I volunteer with homeless care.
Found out recently that two folks, who were destitute and doing drugs for years, turned their lives around! Started attending rehab and church. Now clean, they also got married to each other. Change was so profound that I almost didn't recognize either of them.

My cousin’s Belgian Sheepdog won Best of Breed yesterday at Westminster and Best of show at Belgian Sheepdog Clubs of America’s National Specialty the day before that. She has worked really hard for many years to get there. I’m so proud of her

A nice thread. So much good news. Mine is that fall is only 4-1/2 months out

My oldest son graduated high school and starts college this fall. He also got his AA degree while in high school so he has a bit of a head start:

Nice, but he should work to pull that GPA up.

I just got a 4% mid-year raise ("economic adjustment") and realized that my salary, after ~13 years, has doubled from my starting salary.

My 11 yo just got into Kickboxing at my gym. I've been doing martial arts for x20 years. x15+ Aikido & 5+ BJJ. So it's part of my DNA.

The fact that he can't stop talking about kickboxing makes me smile. I've tried to get him involved with several things and none took. So I basically seem to live at my academy.

Assistant instructor in the BJJ program (purple belt) and help out where I can. Now I'm helping in the kids kickboxing class and learning while I help.

Last Saturday my youngest graduated with BS in Nursing, he followed in his oldest sisters footsteps. We are so proud of him and our daughters.

We also have two grandchildren from our younger daughter, Mahlia will be 3 in September and Eli was born in January. I love them both more than words can express. Eli is an handsome little man who is starting to smile annd recognize people. Mahlia and I have a special bond and every moment with her is pure joy. We usually watch them on Saturdays but she told her Mom that she misses Nana and Papa and she needs a sleepover. Needless to say she’s coming tomorrow to spend the night and Papa is wrapped around her little finger.

Went to Bossier City La. last month to see my son's retirement ceremony after 30 years in the USAF. Very moving. In July I'll be traveling to Aptos Ca. to visit a son and daughter.
Very joyous for me.

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Went to Bossier City La. last month to see my son's retirement ceremony after 30 years in the USAF. Very moving. In July I'll be traveling to Aptos Ca. to visit a son and daughter.
Very joyous for me.

Safe travels Denny, I'm closing in on the halfway mark for my service. I can't imagine 30!

Our youngest is home with us for a few weeks before departing to Alaska. We were able to get out on the water tonight.

Been a bit since I posted, life has gotten the better of me over the last few months several times.

Good to see a thread like this, I like the positive.

My small contribution: just returned from a family trip to Montana, Glacier and then Yellowstone. Beautiful trip, and was able to fanagle a couple fly casting lessons from the casting instructor for the "School of Trout" out there, which has me casting like I know what I'm doing. Never woulda thunk it.

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For those that know one of my kids received this for some recent “work” in the sandbox.

Nice, very nice.

A bit early for memorial day but I went to a deceased WWII Navy vet (dad) and his wife's grave today. My father and mother rocked my world growing up. They set me up for good things. Moms and Pops thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Last Saturday attended a meeting with the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) to receive an update regarding my uncle that is MIA from WWII.
They will again attempt to excavate the crash site in July of this year. The plane went down in New Guinea in November 1944.

PC

My kid over several years has obtained (in order) BS PTA MBA BS & DC

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I volunteer with homeless care.
Found out recently that two folks, who were destitute and doing drugs for years, turned their lives around! Started attending rehab and church. Now clean, they also got married to each other. Change was so profound that I almost didn't recognize either of them.

That's amazing! I've watched videos of guys begging for money. When one out of a hundred gives
them some, they repay them a hundred fold and thank them for being kind.
It made me change my perspective on the truly destitute.
We shut down our mental hospitals decades ago, now we have decades of homeless.
I don't get out much, but if someone asked me I'd buy them a meal.

My oldest turned 16 today. We spent the day (and night before) flying to Alaska via Seattle, so his birthday was actually about 28 hours long, and since we flew overnight we were awake for most of that. We finally made it to Kenai around noon, got some lunch and got unpacked and then decided to go climb Skyline trail, which ended up being about 2000-2500 feet of elevation gain over two miles after we went on to to climb the peak at the end. It kicked our butt, especially on top of travelling all night and not sleeping, but it'll be an awesome memory for years to come. So here he is, 16 years old, on top of a mountain in Alaska...it's been a good day!

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That's beautiful

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My pipsqueak (Grandson)

My nephew just landed in NYC. Was in Israel for a few weeks and his El Al flight was delayed a day due to missiles in the area… he was supposed to go for a legitimate archaeological dig but that got indefinitely delayed due to the war. So he went with a friend and traveled since his plane ticket was still good. All the