OK - I've got to share something with you all that I found out today - that is kind of cool, and sad at the same time. Something I never knew about my dad. Dad is older - I came along late in his life (at least for 60's standards), and he's older than most of my peers fathers. Older than some of my friends' grandparents! He's a WWII vet who served in England as an aircraft mechanic. He's alive, healthy, and active. He taught me to water ski when I was 15 and he was in his mid fifties, (HE skiied on that outing!) and he learned to snow ski when he was 72 so he could videotape he grandsons skiing.
Now, you guys know I have made the decision to become certified to scuba dive. I was told ONCE when I was a child, that dad dove. I never really knew anything more than that, and I never asked. I just know I've always loved the water. I sent him an email earlier this week just touching base, letting him know what was up in my life, and I mentioned that I was going to learn to dive. Today, I get an email back from him, telling me that he both skin dived and scuba dived back in the 50's!! (scuba was invented in 1943 - there's some totally useless trivia for you!) He dived to 100 feet, did some ice dives, and as a photographer, shot some underwater stuff - which he claims isn't real good, but he's a digital photographer now, so nothing compares. Anyhoo....... then, later today I get another email from him. It is a scanned newspaper clipping from back in New York state (where he was from) about a drowning accident and recovery at a local farm pond. Note - recovery, NOT rescue. As I read through this OLD article, he was the first recovery diver on the scene and in the water - he changed into his gear in the police car, and made the recovery dive. OMG. I was so in shock and amazed all at the same time. I NEVER KNEW ABOUT THIS - I mean - it was probably somewhere between 2 - 10 years before I was born. I mean, it's a sad story, but I'm so PROUD of him!!
Well, now that I've rambled on and probably bored you all to death - but I had to share. I'm just in awe, and that much more motivated.
Oh - Pozey - I talked to a lady named Loretta today from that school - I really liked her and loved their school's philosophy - I think I've made my decision to have her as my instructor (or at least use that school) I wonder if she's your neighbor?
Nahhh, JD is not as pretty as JD sometimes. (but I'll still take him----blush)
