I was next to the youngest in a large family of six children. My father struggled hard to provide for the family and always took his "vacation" as an extra paycheck, while he kept working and received his regular paycheck. Then when I was about 7 years old, my father had a complete physical breakdown requiring a few weeks in the hospital. His kind and wise employer told him, he would no longer permit him to work thru his vacation time and we began taking a 2 week vacation at Rice Lake, Canada the same two weeks every year. It became not only a wonderful vacation for our family with camp fires and fishing, and boating but also a reunion with other folks and family from many other states.
I vowed then, that I would always take my family on vacations. We had two boys just 15 months apart, much like Irish twins. We took many vacations together including a cruise. We traveled to most of the fifty states and we literally made a life time of memories. We took many pictures and videos while taking vacations even up into their high school and college age years....
A few years ago, our youngest son, Michael, was killed in a traffic accident just three days before his 25th birthday. We continue to struggle with grief, especially at this time of the year. However; one of the things that make me so very grateful, is that we spent a great deal of time with our children, that we took lots and lots of vacations, and that we made so many wonderful memories with them.......that now truly do have to last a life time.
Don't wait until tomorrow to hug your kids, your grand kids or your wife and do take that cruise or vacation, schedule it today!!
A very wise person once said, In the accounting ledger book of life.....
TOMORROW is a promissory note, while YESTERDAY is a cancelled check.... TODAY is CASH, so spend it wisely.
My wife almost died...That's why we cruise every year!
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I was next to the youngest in a large family of six children. My father struggled hard to provide for the family and always took his "vacation" as an extra paycheck, while he kept working and received his regular paycheck. Then when I was about 7 years old, my father had a complete physical breakdown requiring a few weeks in the hospital. His kind and wise employer told him, he would no longer permit him to work thru his vacation time and we began taking a 2 week vacation at Rice Lake, Canada the same two weeks every year. It became not only a wonderful vacation for our family with camp fires and fishing, and boating but also a reunion with other folks and family from many other states.
I vowed then, that I would always take my family on vacations. We had two boys just 15 months apart, much like Irish twins. We took many vacations together including a cruise. We traveled to most of the fifty states and we literally made a life time of memories. We took many pictures and videos while taking vacations even up into their high school and college age years....
A few years ago, our youngest son, Michael, was killed in a traffic accident just three days before his 25th birthday. We continue to struggle with grief, especially at this time of the year. However; one of the things that make me so very grateful, is that we spent a great deal of time with our children, that we took lots and lots of vacations, and that we made so many wonderful memories with them.......that now truly do have to last a life time.
Don't wait until tomorrow to hug your kids, your grand kids or your wife and do take that cruise or vacation, schedule it today!!
A very wise person once said, In the accounting ledger book of life.....
TOMORROW is a promissory note, while YESTERDAY is a cancelled check.... TODAY is CASH, so spend it wisely.
Happy Holidays to All;
ChubbyHubby