Happy Birthday Grasshopper No.2. You continue to be my “guiding light”. Where else would I get nutritional advice, medical direction and chiropractic adjustments for backaches. May your day be very special.
One of the Christmas gifts your Mom and I got from “multiple” Grasshoppers was an iPad. It was intended for both of us. I can’t ever find it. Grasshopper No.5 loaded games into the menu and now your Mom takes it to bed. You know you are getting old when your spouse prefers playing games on an iPad over paying attention to her husband in bed.
Our Christmas gathering was fun. Your Mom deserves all the credit. The decorations were superb and she found a way to personalized the gifts for everybody. She created a memory. We are lucky we married her.
I learned a new phrase from Grasshopper No.5. When you are about to make a major decision that could affect your life you are said to be “on the precipice of the rest of your life”. For example, Grandson Grant is in the process of deciding what form of engineering he wants to pursue in college. He is at an occupational precipice that will influence his journey forward. Grandson Collin is considering marriage and going college in the Fall (the U.S. Marines make the decision financially easier). Collin is standing on a doubly high precipice.
I reflect on the different precipices in my life. Somehow I was oblivious to the profound nature of some of my decisions.
Your next precipice is right around the corner.
Just a note on Aaron Rodgers. A “calf sprain” is a euphemism for a “torn muscle”. Press releases indicate that a torn muscle can heal in two weeks. My medical experts say a torn muscle will take 6-8 weeks (or more depending on the tear). Rodgers will be hobbled all during the playoffs. Deal with it.
Love,
Dad