ABOUT US

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

ABOUT OUR TRIP TO THE GULF COAST WITH GRANDCHILDREN--TWO-- THREE YEAR OLD BOYS

GREETINGS FROM PA PA BUTLER,

OVER THE YEARS I HAVE EVOLVED FROM DAD TO GRANDDAD TO GRANDPA AND NOW MY YOUNGEST GRAND CHILDREN CALL ME PA PA. I ENJOYED MY YEARS AS JUST DAD, BUT I AM LOVING THESE YEARS AS PA PA.

JUST RETURNED HOME FROM TWO WEEKS ON THE GULF COAST OF FLORIDA WHERE MY TWO THREE YEAR OLD GRANDSONS GOT PLENTY OF SUN AND LOTS AND LOTS OF SAND BETWEEN OUR TOES AND IN OUR HAIR, AT LEAST THEY HAVE HAIR. NO WE DIDN'T GET BURNED BECAUSE WE BATHED IN SUNSCREEN A COUPLE OF TIMES EACH DAY AND THANKS TO MOTHER NATURE IT WAS OVERCAST ABOUT HALF THE TIME. WE ALL SEEM TO BE A LOT DARKER NOW THAN WHEN WE ARRIVED, BUT I'M SURE WE WILL FADE TO OUR FORMER WINTER PALE VERY SOON.

MET LOT'S OF VERY NICE PEOPLE FROM GEORGIA, OHIO, TENNESSEE, ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI, MEXICO, ARKANSAS AND FLORIDA. I ALWAYS ENJOY MEETING AND TALKING TO NEW PEOPLE SOMETHING I WOULDN'T DO UNTIL I BECAME A SENIOR CITIZEN. MY FAMILY SEEM TO BE SURPRISED THAT I TALK TO EVERYONE NOW AND HAVE GIVEN ME A NEW NICKNAME OF "SOCIAL BUTTERFLY". IT IS SURPRISING TO ME THAT I GET SO MUCH PLEASURE IN MEETING STRANGERS NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE THE STRESS AND PREASURE OF BEING IN THE SO CALLED RAT RACE OF WORKING EVERYDAY AND TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH MY NEIGHBORS AND FRIENDS. THERE ARE LOT'S OF VERY NICE PEOPLE OUT THERE AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING AS MANY AS POSSIBLE AND PERHAPS MAKE UP FOR ALL THE TIME I'VE LOST IN PAST YEARS.

HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE ENJOYING LIFE AND ESPECIALLY ENJOY RAISING THOSE SWEET BABIES AND ARE NOT GETTING SO INVOLVED IN YOUR EVERYDAY LIFE THAT YOU MISS OUT ON THE PLEASURE OF SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR CHILDREN WHILE THEY ARE YOUNG AND WATCHING THEM GROW UP. OUR TIME WITH THEM IS SO LIMITED THAT WE SHOULD MAKE A SPECIAL EFFORT TO ENJOY WHAT WE HAVE AND BUILD GOOD MEMORIES FOR THEM TO CARRY THROUGH THEIR LIFE TIME.

SINCERELY,

JAMES C BUTLER