Posted on 10/31/2009 12:54:50 PM PDT by Ge0ffrey
ya think maybe experimenting with drugs might have brought on some heart trouble?.....nah......
did your grandparents have any influence on you?...mine did.....and to not have them would have been horrible....
but that's just us....
List?
I retired at age 54, if you can do it at 52, go for it.
Mexico? Real Estate in East St. Louis is inexpensive, might as well move there and be killed by U.S. hoodlums.
Its funny you bring that point up. I argue with one of my coworkers about this exact thing when the subject of jobs comes up. Let me put it this way - When I was growing up my father was a career soldier. We lived every three years in a different place - Vietnam (yep I was there as a military dependent), Philippines, Germany several times, and stateside normally San Antonio.
My grandparents lived in New York which was not in the normal scheme of army rotations for my father at that time. So my mother did the visit thing with the grandparents. We spent a month each summer with our grandparents and learned to love the finger lakes area of New York. I feel my grandfather had a huge impact on me because he had me all alone for a month. He was retired and he and I went everywhere and did everything for a month each summer. All the other kids got their month also but it was always special to me - it wasn’t “oh its Saturday - lets go to grandpas house.” Half the adventure was getting there from where ever the family was living at the time.
If you lived in Costa Rica - you could afford to fly to see the grandkids several times a year and make it special each time. Fly to wherever they live, rent a car and you and the kid take off for a week to a national park, famous battle site, or just hang around and see what they are up to.
I personally feel that it was one of the best upbringings a child could have - I have truly been there and done that and the funny part is now after my career in the military and my parents both gone - I wish I had more time with them.
Drugs? I don’t drink, smoke, or take drugs. My body is a temple of the Holy Spirit.
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