Seeing your friends shot up.

Getting old has many drawbacks, the muscles don't obey like they used to, the eyes and ears slowly fade, and motivation evaporates.  The worst aspect of aging is seeing your friends get shot up by cancer,  and all the other painful aspects of aging.  Yesterday we visited Bill.  Bill had an exciting heart attack which got him a helicopter ride to the hospital.   With his blood circulating better after his surgery Bill looks a lot more lively and thankya Jesus Bill quit smoking.

Today Mrs Kadizzle, and Mr. Kadizzle will head out to the big city to visit our neighbor who is recovering in the hospital from a bout with infections, and other issues.  It will be great to see him.  Kadizzle has been blessed with excellent neighbors and it is one reason leaving our neighborhood will always be hard.  Years ago a wonderful neighbor up the street went on to the great beyond.  Walking down the street and joking with him was great.  Anyone who reads this may find it strange, but the majority of Kadizzles closer friends are Republicans.  Kadizzle used to love the back and forth with Pat.  Pat's last words to Kadizzle as he was visited in the hospital were  " I don't know why, but I am glad to see you".   Dallas has been our neighbor for more than thirty years.  You could not ask for a better neighbor.  It is not unusual to wake up and find some fresh baked goodies on the counter Marlyn baked.  If Kadizzle get's the urge for a cookie he wanders over to see Dallas and Marlyn and gets his cookie as he jokes with Dallas.  Dallas has a good sense of humor jut like Pat did.

Kadizzle grew up in an old fashioned neighborhood where people knew each other and were friendly.  Our neighborhood in our little town has been a good one.  At one time we had a lot of kids running around.  Those kids are now all in their forties and fifties.  They have kids.  Not too long ago we had a little reunion on the back porch.  A couple of the wild Mannie boys happened to be in town.  Sitting with Megan they reviewed the old days of playing in the backyard.  It was music to the ears. 

Hopefully Dallas is getting better.  Seeing his smile today will be refreshing.  Dallas is one of the tallest people in Hazen.  Some call him the gentle giant.  We hope to find the Gentle Giant in good shape, and recovering so we can sit at his kitchen counter this summer, drink some coffee and give each other a hard time.