waiting for better ones ahead. Marjorie Pay Hinckley
Blue Skies
Ella Fitzgerald
The best times we’ve had on earth are usually with those we love. Van Harden Life in the Purple Wedge!
I've Got the World on a String
Frank Sinatra
Heyday, now that is a funny word ain't it? Part of a heyday is, you don't never know you are having yourself one till later when it's all over with, long gone. Lee Smith On Agate Hill
Ain't We Got Fun
Doris Day
Do what makes you happy, be with who makes you smile, laugh as much as you breathe, and love as long as you live. Rachel Ann Nunes
Prelude - Robert B. Dance
Retirement and Beyond
As a law enforcement officer in the Federal Bureau of Prisons, I was eligible to retire at age 50. I could have stayed a few more years and increased my annuity significantly, but I retired after 22 years. I have no regrets.
In my retirement, I have read a lot of books. I have written a lot. I have learned much about the Bible and have developed and taught several Sunday School classes. I learned to tie flies and have tied a few hundred - even caught some fish on flies that I tied. I have spent some, not nearly enough, great days fishing and made a new friend - my fishing buddy. I have raised some good gardens and learned to can produce and meats.
Most of all, I have enjoyed life.
I finally figured out the only
reason to be alive is to enjoy it. Rita Mae Brown
In the days I have left, I want to continue all those activities. I want to enjoy family and friends. I want to enjoy family and class reunions and Valley Head Homecomings. I want to read more books and write more. I want to learn more of the Bible and become a better Christian and a better man. I want to design a fly and catch a really big trout with it. I want to spend more time in the mountains and on trout streams.
Whatever happens, I pray that I will accept it with faith and grace. I have been richly blessed, so richly blessed that nothing can make my life less than very, very blessed.
If I have learned anything worth passing on to others, it comes from the fount of all wisdom, the Bible:
“I know that there is nothing better for men than to be happy and do good while they live. That everyone may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all his toil - this is the gift of God.” Ecclesiastes 3:12 - 13, New International Version “Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man.” Ecclesiastes 12:13, New International Version Work hard and enjoy your work. Enjoy the simple things in life. Love your spouse and family and enjoy them. Fear God - translate that as “maintain an awesome respect for God.” Keep His commandments. We have little control over the number of days in our lives, but we do control the amount of life in our days. These simple rules will keep much more life in our days.
I love life. I love the beautiful, awesome world God created and gave to us. I expect to enjoy the rest of my life. But I look forward with anticipation the next life. I expect to spend eternity with God, and I expect to be reunited with family and friends. I cannot imagine a world better than this one, but that one will be. I hope you enjoyed some of these writings. They are from a book I wrote called “How We Got By.” It isn’t published, but I’ll print a couple of copies and figure out a way to give them away at the reunion. Hope to see you at the reunion next week-end. It will be a great time to compare operations and illnesses, grand kids, etc., and to reminisce over our experiences at T.V.H.S. One thing for sure - we can’t lie about our age! We all know how old we are! It should be great! I want to see you there, even though I may not recognize you. Of course you will recognize me - I haven’t changed a bit! Well, I guess I have changed a little - I lie a lot more! Larry E. See,
Class of 1964,
Tygarts Valley High School Bulldogs
Tying the Fly - Unknown
In all of living,
have much fun and laughter.
Life is to be enjoyed,
not just endured.
Gordon B. Hinckley
Let the Good Times Roll
BB King
And
that's how it is in America.
We look to our communities,
our faiths,
our families for our joy,
our support,
in good times and bad.
It is both
how we live our lives
and why we live our lives.
Mitt Romney
I Feel Good
James Brown
This time, like all times, is a good time, if we but know what to do with it. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The Good Life
Tony Bennett - 1963
If only we'd stop trying
to be happy
we'd have a pretty good time.
Edith Wharton
Man and Woman Fishing - Frank Stick
But nobody ever tells you in advance when
you should concentrate on the
good times-
that's why you're supposed to do it every day.
Jordan Sonnenblick
Front Row: Jerry Haddix, Newton Ware, George Coussoule, Bob Tacy, Danny McCloud Second Row: Sondra (Bennett) Kniley, Gary Channell, Ettie (Wegman) Grey, Dianne (Smith) Huntley, Anna Grace (Casto) Huston, Sheryl (Hawkins) Birdsinger, Delores (Armstrong) Shiflett, Mary (Shiflett) Wamsley Third Row: Diane (Bennett) Blizzard, Linda (Scott) Magyar, Faye (Smith) Watson, Dick Judy, Sharon (Shreve) Armstrong, Charlotte (Hannah) Vallandingham, Mary Ellen (Ice) Guzy, Judy (Ware) Primavero, former classmate Karen (Spencer) Johnson, Beverly (Currence) Hammonds, former classmate Carolyn (Brady) Kabler, Paula (Pnakovich) Staud, Patricia (McCauley) Ware Fourth Row: Reuben Currence, Glen Rader, Tom Zirkle, David Matthew, Bill Cool, Larry See, Fred Ware
On A Wonderful Day Like Today
Andy Williams
ON A WONDERFUL DAY LIKE TODAY
From the London show The Roar Of The Greasepaint - The Smell Of The Crowd
Anthony Newley - 1965
On a wonderful day like today I defy any cloud to appear in the sky Dare any rain drop to plop in my eye On a wonderful day like today
On a wonderful morning like this When the sun is as big as a yellow balloon Even the sparrows are singing in tune On a wonderful morning like this
On a morning like this I could kiss everybody I'm so full of love and goodwill Let me say furthermore I'd adore everybody to come and dine The pleasure's mine and I will pay the bill
May I take this occasion to say That the whole human race should go down on its knees Show that we're grateful for mornings like these For the world's in a wonderful way On a wonderful day like today
On a morning like this I could kiss everybody I'm so full of love and goodwill Let me say furthermore I'd adore everybody to come and dine The pleasure's mine and I will pay the bill
May I take this occasion to say That the whole human race should go down on its knees Show that we're grateful for mornings like these For the world's in a wonderful way On a wonderful day like today
May each day in the week be a good day May the Lord always watch over you And may all of your hopes turn to wishes And may all of your wishes come true
May each day in the month be a good day May you make friends with each one you meet And may all of your daydreams be memories And may all of your memories be sweet
The weeks turn to months and the months into years There'll be sadness and joy, there'll be laughter and tears One thing I pray to Heaven above May each of your days be a day full of love
May each day in the year be a good day May each dawn find you happy and gay And may all of your days be as lovely As the one you shared with me today
May each day of your life be a good day And good night
