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Thank you for posting Drew

A Hollenbeck, 3 barrel gun.

Great story on that S guard bowie, Stan. Sure, if you could, put up a picture or two of the coffin handle bowie. Thankful for good friends.

I'm thankful for Presidential term limits...

I'm thankful to be a Honorably Discharged Vet. who served his Country, back in an era when Vets were spit on and called "Baby Killers", and to be a Christian in a Free Country, where non-Christians )Camel Humpers and Ragheads( may try to destroy our Nation, that they call the "Great Satan"-but will never succeed in their evil and nefarious schemes- in spite of our first Muslim POTUS, who has pissed away his first 6.5 years, due to lack of the military service all our great Presidents (Washington, Teddy Roosevelt and Ike had--

I'm grateful to be here. I'm thankful for a lot.
Most of all, I'm thankful for my dad. We buried his body last Saturday. He was 85 and went like he lived, as much on his own terms as possible. He and I only hunted together a couple seasons, when I was still in high school. But he made sure I knew how to be safe and then let me to find my own way.
I miss him.
As I was sitting next to him in the hospice, just holding his hand and occasionally speaking to him in his mother tongue of German - though born and raised here he didn't speak English regularly until he started school - I came to the conclusion that "honor your father and mother" is most fully fulfilled by living your life as best you can, whatever that life might be.
I'm grateful for that insight, too.

You are in our thoughts Dave, as you adjust to your loss. I'm glad your Dad passed peacefully. Mine did not.

May God bless and comfort you.

SRH

2 weeks ago I gave the message at my skeet shooting buddy Byron's funeral; possibly the first time the Ward had a Baptist preacher participating. But the Bishop and State Director both told his wife it would be OK. Byron served in both theaters in WW2.
Here on the day of his 96th birthday at Ben Avery



After the service a member of the Ward thanked me and said "It's not as hard as doing your parent's funeral."

Next week I will be doing my mother's funeral in KC. When I shared this won't be easy, my cousin commented "This is your gift to her." I'm thankful for the opportunity, and for having a family, despite the dysfunction of EVERY family, that loved and encouraged me, even if they never quite understood my joy in bird dogs, bird hunting and shooting My father is teetering at 91, but his father lived to 107 so hopefully no more funerals for a bit.

Dave, absolutely the right conclusion. All my parents wanted for me was to be well and happy. I try to honour them by being so.

Drew, so sorry to hear about your mother's passing.

Dave, also to you for your father's passing.