Making Progress

I'm getting close to being ready...phew!! And I continue to get more good-bye wishes. I had lunch today with Larry and Diane from work. I met them near the office and it sure was nice to see them before I hit the road. They are two of my dynamite employees who have now gone on to work for other teams.

Diane is newly remarried...and I told her I enjoy hearing about the "puppy love." She recently got reaquanted with an old highschool boyfriend and they are crazy-happy with each other. How cool is that?

Larry is going through a tough time of his own, very similar to what Kenny and I experienced...except the circumstances for him and his wife are a hundred times more gut-wrenching. Yet, he keeps on keepin' on! The world could never guess what this courageous man carries on his shoulders. He greeted me this afternoon with, "Hi Boss." That's what he's always called me...and I'm guessing he always will.

Speaking of courageous, Conda stopped by and gave me a bag full of things. One is a kid's book, just like the one her best friend Connie gave her several years ago. It's called: COURAGE, by Bernard Waber and it's very cute!! It's going on the top of "my take with me pile." Here's a line from the inside cover--

There are many kinds of courage.

Awesome kinds.

And everyday kinds.

Still, courage

is courage--

whatever kind.