To acknowledge the temperature today . . . not nice. Today we were asked to Paynesville for a noon picnic. Great nephew Justin was home on leave from the Marines and his family wanted a family get together as it may be some time before he will be home again. My brother, Michael and his wife Joann, and Dennis and I stood in as grandparents for the day as well as the fact that Justin’s dad could not make it. It was a good thing of family support. Michael is a Vietnam veteran and Dennis is a Korean veteran. It was good sharing support from two veterans as Justin travels on in his aviation training. In time to come he and a team would be airborne traveling to wherever they were needed to keep other airborne aircraft abled.
Was this what Dennis and I would do on a day when we would be welcomed back into our hometown late afternoon with the bank’s flashing temperature at 101? Usually not. What can I say? We do what the heart leads us to and are thankful to be safe at home after a great day.