As we journey through our lives we see so many changes. I grew up as a little boy in the Pocono Mountains of northeastern Pennsylvania. I will say that I didn't grow up in the most loving family. My mom and dad were fighting almost constantly. I won't say that we were poor, but we didn't have much. I remember going to the outhouse before we got indoor plumbing when I was around five years old. My brother and I spent much time outside because it was more peaceful. Alcohol abuse was bad in my family especially on my father's side. However my dad had a tough life, he got polio when he was nineteen years old. He was sent to the Institute for the Crippled and Disabled in New York City where he learned the craft of jewelry making. He became famous in the Poconos as a silversmith.
I did alright in school, but I didn't apply myself as much as I could have. I was interested in certain subjects.
Math was my favorite subject because I was very good at it. I guess that was good because I ended up working in manufacturing for 30 years. I could change every fraction of 64ths in my head to a decimal.. I didn't need to figure it out. Every day math was needed in manufacturing.
It was a couple of years after graduating high school that the Vietnam War was going strong. Many of my friends were being drafted and I knew it was time for me to enlist. I joined the U.S. Air Force a move that
I never regretted. I thought then and I still think that every able bodied male should serve their country. I feel that ending the draft was a big mistake. The military teaches young people discipline and that is something lacking in our youth of today. I wonder if I was a good parent. I like to think so. My children were involved in scouts, the school band, my son on the swim team, my daughter as a majorette and drum major in the marching band the senior year. My son is a 20 year retired Marine and my daughter is an artist/graphic designer. I am so proud of them.
I spent my military time in Texas, Florida, and the Philippines. Funny four years in the Air Force and I was only in Vietnam for four hours. It was in the Airmen's Club on Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines that I met Lina. She became my wife and this coming December we will celebrate our 45th anniversary. We have
two children, five grand kids,and one great granddaughter.
In my work life I was an engraver and engraved gold drums about a half inch in diameter and an inch and a half long that went into guidance systems for missiles, after the military I worked for Ronson Corporation and put flint tubes in cigarette lighters, then for General Electric working in a carbon products plant, I became a machinist working in several factories through the years working on computer cabinets, parts for the space shuttle, parts for missile launchers on nuclear submarines, parts for fire detection systems, and numerous other parts. As the jobs were increasingly being shipped overseas and manufacturing was hurt, those jobs were hard to find. I worked my last two jobs as a maintenance supervisor in a library and as a maintenance coordinator in a large church.
Finally retirement came and I wanted to do something to be remembered by. I started to write short stories and was finally published in Our USA Magazine. Now two published novels have followed and I look back on life and realize that life is what you make of it.
Would I have done things different in life if I had the chance to do it over. Some things yes and many things no. I have never smoked, my dad died of lung cancer from smoking at age 59. I don't drink alcohol, I did for some time, but haven't had a drink in 20 years. To many families fall apart from alcohol abuse. I was not going to let that happen to my family. Do I have any bad habits. Yes, I do swear to much, but I am working on that, hahaha.
One thing I will say is that I love life and enjoy getting up every day. I enjoy hearing the birds singing early in the morning, I enjoy walking and playing with my dog,Cookie, I enjoy phone calls and emails from my children and grand kids. I enjoy knowing that Lina has put up with my for almost 45 years. I enjoy nature with a passion. If I can take a walk in the forest that costs me nothing it is more pleasure for me than if I went of an expensive vacation. It is the little things in life that matter.Hugging my wife, petting my dog, watching it rain, chatting with a friend. Everyone should remember the little joys in life cost us nothing.
God bless my family and friends, I love you all.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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WORDS OF A FISH
Sunday, July 19, 2015
Saturday, July 11, 2015
VOTE
I am shocked at the voter turnout in the United States of America. We complain about a useless Congress yet few people go to the polls to vote the incompetent members of Congress out. I have done some research and found out that 58 countries in the world have a higher voter turnout than the US. This is unacceptable.
I think it should be taught in school the importance of voting. We live in a country where over 90% of the elections are determined by how much money the candidate spends. Our elections should not be bought by the highest bidder. We need to get more and more younger voters to vote. It is my feeling that if you don't vote then don't complain.
In the 2008 presidential election only 57.5% of voting age people voted. That was the highest percentage in many years but it is still to low. It needs to be made easier for people to vote, not harder like much state legislation has done in the past few years.
I think people should be able to register and vote online. This is the 21st century, why are we still doing things like we did in the old days. I also feel the electoral college should be done away with. Why in a world of high technology can a candidate win the popular vote and still loose the presidential election? This is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Big money needs to get out of politics. Billionaires should not be allowed to spend millions of dollars on the candidates that they want elected. I think every candidate should be limited to the same amount of public money to spend on the race and no more. Some other countries do this.
I don't care if you are a democrat, a republican, or independent, people need to vote. Several years ago I changed from a registered democrat to unaffiliated. I vote for people of opposite parties and I will continue to do so. The important thing is to vote, vote, vote and make up your own choice. Don't make your decision on false advertising paid for by the super rich of the US.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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I think it should be taught in school the importance of voting. We live in a country where over 90% of the elections are determined by how much money the candidate spends. Our elections should not be bought by the highest bidder. We need to get more and more younger voters to vote. It is my feeling that if you don't vote then don't complain.
In the 2008 presidential election only 57.5% of voting age people voted. That was the highest percentage in many years but it is still to low. It needs to be made easier for people to vote, not harder like much state legislation has done in the past few years.
I think people should be able to register and vote online. This is the 21st century, why are we still doing things like we did in the old days. I also feel the electoral college should be done away with. Why in a world of high technology can a candidate win the popular vote and still loose the presidential election? This is wrong, wrong, wrong.
Big money needs to get out of politics. Billionaires should not be allowed to spend millions of dollars on the candidates that they want elected. I think every candidate should be limited to the same amount of public money to spend on the race and no more. Some other countries do this.
I don't care if you are a democrat, a republican, or independent, people need to vote. Several years ago I changed from a registered democrat to unaffiliated. I vote for people of opposite parties and I will continue to do so. The important thing is to vote, vote, vote and make up your own choice. Don't make your decision on false advertising paid for by the super rich of the US.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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Wednesday, June 17, 2015
COOKIE
One of the greatest pleasures in life is having a dog in your home. It is a shame that dogs don't live longer. Their life is short, ten to fifteen years, maybe twenty sometimes.
When my last dog, Izzy, died I cried for six months. Why don't some people realize that a dog is part of the family. A dog shows so much love and they deserve to have that love returned to them. Never get the feeling that you are to busy to spend time with your dog. A pat on the head, a hug, the time you let them lick your face, will put a twinkle in their eyes.
I have had several dogs in my life and I have never compared one to another. Each one has their own special characteristics. Some of them are sick and need some special care. My present dog, Cookie, I adopted from a shelter. Cookie had been abused and abandoned. When I saw her photo on a website I knew that I needed to see her. I fell in love with her immediately and she went home with us that day.
It wasn't long before, Cookie, had some violent seizures. Some people would have returned her to the shelter and demanded their money back. Never for a minute did I have that feeling. Instead I saw a little dog that was nervous, scared, and wanted someone to love her. When she would get one of her violent seizures I would get on the floor with her and protect her from hurting herself.
She would thrash around violently, her eyes would roll back, she would shake, she would often froth at the mouth, sometimes biting her tongue, she might have blood from her mouth, she might poop or pee on my arm. I would never stop comforting her until she would come out of her seizure. At one point she had four in one day. Finally with the help of our vet it was determined that she has epilepsy. Cookie was put on medication and immediately the seizures were under control. Even though Cookie is on medication she still does have a seizure every now and then. The vet said she probably always would. However, now she can feel them coming on and she will come to me and want to be held. I don't care if it takes a long time she will be held, petted, kept calm, until the seizure is over.
When you purchase or adopt that dog, they are then a part of your family. They need and deserve to be cared for, they need and deserve your love, they need medical attention if needed. After Cookie got on medication she started sleeping better, became more playful, eats better, and is a great addition to the family. I love her with all my heart. I'm looking at her now stretched out on the carpet in the sunlight. She loves the feel of the warmth on her body. I get down and pet her, she feels so warm in the sunlight. She lifts her head up for a second, looks at me, and I swear she smiles. Love is what it is all about.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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When my last dog, Izzy, died I cried for six months. Why don't some people realize that a dog is part of the family. A dog shows so much love and they deserve to have that love returned to them. Never get the feeling that you are to busy to spend time with your dog. A pat on the head, a hug, the time you let them lick your face, will put a twinkle in their eyes.
I have had several dogs in my life and I have never compared one to another. Each one has their own special characteristics. Some of them are sick and need some special care. My present dog, Cookie, I adopted from a shelter. Cookie had been abused and abandoned. When I saw her photo on a website I knew that I needed to see her. I fell in love with her immediately and she went home with us that day.
It wasn't long before, Cookie, had some violent seizures. Some people would have returned her to the shelter and demanded their money back. Never for a minute did I have that feeling. Instead I saw a little dog that was nervous, scared, and wanted someone to love her. When she would get one of her violent seizures I would get on the floor with her and protect her from hurting herself.
She would thrash around violently, her eyes would roll back, she would shake, she would often froth at the mouth, sometimes biting her tongue, she might have blood from her mouth, she might poop or pee on my arm. I would never stop comforting her until she would come out of her seizure. At one point she had four in one day. Finally with the help of our vet it was determined that she has epilepsy. Cookie was put on medication and immediately the seizures were under control. Even though Cookie is on medication she still does have a seizure every now and then. The vet said she probably always would. However, now she can feel them coming on and she will come to me and want to be held. I don't care if it takes a long time she will be held, petted, kept calm, until the seizure is over.
When you purchase or adopt that dog, they are then a part of your family. They need and deserve to be cared for, they need and deserve your love, they need medical attention if needed. After Cookie got on medication she started sleeping better, became more playful, eats better, and is a great addition to the family. I love her with all my heart. I'm looking at her now stretched out on the carpet in the sunlight. She loves the feel of the warmth on her body. I get down and pet her, she feels so warm in the sunlight. She lifts her head up for a second, looks at me, and I swear she smiles. Love is what it is all about.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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Friday, May 29, 2015
CRIME IN AMERICA
I'm sure that everyone has thoughts on why we have so much crime in America and I have my thoughts as well. Maybe many people don't agree with my way of thinking, but I am a senior citizen, a veteran, and I love my country. I will say what I think and if anyone doesn't like it, I could care less.
I think there is so much crime in America because of the lack of education. We spend more money in this country on wars, giving tax breaks to the super rich, and giving foreign aid to countries that hate us. If the U.S. took that money and put it into education, made our schools better, and provided a college education to everyone that wanted to go to college we would see less poverty. More and better jobs would be created in our country, crime would decline like we have never seen before, the economy would be better.
Many crimes in the U.S. are not because people are bad. It is because they are hungry, without a job, and they are desperate. When people become desperate they will do things that they don't want to do, but they need to survive. Nothing breeds crime like a lack of education.
It saddens me to see that our government will give tax breaks to the super rich and multi-billion dollar corporation while we have wide a spread homeless problem in America and one in six children don't know where their next meal is coming from. We need to elect more people like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that knows what the real problems are.
When we get a top notch education system in this country that supports our teachers, gives our children the chance for a higher education, we will see job growth, less poverty, and less crime. We should not be spending more money on prisons than we are on education. Our government's way of thinking needs to make a 180 degree turn to make this country great again. The good life should be for everyone, not just the top 1%, this is a failure of America. Vote for people that want to spend more on education.
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Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
I think there is so much crime in America because of the lack of education. We spend more money in this country on wars, giving tax breaks to the super rich, and giving foreign aid to countries that hate us. If the U.S. took that money and put it into education, made our schools better, and provided a college education to everyone that wanted to go to college we would see less poverty. More and better jobs would be created in our country, crime would decline like we have never seen before, the economy would be better.
Many crimes in the U.S. are not because people are bad. It is because they are hungry, without a job, and they are desperate. When people become desperate they will do things that they don't want to do, but they need to survive. Nothing breeds crime like a lack of education.
It saddens me to see that our government will give tax breaks to the super rich and multi-billion dollar corporation while we have wide a spread homeless problem in America and one in six children don't know where their next meal is coming from. We need to elect more people like Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren that knows what the real problems are.
When we get a top notch education system in this country that supports our teachers, gives our children the chance for a higher education, we will see job growth, less poverty, and less crime. We should not be spending more money on prisons than we are on education. Our government's way of thinking needs to make a 180 degree turn to make this country great again. The good life should be for everyone, not just the top 1%, this is a failure of America. Vote for people that want to spend more on education.
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Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Monday, May 25, 2015
A TIME TO REFLECT BACK
It has been a month since I have written a blog post. It's not that I didn't want to, but I had surgery in the middle of April, then I had a catheter in me for two weeks. When it was removed I had a bad infection so I was on an antibiotic for another two weeks. I am finally getting back to normal and it is time to do some writing.
After the operation and during the recovery I felt pretty sick. It gave me a time to reflect back on my life, the good times and the bad times. I grew up pretty poor, not as poor as some but we didn't have some things in the early years of my life. We didn't have indoor plumbing for I guess the first five or six years of my life. That meant any water we used was carried in buckets from a sand spring. There was also the outhouse. I was afraid to go out there at night in the winter because I thought my butt would freeze fast and no one would find me until morning. I guess that is a funny thought now, but in the mind of a little boy it was scary.
I did alright in school, but I didn't apply myself very much. Maybe if I did I would have been more successful later in life, who knows. I liked school and made some good friends that I enjoyed being with. My favorite subject was math. I guess that is a good thing, because I worked thirty years in manufacturing and I used math every day. I don't think I was a bad kid in school, but I will say I was more mischievous. I did spend some time in Mr. Polumbo's office, the assistant principal. I did get suspended from school once for three days, something that I wasn't proud of and now realize just how stupid I was at a young age. I wish I could change that experience, but it did happen and it is past history. Maybe that made me a better person later in life. After all I do believe that people learn from their mistakes.
A couple of years after high school the Vietnam War was in full force. Many of my classmates were getting drafted and I knew that if I didn't enlist I would soon be drafted. I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and spent my time in Texas, Florida, and the Philippines. I loved the Philippines and was a flight mechanic on C-47 aircraft that flew mail, food, and booze to remote areas of the Philippines where Americans were stationed. I must say that the Philippines is the most beautiful country I have ever seen. It is made up of over 7,000 islands. I met a Filipino girl at the Airmen's Club on Clark AFB that became my wife. We have now been married over 44 years, have two great children, five grand kids, and one great granddaughter. Four years in the Air Force and I was only in Vietnam for four hours. How did I avoid serving in harm's way. I will never know, I guess God was looking out for me. So many men and women from America died in that war. Why did it have to happen?
As I neared retirement I started to write short stories and was rejected by fourteen magazines until, Cher Valentino, the founder and editor of Our USA Magazine saw something in my writing that she enjoyed. I will be forever grateful for her kindness and inspiration. She gave me the inspiration to write three novels, two of them published to this date. It also encouraged me to write this blog. Writing is something that gets into your blood, it is a passion, that won't leave a writer.
Yes, I am retired now and it seems like more time is spent at the doctor's off. I went sixty three years without a surgery and now I have had two in the last three years. Retired life is good though, I go to bed when I want, get up when I want, go places when my wife and I want, and enjoy life with a little beagle that we adopted.
Yes, I have had ups and downs in my life like anyone. I have made mistakes that I regret. I guess everyone has done something that is wrong, but will make them a better person later in life. I have my friends in my personal life and many friends on facebook that seems like family. I have become friends with several other authors, something that I cherish.
I have had several health challenges in my life, but I always come out of it better than I was before. Life is good, life is great, life is an adventure that I cherish every day for I realize that none of us knows when we will take our last breath on earth and enter the promised land. I want to thank all of my friends and my family because you are all a big part of my life.
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My blog: thoughtsbyfish.blogspot.com
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
After the operation and during the recovery I felt pretty sick. It gave me a time to reflect back on my life, the good times and the bad times. I grew up pretty poor, not as poor as some but we didn't have some things in the early years of my life. We didn't have indoor plumbing for I guess the first five or six years of my life. That meant any water we used was carried in buckets from a sand spring. There was also the outhouse. I was afraid to go out there at night in the winter because I thought my butt would freeze fast and no one would find me until morning. I guess that is a funny thought now, but in the mind of a little boy it was scary.
I did alright in school, but I didn't apply myself very much. Maybe if I did I would have been more successful later in life, who knows. I liked school and made some good friends that I enjoyed being with. My favorite subject was math. I guess that is a good thing, because I worked thirty years in manufacturing and I used math every day. I don't think I was a bad kid in school, but I will say I was more mischievous. I did spend some time in Mr. Polumbo's office, the assistant principal. I did get suspended from school once for three days, something that I wasn't proud of and now realize just how stupid I was at a young age. I wish I could change that experience, but it did happen and it is past history. Maybe that made me a better person later in life. After all I do believe that people learn from their mistakes.
A couple of years after high school the Vietnam War was in full force. Many of my classmates were getting drafted and I knew that if I didn't enlist I would soon be drafted. I enlisted in the U.S. Air Force and spent my time in Texas, Florida, and the Philippines. I loved the Philippines and was a flight mechanic on C-47 aircraft that flew mail, food, and booze to remote areas of the Philippines where Americans were stationed. I must say that the Philippines is the most beautiful country I have ever seen. It is made up of over 7,000 islands. I met a Filipino girl at the Airmen's Club on Clark AFB that became my wife. We have now been married over 44 years, have two great children, five grand kids, and one great granddaughter. Four years in the Air Force and I was only in Vietnam for four hours. How did I avoid serving in harm's way. I will never know, I guess God was looking out for me. So many men and women from America died in that war. Why did it have to happen?
As I neared retirement I started to write short stories and was rejected by fourteen magazines until, Cher Valentino, the founder and editor of Our USA Magazine saw something in my writing that she enjoyed. I will be forever grateful for her kindness and inspiration. She gave me the inspiration to write three novels, two of them published to this date. It also encouraged me to write this blog. Writing is something that gets into your blood, it is a passion, that won't leave a writer.
Yes, I am retired now and it seems like more time is spent at the doctor's off. I went sixty three years without a surgery and now I have had two in the last three years. Retired life is good though, I go to bed when I want, get up when I want, go places when my wife and I want, and enjoy life with a little beagle that we adopted.
Yes, I have had ups and downs in my life like anyone. I have made mistakes that I regret. I guess everyone has done something that is wrong, but will make them a better person later in life. I have my friends in my personal life and many friends on facebook that seems like family. I have become friends with several other authors, something that I cherish.
I have had several health challenges in my life, but I always come out of it better than I was before. Life is good, life is great, life is an adventure that I cherish every day for I realize that none of us knows when we will take our last breath on earth and enter the promised land. I want to thank all of my friends and my family because you are all a big part of my life.
Author's page: amazon.com/author/larry_w_fish
My blog: thoughtsbyfish.blogspot.com
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Saturday, April 25, 2015
SURGERY IS JUST A MINOR INCONVENIENCE
As I sit here at my computer this morning with a catheter in me and bag fastened to my leg I look back at the surgery I had ten days ago. I went through sixty three years never having surgery and now I just had my second one in less than three years.
Anyone that has surgery is scared, worried, and wonder what the outcome will be. The soreness is slowly going away and I am sleeping and walking better. I still can't take my dog for a walk or get down on the floor and play with her. I know she wonders why. Cookie looks at me with that cute little face and I keep telling her, "Pretty soon, Cookie."
Yes, recovering from surgery is just a minor inconvenience. There are so many people much worse off than I am. I thought back this morning to when my mother was in a nursing home during the last days of her life. The woman in the bed next to her had been in that nursing home in that same bed for twelve years. That is something that I can't imagine.
People live without their sight. I remember a man that had a store in Canadensis, PA many years ago. He was totally blind. It didn't keep him from living a decent life. People live in wheel chairs for much or all of their life. I know it has to be tough, but they can do some amazing things. People without an arm or a leg. I saw a story a few years ago of a woman that had no arms. She did everything with her feet. It was amazing seeing her change a diaper, use a typewriter, cook, clean. What an amazing woman she is.
There are so many people with cancer and other diseases that makes life difficult. I feel blessed with the life I have. I have been married over 44 years, have 2 great children, 5 grand kids that I am proud of, and now 1 great granddaughter.
My surgery is just a minor inconvenience. Soon I will be walking in the forest with my wife and Cookie again. I will be down on the floor playing with Cookie and her toys. She loves so much to play. I will be sitting at the computer working on another novel. Every day of life is an adventure, sometimes good, sometimes not so good, but always another chapter in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Anyone that has surgery is scared, worried, and wonder what the outcome will be. The soreness is slowly going away and I am sleeping and walking better. I still can't take my dog for a walk or get down on the floor and play with her. I know she wonders why. Cookie looks at me with that cute little face and I keep telling her, "Pretty soon, Cookie."
Yes, recovering from surgery is just a minor inconvenience. There are so many people much worse off than I am. I thought back this morning to when my mother was in a nursing home during the last days of her life. The woman in the bed next to her had been in that nursing home in that same bed for twelve years. That is something that I can't imagine.
People live without their sight. I remember a man that had a store in Canadensis, PA many years ago. He was totally blind. It didn't keep him from living a decent life. People live in wheel chairs for much or all of their life. I know it has to be tough, but they can do some amazing things. People without an arm or a leg. I saw a story a few years ago of a woman that had no arms. She did everything with her feet. It was amazing seeing her change a diaper, use a typewriter, cook, clean. What an amazing woman she is.
There are so many people with cancer and other diseases that makes life difficult. I feel blessed with the life I have. I have been married over 44 years, have 2 great children, 5 grand kids that I am proud of, and now 1 great granddaughter.
My surgery is just a minor inconvenience. Soon I will be walking in the forest with my wife and Cookie again. I will be down on the floor playing with Cookie and her toys. She loves so much to play. I will be sitting at the computer working on another novel. Every day of life is an adventure, sometimes good, sometimes not so good, but always another chapter in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Sunday, April 19, 2015
TEACHERS AND NURSES
There are two professions that I respect more than any other. They are teachers and nurses. Teachers have so much influence on a child. I will be out of high school fifty years in 2016. I still to this day think back to some of my teachers. It is a profession that people love to do. They have so much of an influence on the future of children. I have often heard a teacher say, "They are my children."
Many teachers spend a lot of their own money for things they need in the classroom to give their students a better education. I was an average student in school, more because I didn't apply myself as much as I could have. Every once in awhile I will be writing a story or a novel and just stop and think, what would this teacher or that one have done. Many times I will get a smile and say to myself, "You are so right. I think that is the best way to go."
Does it seem strange that a man who will soon be out of school fifty years still think of his teachers? I don't think it is strange at all, because my teachers had a great influence on my life. I thank everyone of them for the guidance they gave me through the years.
The other profession that I have a great deal of respect for is nurses. I recently went through my second surgery in the last three years. Nurses have a way of dealing with patients just like teachers have with students.
When I had surgery last week my nurses always came into my room with a smile and would go out of their way to make me feel comfortable. They could see that I was a little scared and would tell me that everything looked good. They would be there constantly checking my vital signs. It made me feel special when they would talk with me a few minutes about something totally different than the hospital.
Nurses spend a lot more time with patients than the doctors do. They are the ones that can take the fear out of an operation.
Anyone that goes into teaching or nursing is doing so much to help people. I have so much respect for both professions and have been blessed with the time they have spent in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
Many teachers spend a lot of their own money for things they need in the classroom to give their students a better education. I was an average student in school, more because I didn't apply myself as much as I could have. Every once in awhile I will be writing a story or a novel and just stop and think, what would this teacher or that one have done. Many times I will get a smile and say to myself, "You are so right. I think that is the best way to go."
Does it seem strange that a man who will soon be out of school fifty years still think of his teachers? I don't think it is strange at all, because my teachers had a great influence on my life. I thank everyone of them for the guidance they gave me through the years.
The other profession that I have a great deal of respect for is nurses. I recently went through my second surgery in the last three years. Nurses have a way of dealing with patients just like teachers have with students.
When I had surgery last week my nurses always came into my room with a smile and would go out of their way to make me feel comfortable. They could see that I was a little scared and would tell me that everything looked good. They would be there constantly checking my vital signs. It made me feel special when they would talk with me a few minutes about something totally different than the hospital.
Nurses spend a lot more time with patients than the doctors do. They are the ones that can take the fear out of an operation.
Anyone that goes into teaching or nursing is doing so much to help people. I have so much respect for both professions and have been blessed with the time they have spent in my life.
Copyright Larry W. Fish 2015
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