After My Conversation With Him, I Sat For A Spell And Thought About How The Decisions We Make Affect Our Every Day Lives. If Money Were Never An Issue I Am Certain Many Of Us Would Be Living Life Differently. Well, Actually Wouldn't That Be The Case For All Of Us? Economics Is The Reason My Brother Lives In Illinois. After Living In California For 25 Years You Establish That As Home. His Wife Evelyn Has Always Lived In San Diego Before Moving To Illinois. Even Though She Has Said She Didn't Like San Diego, I Know Down Deep She Really Does. They Left A Daughter There. They Left Behind A Grandson. All The Friends And Family Left Behind Has To Be Very Difficult. Tuck Knew Their Lives Would Be Much Better Financially Living Off His Pension In Illinois. The Economy Of California Made Their Decision To Reside In Illinois A "No Brainer".
If Money Were Not An Issue I Would Most Likely Live My Life Differently. I Left My Heart On Nantucket Island. I Would Love To Spend The Summer Months There And Return Home For The Winter. However I Didn't Leave Behind A Lot Of People When I Was Discharged From Uncle Sam's Canoe Club.
A Very Interesting Person However And I Believe I Have Mentioned Him In One Of My Blogs. Albert Bond, A Friend I Worked With At The Commissary Store. He Was A Civilian Employee Working On The Naval base. At That Time He Was 63 Years Old. I Admired His Work Ethic Tremendously. He Taught Me How To Play Tennis. He Beat The Socks Off Me. Anyway We Formed A Good Friendship. He Was Kind Of A Grandfather Figure In My Life. I Joked Of Him Living To Be 100. He Informed Me He Had All Intentions Of Living At Least That Long Plus More. Last Time I Was In Contact With Him Was Ten Years Ago. The Day And Age Of Cell Phones We Lost Contact. The Island Has A Weekly Newspaper And There Has Never Been A Week That I Missed Reading It. If He Is Still Living He Would Be 100 Years Old.
Anyway, Back To Why I Wrote This Blog. Life Is What You Make It. There Will Always Be "What If's" In Our Lives. Tuck Has Seemed To Settle In Pretty Much Since He Moved back. He Bowls On A Couple Leagues. He Writes A Bowling Column In Our Town's Newspaper. He Was Elected To Be president On One Of Those Leagues. He Is A Stadium Announcer For Our Collegiate Level Baseball Team. He Is President Of The Amateur Radio Club. They Volunteer In A Church Soup Kitchen Monthly. He Is One Of The Best Euchre Players This Side Of The Mississippi. He Is My Partner On Monday's. I Have Almost Cloned Him. He Is Area Captain For A Weight Loss Organization Called Tops. They Both Are Election Judges. Did I Mention He Walks At Least Three Miles A Day And Lost 75 Pounds Since Moving To Illinois?
Wishing My Brother And His Wife A Safe Return To Danville. They Will Be Arriving Tomorrow Night. We Are Experiencing Record High Temps Just Awaiting Their Return. So He Tells Me Summer Is A Breeze. Winter Is The Time He Wishes For San Diego. So Actually There Is No Idling Tuck. No Moss Grows Under His Shoes. They Say Home Is Where The Heart Is. Well I Would Agree With That In Some Cases, But Not All. I Guess That's Why We Have Old Friends And New Friends. Both Of Them Have Found Friendship In People They Have Met Since Moving To Illinois. Tuck Being The Shy Person That He Is Seems To Never Have Problems Finding New Friends Or Places To Go. When He Arrived In Danville He Planted His Feet Into His New Life And Is Making The Best Of It All.
No, Danville Doesn't Boast About Having Paradise Like Weather. We Don't Boast About Having A Major League Baseball Team. We Can't Boast About Being A Drive Time Away From Swimming Pools And Movie Stars. We Can Say We Are In Cub Country. Just A Drive Away From Chicago, Or The Great Indianapolis 500 Speedway. We Can Proudly Proclaim We Experience Every Season Of The Year. Spring Represents New And Fresh. Summer Is A Fun Filled Outdoor Activity. Ice Cream And Water Melon Eating Is As Normal As Fresh Picked Strawberry And Land Of The Corn Fields. The Leaves Turn Different Colors And Remind Us Everything Changes In Time. Winter Of Course Brings Us A Season Of Rest. Hibernation In Our Tree's And Flowers. Colder Temperatures To Kill Some Nasty Germs That had Been Lingering Around The Previous Seasons. Snow To Remind Us If It Was Warmer It Would Be Rain. A Reason For Families To gather Again For Winter Festivities. Sledding And The Cancellation Of School Due To The Abundance Of Snow.
We Can Boast About Two Different Fairs Annually. We Are Proud To Have A Veterans Hospital And Have Healthcare So Close To Home. I Could Go On And On But I Think You See My Point. Life Is What You Make It. Tuck Pretty Much Proved This By Jumping Into All That He Has Since Moving To Illinois. He Is An Active Person. That's What Kind Of Person You Have To Be To Enjoy Where You Live. He Is Far More Active Than I Am And He Has Only Been Back Three Years. Actually That's Exactly How I Prefer My Life. I Am Very Satisfied.
Even Though They May Seem Sad They Left California. Their New Life Here In Illinois Can Also Have It's Rewards. Besides, What Would Danville Be Like Without Tuck In It?
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