Skip: thank-you my friend.

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2012/07/18 17:46:19 (permalink)

Skip: thank-you my friend.

Those of you who know me know that I can get kind of emotional. Here lately it hasn't been that way though. 3 weeks ago I lost a good friend suddenly when he suffered a stroke and 3 days later his family had to disconnect life support. 51 years old and in seemingly good health. My sister's body is having trouble accepting the archaic and disturbing treatment of chemo. And there's other things. I have not shed a tear over it all and my wife is wondering when. So today I came home from work and there was a package in the mailbox. I opened it up and here Skip sent me one of his hair stackers that I had no idea about. I don't know what came over me but for a bit - it kind of all came out. So I thank-you Skip. I know you may think it is something small but to me - it means alot. And it has already found it's place on my bench. My wife said it couldn't have come at a better time. Thank-you again my friend. YOU are the true patriot!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Tom
 
 

 
 

"They say you forget your troubles on a trout stream, but that's not quite it..... you begin to see where your troubles fit into the grand scheme of things, and suddenly they're just not such a big deal anymore."

John Gierach

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    acmaul13
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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 18:06:50 (permalink)
    Awesome Skip!!You deserve it Tom.
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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 18:35:55 (permalink)

     
    Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy... or been from a nicer one either!  Both of you deserve the best!
     
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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 19:47:11 (permalink)
    Agree! Two of the most awesome guys I ever met!
    Tom...Skip is good at bringing tears..;) Bless you both!

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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 20:41:31 (permalink)
    Two great men---two great hearts.

    "For the supreme test of a fisherman is not how many fish he has caught...but what he has caught when he has caught no fish." - John H. Bradley

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    deetz4352
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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 20:54:35 (permalink)
    I feel real fortunate to know both of those guys.
     
    Tom , Skip You both are Hero's in my book.
     


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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/18 21:15:12 (permalink)
    mohawksyd

    Two great men---two great hearts.

    +1

    "There is a pleasure in Angling that no one knows but the Angler himself". WB
     
     


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    Re:Skip: thank-you my friend. 2012/07/19 01:42:53 (permalink)
    Tom  Its the least I could do for all you do for the guys pal.....   You deserve much much more

     



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