The good Lord sure blessed this guy. And he probably thanks HIM every day.
Well, I honestly believe the Good Lord don't count it against your days on earth, those days spent fishing :)
And every year that passes, I long to fish more, worry less about the small stuff, and appreciate -- live -- each day as if it were my last.
I went to visit my 92 year old aunt last week, took my Mom (her sister) to see her. This aunt is such a treasure. She still lives alone (WAY out in the sticks) and grows a garden, cans, tells funny jokes, etc.
I hope I have inherited just a few of her genes. She had a wild turkey fly into a window on her house two years ago, (okay she was only 90 then)and it was severly wounded. She goes outside and rings it neck, then calls her daughter and family to come eat it. She was also mowing her own yard (riding lawnmower) at that time, till her kids finally took her mower away from her.
Then, she killed a big timber rattler in her yard about the same time. Fourteen rattles and one button, she said.
She is a wonderful lady and I am so happy to have the time I have had with her. I'm going to make it a point to go see her(she lives about three hours from me) at least once a month and take my Mother, as I won't have either of them, and the ability to enjoy their wisdom, many more years.