I watched parts, (kind of skipped through the music to listen to him talk -not that I didn't like the flute, just short on time)....
I really enjoyed this. On our way to moving from Kansas to California, we stopped in Albuquerqee at a cafe for "supper". I was 10. My dad was coming out to CA to work for the LAPD. We spent two hours in this restaurant/bar/cafe, eating dinner and dad was offered a job by someone who owned a ranch. He liked my dad so much he wanted my dad to be his "foreman". Dad was so tempted and I felt at that moment in his life, he stood symbolically on a cliff, but was afraid to jump off and fly. My dad always was a cowboy at heart and this would have been a dream fulfilled.
I remember crossing my fingers and hoping hoping he would accept the job and I could live on a ranch.
But, with three kids in tow and a wife who had recently had brain surgery for a tumor, he made the only decision that seemed right at the time, a secure job in California. He chose a job where he ended up becoming LAPD's latent fingerprint expert, but it soured him on humanity, all the crime he witnessed.
I was only 10 but still remember our drive through New Mexico in 1960 on my way out here to live.
Sandy - Thanks for sharing this story, it's a wonderful story. I understand you father's decisions but I also wish he would have taken the job on the ranch. Ironically when I was a child all I wanted to be when I grew up is a rancher's wife. ALso ironic is that I just wrote about that very thing over the weekend when I set up a new blog (more like a diary or a running conversation with myself - but something I have been wanting to do)
ohhhh, are you going to share the blog...and if not I totally understand, if it's your private thoughts you want to keep private.
Yes, I really wish he would have, but then what different path would my life have taken, ..different marriage, different kids or not...so different grandkids...it's all thought provoking to think about.
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My soul, which is saved, heathy and happy, and my spirit, which is
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I watched parts, (kind of skipped through the music to listen to him talk -not that I didn't like the flute, just short on time)....
I really enjoyed this. On our way to moving from Kansas to California, we stopped in Albuquerqee at a cafe for "supper". I was 10. My dad was coming out to CA to work for the LAPD. We spent two hours in this restaurant/bar/cafe, eating dinner and dad was offered a job by someone who owned a ranch. He liked my dad so much he wanted my dad to be his "foreman". Dad was so tempted and I felt at that moment in his life, he stood symbolically on a cliff, but was afraid to jump off and fly. My dad always was a cowboy at heart and this would have been a dream fulfilled.
I remember crossing my fingers and hoping hoping he would accept the job and I could live on a ranch.
But, with three kids in tow and a wife who had recently had brain surgery for a tumor, he made the only decision that seemed right at the time, a secure job in California. He chose a job where he ended up becoming LAPD's latent fingerprint expert, but it soured him on humanity, all the crime he witnessed.
I was only 10 but still remember our drive through New Mexico in
1960 on my way out here to live.
Sandy - Thanks for sharing this story, it's a wonderful story. I understand you father's decisions but I also wish he would have taken the job on the ranch. Ironically when I was a child all I wanted to be when I grew up is a rancher's wife. ALso ironic is that I just wrote about that very thing over the weekend when I set up a new blog (more like a diary or a running conversation with myself - but something I have been wanting to do)
ohhhh, are you going to share the blog...and if not I totally understand, if it's your private thoughts you want to keep private.
Yes, I really wish he would have, but then what different path would my life have taken, ..different marriage, different kids or not...so different grandkids...it's all thought provoking to think about.
p.s. I haven't looked but maybe you already know about Pioneer woman and her blog. She is living the life I always wanted....
if you need a link, let me know...but then again, I'm thinking maybe I already saw her link on your sidebar. You would enjoy her blog.
Sandy _ I agree with you 100% about Pioneer woman - I alway read her blog and think the very same thing.
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