bubbas4570 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 I have lost 2 good friends from my buffalo shooting competition days within the past 2 weeks. I guess that is what is to be expected when we get older. I am only 46, but many of my friends in the shooting sports are older than myself. It is just hard.
bubbas4570 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Posted June 16, 2017 Sorry for the post, I have just been mentally busy lately......the aforementioned deaths, my oldest sons' wedding this weekend (Saturday), and buring my father on Sunday. Needed to vent....
Armed Eye Doc Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Sorry for your loss. Hang in there and lean on family (blood relatives as well as Internet family) so that you all can make it through the grief stronger and closer.
Sisco Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Anytime, and I am sorry for your losses, and congratulations on your son. In one sentence you summed up the natural progression of life. I am at an age where I am starting to say goodbye to friends my own age, I guess after a while you accept that is the natural order of things, but you bever really get used to it. Be glad you had them as friends for as long as you did. For some reason that thought helps me deal with it.
shepp Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Hang in there Bubba and remember the good times!!
Sisco Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 1 hour ago, shepp said: Hang in there Bubba and remember the good times!! You said in nine words what took me sixty to say!
shepp Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 19 minutes ago, Sisco said: You said in nine words what took me sixty to say! That's how us Irish handle death, let's get drunk and remember the good!!! Shots of oh tulamore dew for all!
guruofhotrod Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Sorry for your losses Brother, This year seems to be especially rough, I too have lost several close friends since mom passed in February - Trying to keep my chin up and keep moving forward but it is hard to come to term with - hang in there
washguy Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Yep keep your chin up.... We buried my Aunt on Tuesday...just went to her 100th birthday four months ago...she was a hoot ! she beat cancer she beat a bad heart...loss of hearing.talking to her was funny...lol ...you know what got her? effin gravity ....she fell during the night...her daughters got over there called the emt's and she was doing good until about ten mins later,,, bleeding on the brain...my cousins that were with her said she was talking like it was no big deal on the way to the hospital....then it was like someone threw the off switch! what a run she had ! Wash
DNP Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 I echo what everyone here has already said. I'm sorry for your losses, happy for your son, and pray for your strength as you move through these times. I'm about 10 years behind you, but know that sooner than I would like I will see more of what you are going through. Vent all you need to, this place is great for that as we have a little bit of everything here and this group has seen and been through it all collectively.
unforgiven Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Remembering the good times is the best way to cope. Loss of a loved one is never easy. You can take solace in knowing that God has welcomed them into heaven with open arms.
bubbas4570 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Posted June 16, 2017 Thank you guys. There is a bit 'o Irish in me, and Dad liked to bring out that part of us. That sounds like one excellent idea..... Just a bit more than i wanted right now I guess. Boy, am I going to need that bike ride to Idaho in a week......
bubbas4570 Posted June 16, 2017 Author Report Posted June 16, 2017 .....almost couldn't type that one..... I guess part of what is happening is that we had Dad's funeral in early December, and the burial now. I just thought I had everything pretty much dealt with back then....I handled most of everything for my family and "stayed strong" back then..... ?my turn now?
unforgiven Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Stayin strong and suckin it up....it's what Dad's do. He did it for you now you do it for him.
jtallen83 Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Hang in there Bubba, concentrate on doing your best for the family at hand, enjoy the company at the wedding.
Rsquared Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 Stay tough my brother. Though it never seems easy as you're going through it. Vent away if you need it. That's what this crowd is for.
mrmackc Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 All you young whipper-snappers just need to quit thinking you are on your last legs and enjoy life. Hell go ahead and take a few risks. Inhale! Have someone hold your beer and go ahead and try something! Look who's talking. I messed up and broke a hip a couple days after getting my new M1A scoped and range ready and been in rehab. It will be a couple of weeks with a walker before I get to shoot it. Turned 80 in the hospital. Live it up while you can.
Sisco Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 13 minutes ago, mrmackc said: All you young whipper-snappers just need to quit thinking you are on your last legs and enjoy life. Hell go ahead and take a few risks. Inhale! Have someone hold your beer and go ahead and try something! Look who's talking. I messed up and broke a hip a couple days after getting my new M1A scoped and range ready and been in rehab. It will be a couple of weeks with a walker before I get to shoot it. Turned 80 in the hospital. Live it up while you can. Good advice. And Mac you are gonna like that M1A.
Armed Eye Doc Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 1 hour ago, Sisco said: Good advice. And Mac you are gonna like that M1A. He can use it as a cane. I can poke fun because I can outrun him at the moment. 2 hours ago, mrmackc said: All you young whipper-snappers just need to quit thinking you are on your last legs and enjoy life. Hell go ahead and take a few risks. Inhale! Have someone hold your beer and go ahead and try something! Look who's talking. I messed up and broke a hip a couple days after getting my new M1A scoped and range ready and been in rehab. It will be a couple of weeks with a walker before I get to shoot it. Turned 80 in the hospital. Live it up while you can. Damn good advice to live by.
shepp Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 3 hours ago, mrmackc said: All you young whipper-snappers just need to quit thinking you are on your last legs and enjoy life. Hell go ahead and take a few risks. Inhale! Have someone hold your beer and go ahead and try something! Look who's talking. I messed up and broke a hip a couple days after getting my new M1A scoped and range ready and been in rehab. It will be a couple of weeks with a walker before I get to shoot it. Turned 80 in the hospital. Live it up while you can. For sure I went to Erie last year with a friend's uncle, after a few days of slamming fish he said to us in the boat "you boys are working on firsts, I'm on lasts, enjoy it while you can" I need to keep reminding myself that
shepp Posted June 16, 2017 Report Posted June 16, 2017 6 hours ago, bubbas4570 said: Thank you guys. There is a bit 'o Irish in me, and Dad liked to bring out that part of us. That sounds like one excellent idea..... Just a bit more than i wanted right now I guess. Boy, am I going to need that bike ride to Idaho in a week...... Cheers
washguy Posted June 17, 2017 Report Posted June 17, 2017 3 hours ago, mrmackc said: All you young whipper-snappers just need to quit thinking you are on your last legs and enjoy life. Hell go ahead and take a few risks. Inhale! Have someone hold your beer and go ahead and try something! Look who's talking. I messed up and broke a hip a couple days after getting my new M1A scoped and range ready and been in rehab. It will be a couple of weeks with a walker before I get to shoot it. Turned 80 in the hospital. Live it up while you can. MR Mac you doing okay? geez get well and do what the pt sez to do...give em more reps than they ask for....and get the heck out of there and get home! Just msg me and ill come to your place and bring all the goodies back to my place for safe keeping ...get well brother Wash
mrmackc Posted June 17, 2017 Report Posted June 17, 2017 I am home and doing home health care therapy going where I am allowed using a walker till I get enough healing time on the broken hip, actually the femur broke just below the hip joint, they put in a steel plate and screws, that takes longer to heal than a hip replacement. I go to outpatient therapy week after next. Getting rid of the walker is my next goal.
Sisco Posted June 17, 2017 Report Posted June 17, 2017 Keep working Mr. Mac, I want to see your M1A range report.
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