We had a surprise this morning: a visit from someone we had not seen in several years.Back around 1969, Cliff was working in a metal-plating place in the city. We became acquainted with a man named Richard who was just going in business for himself: he'd opened up a butcher shop about three miles from where we lived.
Cliff mentioned to the guy that he wouldn't mind learning to butcher, and before long he had a job. He worked at the Country Butcher Shop two different times, for a total of perhaps ten or fifteen years.
Later on, after Richard's kids grew up and the butcher shop closed down, Cliff worked for two of his boys on their construction company.
We've always had fond feelings for Richard and his boys; we've stayed in touch with Tom, the oldest, through the years. But we hadn't seen Richard in a long, long time.
This morning he and his wife were just out for a drive, they said, and decided to stop by.
Don't you love it when someone special out of the past lets you know they remember you?
Wow, he's showing his age. (Richard, not Dad of course!) I'm so glad that he stopped by.
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Hi Donna, thank you so much for your kind words concerning the loss of our dear Buddy. We are slowly, and I mean slowly, getting our feet back under us and trying to heal. It's hard. We have such wonderful memories that we are thankful for. We are so blessed to have had him in our lives for so long.
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