Doug Lloyd said: > She exasperatedly > said to me, please Doug, our family has had enough of the > flesh eating diseases, heart procedures, fibrillation > episodes, open heart surgery marathons, and her own fights > with cancer. She interestingly ended her list with "and close > calls at sea and Coast Guard rescues." Gulp! When I returned from the hospital last Sunday after hearing the doctor pronounce my friend dead, my wife asked me to promise never to paddle solo again. We got into a heated discussion about it when she finally said to me. "If you care at all about me, you won't paddle alone---and if you don't, I'm going to take a chain saw to all of your boats. T-his afternoon immediately after the funeral was over and we had all taken turns putting dirt on top of the coffin, she said to me, that I know how she feels but she will not hold me to my promise and that I could paddle when and where I want. I think I'll be paddling with at least one friend from now on. Steve Holtzman Southern California *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Mar 15 2007 - 18:08:16 PDT
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