Digger Blue

Death of a friend

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Digger Blue
, 02-01-2012 at 08:00 PM (238 Views)
My neighbor is dying. He is an old, old man who endured much physical pain in the very laborious world of pouring concrete. I saw that the family had gathered over there, and I wanted to go speak to them, but I didn't really want to go be a bother, either.
The old man put field corn out in his yard for the deer. I grabbed a bag that was about 1/4 full of field corn and walked over with it. I dumped field corn all over the yard in piles. I'm sure the deer had a field day with it. I don't know that any of the family took time to look for the deer or not, but they all were aware that I was doing something that their Dad loved to do. This was my way of giving him a send off.

I was invited to go visit him one last time. He will surely pass away tonight. In my final words to him I told him of a good friend from home who died about 10 years ago. I hope he will look him up and they will talk about me. Is it totally nuts to think you can arrange for two old coots to have coffee together when they get to heaven? I think not.

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  1. CaptainMorgan's Avatar
    :( Bless your heart. You have my sympathy.
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  2. Boss's Avatar
    *hugs* Uncle Digger
    You are so kind. I am glad you set the two gentlemen up for coffee in heaven:)
  3. MonieJ's Avatar
    Never easy to lose a friend.
    Stay strong and great way to say goodbye.

    MonieJ
  4. Digger Blue's Avatar
    CaptainMorgan, Boss, MonieJ:
    Thank you for your comments. He was a good guy. I miss him, and I know I will spend some time grieving in whatever way my spirit finds to grieve. I took them dinner last night (the family had gathered), and I'd told them I would bring dinner. I arrived with dinner after they had eaten. I hope they had leftovers today.

    I read "Fishbait!" which is the memoirs of Fishbait Miller who was Doorkeeper of the House of Representatives of the U.S. government. He told of three congressmen who were good friends. They made a pact that when they died the others would piss on the grave. After the burial of the first, the other guys stayed behind. After everybody left, they gave him a fitting farewell, hosing down his grave as promised. I hope I will have a cronie or two who will do me the favor.

    Digger Blue
  5. Digger Blue's Avatar
    I was killing time in a shopping center the other day. I saw an old man with a hat with a ship on the front of it. He was obviously a World War II survivor. I went over and sat next to him and asked him questions about his service. It turns out he was on board a minesweeper. He told me all about that, and I asked him questions about serving in the South Pacific. As it turned out, he knew my neighbor whom I wrote about above. That was pretty cool. I thanked him for his telling me his story, and he thanked me for asking about it.
    Digger Blue
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