He said:
I turned 60 years old today!!
What an amazing thing.
Actually I celebrated my birthday yesterday with some of my family gathering around me. I enjoyed the time together very much. Family meaning, my better half, two of my siblings and their spouses and my oldest son and his wife and their two children also known as my grandchildren. We celebrated with my favorite German chocolate cake and icing. After visiting and enjoying each others company for several hours we went to the local Dutch type restaurant and their my wife and I were treated to supper. We then had some more visiting back at our house.
I received a number of birthday cards. The one birthday card that I received was full of information that took place the year I was born. For example, the VW car was first sold in the USA in that year with a whopping total of 2 for the whole year! When I was born my life expectancy was 62.9 years! Now by doing a bit of math, 62.9 - 60 = 2.9 years..... Hummmmmmmm... More interesting facts. Gasoline was 17 cents per gallon. Bread was 14 cents a loaf and postage was 3 cents. Ronald Reagan (yes our former President) starred in a movie called "The Girls From Jones Beach" but I can say I am sure I haven't seen it. I should check the library web site to see if it is available.
Another gift I received was an interesting book about farm machinery during the early years of mechanization.
One more gift that is yet to be realized is the one my spouse gave me. Knowing that I like trains she gave me a train trip. It could be one that the area train club gives several times through out the non winter months. These are day trips of usually several counties away with time to visit tourist attractions at the destination. Another option would be a trip to PA to visit family. This would involve traveling to Pittsburg by car to access a train with a decent time schedule and traveling east. If I choose this trip we would like to travel in the fall to see the trees when they are the most colorful.
As I turn 60 years old, I pause to reflect that my Lord has been good to me and the realization of the blessings He has sent my way. Yet also realizing that I don't in any way deserve or have earned the blessings. But understanding that God in his infinite wisdom, some how and for some reason has blessed me and my family. I have been learning about trust too as I get older. I fully understand there is no guarantee of tomorrow and that my life is only sustained by the Lord's will because my life is entirely in His hands.
God bless you.
2 comments:
God bless you Dad!
And thanks for being a terrific father all these years.
BTW, tell us more about the pictures in this post. How old were you in each of them? Where were they taken? Do you know who took the pictures? Have you always kept these pictures over the years, or who gave them to you?
The top picture was my high school graduation picture. The middle one was taken maybe in first or second grade but I don't know who took the picture. The last picture I don't know or remember anything about it at all. I think that picture came from my parents collection of pictures that us children divided up among our selves after they had passed on.
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