General Discussion

He loved the country and the people. He was my guiding light throughout my life, and so proud when I told him and mom I'd enlisted. He was the first person to tell me anything I wanted to achieve rested solely on my brain and willpower, and told me to never let them keep me down just because I was female. I found out later from him, he'd hoped I'd go into journalism, particularly foreign war correspondent. I'm not sure where that came from, though I was writing a lot back in those days.

Like you, I am SO glad he'd not here to see how far this country has fallen. There was a lot he and I didn't agree on where politics are concerned, although I think a lot of it was just words -- his deeds were always contradictory to his words. He was a registered Republican, but one of the old style repubs. And had fallen to the idea that democrats wanted to strip people of their guns. I actually think he'd be horrified the country has let so many mass murders happen without trying to do anything to stop it, in a common sense kind of way, at least.

He's been gone for 25+ years now; but there's rarely a day goes by I don't think of him... and miss him dearly.