Slept in to 5:30… sitting here with pudgy pup on my lap drinking coffee…with my mind wandering…again.
I have a very good friend that I’ve known or been around for over 40 years. He’s basically a good dude. We worked together in the plant for 30 years. He retired about a year before me. We were in okinawa (and several deployments) together in the USMC. Didn’t know each other but figured out we crossed paths on several occasions. He was a huey crew chief and I was on the ground side…talking at the plant we put two and two together and were in the same place… very possibly the same helo on several occasions.
Fast fwd to us having kids and them growing up together. I posted about his youngest son dying of cancer earlier this year. I loved that kid. Iraq vet… best friend of my daughter…since they were very young. Just a good kid.
Back to my buddy….as good of a dude as he was… he would spew out some vile crap…often. It would be nasty and hateful about everything. He was one of those that would say stupid crap in a crowd to be the center of attention and make everyone think wtf did he just say. It was too bad because I knew him long enough to know that besides that he was a good dude.
His first wife left him and soaked him for about 10 years. He recovered.
He got remarried and she died in his living room with hospice…slow and miserable…cancer. I held him in my arms as he cried like a baby.
His youngest son (who i spoke of earlier) died of cancer. Very successful great person. That one hurt me a lot.
A few months ago, his oldest nar do well son od’d and died. My buddy tried to help him over the years but that kid had bad issues.
His daughter… the oldest… has been in and out of prison for 20 plus years and I’ve been told that this stretch might be a long one. My buddy might not live long to see her out. Drugs, escalating crimes to support her drug habit.
I’ve said all that to ponder this: I wonder if god/karma/the universe is working to punish this dude. Basically, everyone he’s loved has been taken from him in one way or another. Like I said…most of his adult life consisted of him spewing absolutely vile stuff out…regularly and reoccurring.
Or maybe it was just some random events strung together…
He moved to Florida after retirement and we stayed in touch. I haven’t heard from him since his “good” son died. I quit trying to reach out. He might be dead for all I know.
I have a very good friend that I’ve known or been around for over 40 years. He’s basically a good dude. We worked together in the plant for 30 years. He retired about a year before me. We were in okinawa (and several deployments) together in the USMC. Didn’t know each other but figured out we crossed paths on several occasions. He was a huey crew chief and I was on the ground side…talking at the plant we put two and two together and were in the same place… very possibly the same helo on several occasions.
Fast fwd to us having kids and them growing up together. I posted about his youngest son dying of cancer earlier this year. I loved that kid. Iraq vet… best friend of my daughter…since they were very young. Just a good kid.
Back to my buddy….as good of a dude as he was… he would spew out some vile crap…often. It would be nasty and hateful about everything. He was one of those that would say stupid crap in a crowd to be the center of attention and make everyone think wtf did he just say. It was too bad because I knew him long enough to know that besides that he was a good dude.
His first wife left him and soaked him for about 10 years. He recovered.
He got remarried and she died in his living room with hospice…slow and miserable…cancer. I held him in my arms as he cried like a baby.
His youngest son (who i spoke of earlier) died of cancer. Very successful great person. That one hurt me a lot.
A few months ago, his oldest nar do well son od’d and died. My buddy tried to help him over the years but that kid had bad issues.
His daughter… the oldest… has been in and out of prison for 20 plus years and I’ve been told that this stretch might be a long one. My buddy might not live long to see her out. Drugs, escalating crimes to support her drug habit.
I’ve said all that to ponder this: I wonder if god/karma/the universe is working to punish this dude. Basically, everyone he’s loved has been taken from him in one way or another. Like I said…most of his adult life consisted of him spewing absolutely vile stuff out…regularly and reoccurring.
Or maybe it was just some random events strung together…
He moved to Florida after retirement and we stayed in touch. I haven’t heard from him since his “good” son died. I quit trying to reach out. He might be dead for all I know.
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