How he was such a Wonderful Dad while we were little, before he got pressured to "Climb the Corporate Ladder".....many years and moves later, he and our Mother ended up in Sunny Florida near some good old friends of theirs and their kids/grandkids etc. We went to visit quite a few times, however Dad was working so much..Mom had retired and did all kinds of Charity Work there in Naples,Fl. I wanted to take my son and daughter and move there, but their Dad just did not favor the water as we all did. He could scuba dive, but only tred water not swim. That was odd, to me. Anyhow, I was in touch with our Father, and had permission from our Mother to go and visit him. She had fallen in Australia and broken her wrist and someone stole her Passport, it was not a good time for us people on the West Coast. The dog my son wanted me to adopt from the pound bit two people outside our front door because the screen lock was broken and never properly reparied. Then the Post office stopped delivering out mail...Then we had to move our mailbox from the front porch to the front of the yard near the street, by the telephone electric pole...THen we me and my M.I > #2 got sued to high Heaven. The dog was Quaranteened, buafter that got away from me and ran towards the beach, i couldn't catch her with a still healing hip etc, so I drove around and no site of her. After that I just got ready and drove to the nearby Airport and Bought a Ticket to go see our friends and such, to see if one of them would go with me in my rental car to see my Dad. No such luck. At anyrate, I stayed a few days to catch some sleep in an hotel near the airport and when rested, I drove all the way to his house and fthat took tons of time/energy/talent/skill...LOL> at any rate, He had guys at his houe setting up some kind of "lifesaving device" in case he needed assistance from paramedics. As he lived all alone, he was divorced from his 2nd wife, she had gone and had a son after he had Cancer and he drove himself to his Chemo etc. I thought he was in remission. He said he was barely making enough to support himself and pay themonthly billls. Divorce is terrible, especially if you've got kids. He and my Moth had 6 after 44 years of marriage he flew with mom to China, flew back with her thru O'Hare Airport, me and my little girl (it was the day of her 1st Holy Communion) and her Aunt Lily aka Nana" all drove together the drive to the big airport and had to page my parents over and over,. We were late aettin there. at any rate, we finally saw them walking towards US and we were so Happy...We then went over to the Hilton across the way to eat lunch. They talked about their trip and being "HONORED" etc and when mom said she was not going to move/live in B.C., (not wanting to use Bribery or watch dad do that)....So, he said "IF I go it will just be for the money) . OMG> SO I begged him not to go and cried "Dad they're communists"....he said it would be ok. Also that I said "if you go something Terrible Is Going To HAPPEN..." He thought i was jut being overly sentimental, and had a baby at home...So, I dried my tears and ate the what i could rest of my meal, and made sure my daugher sis in law and mom were all OK>>>>We walked them back across the way to the airport then found our way back to the parking lot where Lil left her car...We drove back home in the country...That was that. Mom came back flew to us for her birthday later after our 10 year anniversary and we bought our first home,,, 30 year fixed mortgage.no doubt. Fannie Mae, lol or Freddie Mac, andyways, I never made it back to FL in 2017 to help Dad when he was in HOSPICE... I got home from there and was so worried, kept in touch, he even wrote our Mom a letter apologizing for "messing everything up" and the Divorce...etc. He had some wishes that he justold me, and I am still workiung on a few of them...My life has not been easy since dad died, a year later I lost my 2nd father in law Robert Gerald Teeter, when he was 80, then after that , my Norman Landon Teeter's Uncle Robert Krauss. Norman passed on 10/23/2014 and I never got over that. Well it's going on 11.4 years .. so I have Survived. God Bless US ALL around teh World/etc. Amen. PS MY Dad's Dad Rolyn Gerald Burns Sr was my God Father, My God Mother passed away in her early 80's and My Mom felt like she lost her best friend. We livewe love we laugh and then we just go on. You cannot cry for long, or you will get sunk in your past negative or pos memories. Pray for Peace without Unnecessary Bloodshed. I wish my adult kids and or their cousins could run for US Govt Positions to Heal the Earth and Protect the People The Environment and our Space ..Like I said before God Bless Us Everyone. Amen This is VERY PERSONAL AND PRIVATE please do not share it. There are many of us from 6 to 12 to etc etc. I am 64.4 anstill not a Grandmother myself. oh well I had my duagher and my son. Lucky I guess. See ya later...CTS-T. *****
