

We sold our house and moved into our two daughters’ houses.

Splitting time between the two.

The three youngest grandchildren are shown here with their mother, Tammy.

We helped out with the homeschooling as Bode went into first grade.

As we prepared for our own move in late September-

We were going to the NC and SC border region-

As a family, we went on a nature hike.

Into the Blue Ridge Mountains we hiked.

Bode was five – the twins, Taylor and Cassidy, were nine years old.

This was a special time for us –

We would move away from them for the first time since they were born.

A lot of emotion for everyone during this time.

Now we go back every couple of months, and they come down between times.

A GRATEFUL HEART THAT WE CAN STILL HAVE THESE BONDS!

A view of the Northeast of the end of Ocean Isle Beach from the Sunset Beach Pier.

Several times a week –

We travel the short distance to either beach.

They have instituted paid parking on both beaches –

May through October, sometime.

For the first time since we have been down here-

We purchased a parking pass from the pier in OIB.

Now – this is where we spend most of our time.

Before the paid parking, it was Sunset Beach –

Simply because it is easier for me to walk on –

Being a more level beach.

The rest of the year-

There is no paid parking except for times at the piers of both beaches.

And the paid parking is from 9am to 5pm.

This is our dream come true.

A DREAM COME TRUE FOR OUR LIFE IN OUR SENIOR YEARS!

LOL – humor makes for a good day ahead!

Sherry with our friends from AZ. –

Jo and Paul.

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial with the Washington Monument in the background.

They hosted us when we went to the JP Conference in Phoenix-

Jo graduated from Otto-Eldred HS, as did I!

Paul graduated from Smethport HS, as did Sherry.

They spent time at our home in Brambleton,

And we took the Metro several days into the city!

We packed a lot into that time –

Seeing the whole city and walking almost all of it.

TOURING WASHINGTON, DC. WITH FRIENDS!

It is that time of year –

NFL football.

We have two teams that we follow.

Washington Commanders and Buffalo Bills.

Sherry leans more toward the Bills –

And I lean more toward the Commanders.

However, we watch both if we can when they play!

WATCHING THE BILLS AND COMMANDERS!

Edging closer to 80 in our senior years!

Here in 2024, we celebrate year number 75!

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Papa’s World – Past pictures in memories.

November 10, 2025July 2, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Today she is a student in college-

From a first birthday picture –

To I think SWEET SIXTEEN-

To a young lady blazing a path to her adult life.

Sarah, the youngest daughter of Mike and Debby-

A gifted artist –

And her own person –

Is today’s picture from the past!

Sherry is standing in front of our home in Brambleton, VA.

She is pointing at the Crepe Myrtle-

That on my hands and knees-

I planted as a very young tree.

We both love Crepe Myrtles –

And in our home here in Cameron Woods Community –

In Ocean Isle Beach-

Have had two similar trees planted in our backyard!

Another picture from the past.

LOL – My one cup a day –

Is all I need to start my day!

Cindy – Dottie and Sherry.

Friends for over four decades.

The times – singing – dancing.

Golfing – trips –

Staying at each other’s homes!

Another picture from the past!

While we stayed in a condo –

In Ocean Keyes – North Myrtle Beach in 2020 – 2021-

Our group of friends came to stay with us.

We played “PICKLEBALL”!

Here – Dottie and I share a picture of being the winners!

Now, my days are over from playing “PICKLEBALL”!

I have fallen three times –

The last was backwards, hitting my head! OUCH!

I wish I still played, but my instinct to get everything causes me to overextend!

But, I still have a picture from the past in my memories!

Sherry – Pam and my oldest buddy – Bob!

They are now trying a year’s lease in our area to see if they like it!

More good times ahead!

Another picture of memories past.

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We are now both 76 years old-

Here is last year at 75 years old.

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Papa’s World – A look at the past!

November 9, 2025July 1, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Although we did not have a wooden screen door-

We had a porch where we could sit and watch the world go by on our main street house.

Our little town is called Eldred.

Had a main highway for a main street, and it went right by my front bedroom.

Often at night –

I would fall asleep with the window opened and one of those sliding screens in place.

The traffic would slow down after dark –

But it still was the main way to come-

From NYS to PA. and beyond.

My mother, after she was older –

And lost her second husband to heart problems-

My own father died of cancer when I was nineteen –

She would sit on that porch every day in good weather.

Folks would drive by and honk their horns –

And yell a “HELLO MARY” as they went by after rolling down their car windows!

That front porch –

I had countless times of sleeping out with friends –

I had an old Korean War sleeping bag that belonged to my brother-in-law Bill.

It was not warm and had no padding!

Pa., back there was cool in the evenings-

A dense fog would roll up and over the railroad tracks from the Alleghany River!

The grass was always wet in the mornings,

And the sleeping bag was damp with moisture.

We had and still do a 10 o’clock curfew –

All kids off the streets.

Part of sleeping out was raiding the many gardens all over town.

Eating apples from the trees.

Upon the hill, across the street from our house-

Was a hill covered in blueberries!

Summertimes – we would take broken down large cardboard boxes and slide down that hill!

That porch has held its secret for countless years of the conversations that were said there.

Now today –

A new front porch of our own.

A place I go to sit and wave or greet neighbors going by.

No screen door – no childhood memories here.

No curfew – no sleeping out at night.

Still, a bedroom for guests sits right there.

Now we have Deer alerts with motion detectors.

They go off when the deer approach the flowers.

They also go off if it is windy or if someone is walking by on the road in the dark. LOL

This front porch is what I wanted when we selected the model for our home.

I guess it might reflect back to my youth.

All those years ago –

And now today aging to our 80s.

Both were raised in small towns with COUNTRY all around.

For me, today is having that place where I am comfortable-

Waving and saying hello to those passing by.

FRONT PORCHES have a way of doing that to me.

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Papa’s World – Memories looking back!

November 6, 2025June 27, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

A little bit of humor to start the day!

But – in our case –

When the Pandemic hit –

The 401K plunged –

The value of our house more than made up for it.

So, we looked at the greener grass elsewhere-

And today, we are living our dream-

Warmer climate – golfing and sandy beaches close by.

Sometimes, it’s not a septic system.

MEMORIES LOOKING BACK!

I wanted a front porch in our new home-

Sherry wanted an enclosed office-

We both wanted room to sleep everyone.

We got what we wished for!

And today, when it permits –

I sit on our shaded front porch-

Either saying hello to neighbors walking or waving to neighbors driving by!

And – with the office –

We put a blow-up queen mattress!

And a couch in the sunroom that turns into a queen bed-

Plus, a love seat couch in our bedroom that turns into a single bed-

We have the room to accommodate all of them!

So we make MEMORIES LOOKING BACK!

Going to the beach in late afternoon –

Watching the clouds drift by.

Feeling the breeze on your face-

Hearing the sounds of the surf as it crashes on the sandy beach.

Here is our dream –

MAKING MEMORIES LOOKING BACK!

They were born pre-mature at just 32 weeks.

The doctor said it was time.

They were so small.

Taylor was taking all the nutrients and growing bigger,

So, on Tammy’s birthday –

Here they came.

Both under two pounds.

They thrived – and we had two blue-eyed, blond little girls.

Today they are fifteen years old.

Taylor rides horses, plays violin, and acts and sings.

Cassidy can also play violin, act, and sing –

But she chooses to do none of the above-

Instead, she is in Gymnastics –

Competing and Cheerleading in high school.

They are taking different courses in life-

But – when they talk out of sight –

It is hard to know who is who!

Life now will create –

MORE MAKING MEMORIES LOOKING BACK!

We are all one in humankind!

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Papa’s World – Memories in past times.

November 5, 2025June 26, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

On our rear patio in Brambleton, many years ago.

We had four Tower Gardens at one time.

This is an Aireponic growing system,

Which means only water, air, and minerals.

It is completely self-contained and requires only making sure the base has water and tonic.

Tonic is two parts, and you add a cup of each every so often.

There is an aquarium water pump in the base –

And it pumps the water straight up the middle to the top –

And it drizzles down and saturates the “HANGING ROOTS” –

Of the plants.

Air, water, and minerals feed the root system.

You can grow anything that does not come from a tree or is planted in the ground.

Not potatoes!

You can grow cucumbers, beans, peppers, and tomatoes!

Watermelon and eggplant – Squash, etc.

A whole garden in such a little space.

We sold three of them with the house and brought one with us –

And now for four years –

It has continuously produced on our back patio.

We eat fresh vegetables every day –

And the growing time is about one-third of the normal growth on the ground.

MEMORIES OF PAST TIMES!

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My two sons – Troy to the left and Shawn to the right.

Both still reside in the area where they grew up!

Which is NWPA!

They have been down to see us in N.C. –

OIB area.

Am excited to see them once more when they come down!

MEMORIES OF PAST TIMES!

A view from the pier on Sunset Beach –

Looking North toward Ocean Isle Beach –

You can see the high rise of OIB!

WE ARE BLESSED to be able to see this every day if we wish.

Living in a warmer climate – Golf is all around us-

We have long-time friends who all live within an hour of us.

This will create more –

MEMORIES OF PAST TIMES!

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Papa and Sherry on the ICW!

We at 75 years old –

We are now one year older.

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Papa’s World – Almost two holes in one!

November 4, 2025June 25, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Here it is – the ISLAND GREEN at Magnolia Greens golf course-

Leland, N.C.

And across the water – by the tall pines –

Is the TEE BOX!

We were four holes from being done –

Not counting this par three.

And we were playing a scramble threesome.

Cindy – Sherry and I-

Buck doesn’t play anymore except to putt sometimes!

The sun was out, but one lonely dark cloud was overhead, and the rest of the sky was blue!

We were all next to the pine trees because it started to rain –

Not hard but steady in the sunshine.

From behind the green –

Surrounded by water on three sides!

It is an intimidating hole –

When standing on the tee –

All I can see is water and a green hard to hold.

We stood for a while, hoping this one cloud would move on.

No one was behind us – it was late afternoon!

And the foursome in front was out of sight-

They had no rain!

Finally – I just said “OKAY- I AM GOING TO TEE OFF”!

My ball is the fastest one away.

From the tee box-

It looked like it was going to run in!

It rolled inches from the hole and beyond!

We were all excited because in the scramble –

It most likely is a birdie!

Cindy hit next-

If you look closely, you can see the raindrops!

And this one was even closer – it also went by the hole, just missing going in!

NOTE: Two weeks ago, she had a hole-in-one on this very par three!

Sherry hit next, but it almost went across the water, but did not make it!

My shot was about two and a half feet.

Cindy – maybe six inches on a good day!

Here we are – and a long time ago, I also had a hole-in-one at Saint Bonaventure number six.

We continued on, having a birdie.

I am proud to say –

We carded two bogies – two birdies and five pars –

For an even par round of 36!

I personally think Magnoila Greens is one of the best courses I have played.

We continued to enjoy golf in the South.

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Papa’s World – Turning back time – pictures!

November 2, 2025June 23, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

LOL- A Sense of humor to start the day!

A reflection of the Vietnam Wall with Sherry, Paul, and Jo.

Paul graduated from the same H.S. that Sherry did.

Jo graduated from the same H.S. I did.

They live in Tucson, AZ.

We are friends, and they came to visit us.

We did day trips to D.C.

We are all from the “NAM” era.

We have people we know on this wall.

TURNING BACK TIME IN PICTURES!

More humor for the day!

The twenty years we lived in the NVA-

Many trips were taken to D.C.

Christmas time was spent seeing all the lights and trees near the White House!

Here is the train track that was huge, running around and through states.

With Christmas trees!

TURNING BACK TIME IN PICTURES!

Three couples –

Friends for over four decades.

Raising Families –

Vacations –

Beaches –

Staying in touch all these years-

PRICELESS!

TURNING BACK TIME IN PICTURES!

2020 – COVID – THE PANDEMIC- a small sense of humor!

Bob – Pam and Sherry-

My grade school and high school friend.

We played sports –

Slept outside –

Took canoe trips down the river.

And have been friends all these years.

TURNING BACK TIME IN PICTURES!

Our happy place-

The pier on the beach!

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Papa’s World – Fun times – good memories!

November 1, 2025June 22, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Good day!

FUN TIMES – GOOD MEMORIES!

Looking back – seeing what the pictures tell!

Living life to the plus-

One day at a time in our senior years!

Both Maddy and Ella played college soccer in Lynchburg, VA.

So we spent six years traveling there to watch both of them play.

Here we are on one of the streets of Lynchburg.

Creating from pictures –

FUN TIMES – GOOD MEMORIES!

How we live our lives before and here in OIB- N.C.

Sherry with Cindy –

On our trip to California.

Here we are near Lake Tahoe.

We have traveled the World with her and her husband.

In pictures creating FUN TIMES – GOOD MEMORIES!

They have been friends for over four decades.

Laughing – visiting each other in their homes –

And vacationing together.

Raising families-

CREATING FUN TIMES – GOOD MEMORIES!

The clock on the wall tells time!

If only we could turn it back in time.

To once again be with them when they were young.

Cassidy – behind Sherry-

To this day still reaches out to her.

While we can not turn back time –

PICTURES – CREAT FUN TIMES – GOOD MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Memories – Pictures and fun times.

October 30, 2025June 20, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

A trip back in time –

Taylor- now 15 years old –

Sarah – now 19 years old –

And Cassidy, now 15 years old.

This picture was taken at the patio of our home in Brambleton, VA.

They were always playing dress up

Faries – Mermaids and many other characters.

I look back at this and wish we could all go back in time!

MEMORIES – PICTURES and FUN TIMES!

She reached for her MORMOR’s hand as they walked together across the parking lot-

At Community Lutheran Church in Staerling, VA.

Sherry ( MORMOR- Mother’sMother) and Taylor.

She has always been that way –

Reaching for my hand as we walk together.

I hope to never see this end

But as they get older, it may!

MEMORIES – PICTURES – and FUN TIMES!

Hoping this is true as they get older!

Andera and Troy – my oldest son.

On their visit to Crooked Hammock.

Making memories – and hoping we see them down here once more!

Showing them the area as much as we can.

MEMORIES- PICTURES and FUN TIMES!

Maddy is a senior and Ella is a Sophomore at James Wood High School.

The only season they were on the pitch for soccer at the same time’

In High School.

They both went on to play soccer in college.

Maddy at the UNIVERSITY OF LYNCHBURG –

And Ella at RANDOLPH COLLEGE.

Here they played against each other for two years.

Both captains for their own teams!

MEMORIES – PICTURES and FUN TIMES!

Debby and Sherry at a Juice Plus event dressed in the 50s style!

Mother and daughter working in the health business-

Now going on twenty-plus years!

MEMORIES – PICTURES and FUN TIMES!

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Papa’s World – More pictures of great memories!

October 28, 2025June 18, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

We sold our home in 2020 –

During the Pandemic.

For three and a half months-

We stayed with our daughters and their families.

Splitting time between Lake Holiday and Leesburg, VA.

Then we packed up – we had a storage unit –

That remained as we loaded up the car and headed South-

To friends who lived just outside Leland, N.C.

Here we spent some time – golfing and being together.

On October 1st. 2020 –

We moved into an Ocean Keyes condo on North Myrtle Beach!

View from the lanai at the condo on the fourth floor.

After six weeks of searching for a resale home –

We gave up because whatever we bought in our price range-

It would need to be remodeled to our taste.

At this point in time, by accident, we saw a billboard-

Advertising Cameron Woods Community on the mainland side of OIB!

This was in NC near –

About seven miles to the border of SC.

We visited the model and decided this is what we wanted and would be less expensive-

Then, buying a resale –

And it would be brand new.

Plus, for that price, we could pick all the upgrades!

The first picture is the house that we built near the end of construction.

Today, we have this view of sunrise from the front lawn.

These are more GREAT PICTURES OF MEMORIES!

We visit Barefoot Landing in North Myrtle Beach –

We walk around getting our steps in!

One of our favorite places to sit, watch, and have a light lunch-

Is CROOKED HAMMOCK!

We actually watched them build this place during our Pandemic stay at Ocean Keyes!

MORE GREAT PICTURES OF MEMORIES!

Our granddaughter Sarah –

When she was a senior in High School –

Designed this mural as part of the 75th. anniversary celebration-

Of James Wood H.S.

Here she is pointing up at the mural, which was painted at two different locations.

The school on the left is the original from 1950!

And today it is used as a middle school.

The middle and right drawings are the 2025 H.S.

Today she is a student in college-

MORE GREAT PICTURES OF MEMORIES!

Her second drawing was chosen to be the cover of the graduation commencement.

The left side is 1950, with students whom she knows inserted in the picture.

The same theme as the mural.

The right side is 2025 with students that she knows-

And her car and her father’s car are in the picture.

She is truly gifted!

MORE GREAT PICTURES OF MEMORIES!

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Papa’s World – Living in Cameron Woods Community!

October 23, 2025June 13, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Our community center in Cameron Woods is beautiful.

It contains a kitchen-workout room with machines.

A fireplace and a TV-

With couches and chairs.

A dining room table –

Two bathrooms.

A really large screened-in toom with ceiling fans and teak wood tables and chairs!

A large pool that has an entry-level flat area and steps down into deeper water.

At its deepest point is five feet.

Decorated and set up for a Kentucky Derby party.

Around 40 to 50 neighbors showed up for a bring-a-dish – dessert –

Lots of fun and excitement.

CAMERON WOODS COMMUNITY CENTER!

A bright spot in our community –

The pool opens late April and goes to maybe the end of October.

Sunrise on our street from our front porch.

Sunset on our street from our front driveway.

Late Fall – Solo Stove campfire from our back patio with the Sunset!

Most of our community is retired –

Or working from home.

A great many –

This is their second home.

We are close to the beaches –

And shopping, and golf.

There are a few resale homes –

Mostly one level-

Three bedrooms-

And two baths.

Two-car garages and lots of protected areas.

Normally around 1700 to 2000 SF.

We found our little piece of paradise by accident.

And we are so blessed –

To be here.

CAMERON WOOD COMMUNITY –

So close to OCEAN ISLE BEACH and toes in the sand.

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Papa’s World – Memorable times – PICTURES!

October 22, 2025June 12, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Start your day –

My blog is a journal of times – pictures of family – friends.

Memories captured for the next generations.

Have a brew – and enjoy!

This picture is the EAST END of OCEAN ISLE BEACH!

While beautiful –

I look at it and think about how vulnerable it is to storms and hurricanes.

This huge rock wall was put in a few years ago to stop the erosion of the beach.

It is referred to as
“THE GROIN”!

Looking at the picture, to the left on the beach –

Following the line of houses –

You can tell that FIRST and SECOND streets have already been washed away in previous years.

The street to the right is Third Street.

That whole expanse of beach was dredged up from the channel and blown in to make the beach!

The water was high tide up and under those houses.

Huge sand-filled bags lined the edges of the houses to protect them.

Since this was done –

The erosion now is on the East side of the rocks.

We have walked the East end, and the eroded banks are higher than my head.

Dead trees now lie in the surf.

The entire area has changed for the worse.

I fear a major storm will wipe it out and allow the surf to roll across to the ICW!

The main bridge over the ICW is called the causeway bridge by the locals.

This is the center of the town and the island.

Here are the shops, the park, and the pier.

Restaurants and bars.

It is a beautiful place by the ocean –

And about a ten-minute drive without traffic for us.

We are on the mainland side –

The ICW is between us and the island.

About two miles of mainland separates us from the ICW!

Our street looks WEST in the first picture and EAST in the second picture.

Because of the curvature of the coastline –

From Charleston to Wilmington –

Our back of the house faces South, and the front faces North.

We are also close to two other beaches – Holden Beach to the EAST and Sunset Beach to the West.

Oak Island is about 30 miles away.

We are close to North Myrtle Beach – 16 miles- Myrtle Beach – about 30 miles.

And Southport, Shallotte, and Wilmington to the North.

Calabash and Little River are about six to eight miles away.

We have four grocery stores close by –

Two Food Lions, a Publix, and a Lowe’s.

Big BOX STORES are within 15 to 30 minutes, and Home Depot and Lowe’s.

Our church, Saint Luke’s Lutheran, is about ten minutes away.

We selected this area because of the golf, beaches, shopping, entertainment, and gas stations.

Our community is not as clear-cut as others around us.

We have protected areas.

If you look at the previous pictures of EAST and WEST on our street –

You can see the trees!

We have very tall pine trees and live oaks all around us.

It is a quiet community –

Neighbors are out and about walking by the front porch.

We know way more people here than where we moved from-

Which we called a GARAGE DOOR COMMUNITY!

The door goes up – people leave – it goes down.

And the opposite, when they return, and you seldom see them.

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Papa’s World – Fun times in pictures!

October 21, 2025June 11, 2025 / Tom / Leave a comment

Above – H.S. and Grade School buddy – Bob.

Pam is his wife, Sherry, and Diane is our neighbor.

They stopped by for a visit on their way North to N.H.

We see them at least once a year.

Here we are at INLET VIEW – for lunch/dinner!

FUN TIMES IN A PICTURE!

We were neighbors in Portville, New York, from the mid-80s to the mid-90s.

Cindy and Buck!

They sold their longtime home and moved to Wilmington, N.C.

Eventually, building homes in Magnoilia Greens, Leland, NC.

We stayed in touch and have traveled the world with them on vacations.

Today, we live about 38 miles from them-

and still get together.

This was taken at OIB FISH COMPANY on the ocean side of the causeway to OIB.

FUN TIMES IN A PICTURE!

A group of longtime friends.

On our way to Shakleford Island to see the wild horses.

I have known one couple – Jim and Dottie – in the middle –

Since before Sherry and I were married-

All three of us grew up in Eldred.

Craig and Debbie, we met through Jim and Dottie –

And Craig, seated next to Debbie on the left of the picture-

Grew up in Sheffield, Pa.-

Close to where Sherry was raised in Mount Jewett.

FUN TIMES IN A PICTURE!

We all travel –

and stay,

and play golf together.

And this is so true to all our games! LOL!

Troy and Shawn –

My two sons-

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

They have both been to visit us at OIB.

Looking forward to them coming again.

FUN TIMES IN A PICTURE!

Three couples who knew each other in the NVA!

Today, they live near us in OIB, NC.

The lasting friendships have now made their way to N.C.

Jim – Papa – Sherry – Ginger – Jason and Claudia.

FUN TIMES IN A PICTURE!

April and Brian, her husband-

Sherry and I worked with Brian back in Olean at Dal-Tile.

We left in 1999 and transferred to NVA.

The Olean plant closed in 2012, and Brian transferred to the Gettysburg plant.

We have seen them in our area and gotten together with them.

Soon, they will be retired and moving somewhere to a warmer climate.

FUN TIMES IN PICTURES!

When family visits –

Debby, Sarah, Ella, and Sherry.

I like to take them to visit “FAT HAROLDS” in North Myrtle Beach.

For almost 80 years –

The dance called “THE SHAG” has been the rage on the Carolina coast.

And “FAT HAROLDS” is in the center of it all.

Walk through the JUKEBOX door into the world of dancing.

North Myrtle Beach is the “SHAG CAPITAL” of the world.

FUN TIMES IN PICTURES!

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FAMILY – FRIENDS and where we live in Cameron Woods Community-

Ocean Isle Beach, N.C.

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