Vignettes (Age - Desire)
6 - to be a star athelete (starting school - first grade)
16 - to be popular with the girls (high school)
26 - to gain victory WWII (Captain US Army)
36 - to avoid Korean War (Production Supt. Du Pont)
46 - to defeat organized labor's attempt to unionize Du Pont
(Employee Relations Supt. Du Pont - successful)
56 - to retire soon to rural Indiana
66 - to write to pass on thoughts to my family (essays)
76 - to build funds to pass on to my family (stock market)
86 - (trying to survive without my Ruthie)
96 - (you have to be kidding!)
16 - to be popular with the girls (high school)
26 - to gain victory WWII (Captain US Army)
36 - to avoid Korean War (Production Supt. Du Pont)
46 - to defeat organized labor's attempt to unionize Du Pont
(Employee Relations Supt. Du Pont - successful)
56 - to retire soon to rural Indiana
66 - to write to pass on thoughts to my family (essays)
76 - to build funds to pass on to my family (stock market)
86 - (trying to survive without my Ruthie)
96 - (you have to be kidding!)
posted by Roy H. Thompson Jr. at 8:44 AM
2 Comments:
Hi Dad - I'll have to add this to my favorites - an encapsulated life story, with all the implications between the lines - just like a good poem - like??
Love, Susan
Wonderful blog today Roy,
Love and Best wishes
Angie
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