Re: OOC: The First Chapter - August 2016
Post coming today. Hope all of you enjoyed your Memorial Day Weekend. If you get a minute, hug a vet.
Quick story, my Dad was a WWII vet. Long before I read the Hobbit, I was reading stories about D-Day (my Dad was a tailgunner in the B24 Liberator - 19 missions over Europe), Iwo Jima, the Battle of the Bulge, Okinawa, etc. His life, and those stories set the tone for my worldview growing up. His life defined for me the concepts of honor, courage and fidelity. His example inspired a young wayward son to eventually join the Navy - during my four years I visited the Persian Gulf twice.
Dad passed in November, 2016. I think about him every day, and still strive to be the man he would want me to be because of the example he showed. I am very fortunate to have had him as a father.
Thanks all for playing. Looking forward to the next chapter of our shared adventure.
-M-