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[Joe Chandler]

14 hours ago, Jim_Alaska said:

No, I never have Joe. Don't even know where it is. But you have to realize that I left Mass. in my early twenties and am now eighty. 

Got it. Now I feel like a youngster. I am 65.

35 minutes ago, Salyan said:

Like Peabody, Inc.!?

I don't know what Peabody Inc. is.  Is that a TV show?

[BrotherTony]

1 minute ago, Joe Chandler said:

Got it. Now I feel like a youngster. I am 65.

Wow! You're 4 years older than me. Jim is the same age as my mother and my biological father. 

[Jim_Alaska]

2 hours ago, BrotherTony said:

Wow! You're 4 years older than me. Jim is the same age as my mother and my biological father. 

Now that is scary! 

[Pastor Matt]

If it makes you guys feel better, I turn 50 this year 

[BrotherTony]

14 minutes ago, Pastor Matt said:

If it makes you guys feel better, I turn 50 this year 

Wow! You still be a youngun'! LOL

[HappyChristian]

No worries, Jim...you're younger than my mom. heehee

@Pastor Matt - what a blessing to already be a grandad at 50! Lots of years (Lord willing) to enjoy the babies!

[Jim_Alaska]

5 hours ago, Pastor Matt said:

If it makes you guys feel better, I turn 50 this year 

50 seems like another lifetime. Enjoy it Matt, it disappears quickly.

[BrotherTony]

8 minutes ago, Jim_Alaska said:

50 seems like another lifetime. Enjoy it Matt, it disappears quickly.

That's for sure. The past 11 years have flown by for me. 

[Joe Chandler]

6 hours ago, Pastor Matt said:

If it makes you guys feel better, I turn 50 this year 

It does not.  

[Napsterdad]

22 hours ago, Joe Chandler said:

Got it. Now I feel like a youngster. I am 65.

My brother would have been 65 this year. He passed two years ago. He was 2 years 11 months older than me. I always introduced him as my SIGNIFICANTLY older brother. Emphasis required 

 

[Napsterdad]

14 hours ago, HappyChristian said:

@Pastor Matt - what a blessing to already be a grandad at 50! Lots of years (Lord willing) to enjoy the babies!

The way our older two (now 32 and 30) were going we figured we were never going to get grandkids. So we decided to make our own. I now have an 18-year-old and a 12-year-old that have been major blessings to us. God is so good.

Still waiting on grandkids, but God knows best.

As an aside my oldest was in the Navy; and just before his 21st birthday his ship pulled into Norfolk after an 8-month deployment. We had our 3-month-old daughter with us at the time. As all those sailors were coming off the ship to meet their sons or daughters for the first time, our son met his sister for the first time. 

My two youngest spent last night with this same brother to let mom and dad have a night out. They get along great and have a lot of fun together. I am so blessed. So, for now I am completely content without grandkids?

[HappyChristian]

2 hours ago, Napsterdad said:

The way our older two (now 32 and 30) were going we figured we were never going to get grandkids. So we decided to make our own. I now have an 18-year-old and a 12-year-old that have been major blessings to us. God is so good.

Still waiting on grandkids, but God knows best.

As an aside my oldest was in the Navy; and just before his 21st birthday his ship pulled into Norfolk after an 8-month deployment. We had our 3-month-old daughter with us at the time. As all those sailors were coming off the ship to meet their sons or daughters for the first time, our son met his sister for the first time. 

My two youngest spent last night with this same brother to let mom and dad have a night out. They get along great and have a lot of fun together. I am so blessed. So, for now I am completely content without grandkids?

Aw, that's wonderful that you could do that! We, sadly, were only able to have one child (almost died with him). He is 36, and just had his first son. I'm 63 and hubs is 62...I used to tell our son that he needed to have kids while his dad and I were still able to hold them. lol  It's been a real joy seeing him with his son, and being able to be grandma.

[Joe Chandler]

Quick story, I had to have a hip replacement at 54. Before that I was talking about the pain in my hip to my father. I forgot what I was saying and asked my dad. He said, "You were complaining about turning 50."  He was in his late 70's at the time. He sure put things in perspective!

[BrotherTony]

17 minutes ago, Joe Chandler said:

Quick story, I had to have a hip replacement at 54. Before that I was talking about the pain in my hip to my father. I forgot what I was saying and asked my dad. He said, "You were complaining about turning 50."  He was in his late 70's at the time. He sure put things in perspective!

My dad passed away from colon and lung cancers in June of 2000. I had just become disabled at 38 with bilateral Menieres disease. I had just had an attack during our visit to Augusta Georgia to see him. I was very nauseous and said something about it, and Dad said something about how he was after chemo the day before. He really made me think and consider how much worse he and others had it. I took my meds for nausea and vertigo and slept for a few hours and felt better. Dad didn't and had to be admitted to the hospital. I was thankful that my own circumstances didn't call for that. He passed away two months later. He was 3 weeks shy of his 60th birthday.

Edited June 17, 2023 by BrotherTony