Yes, I think you really hit the nail on the head with everything you said here. You are quite right about a whole lot of things, especially the preparedness and the feeling that something could always happen. The possibility of something happening to him or to one/both of my grandparents was an impetus to move out this way when Jen gave me the choice of San Francisco or Boston. It was a no-brainer: either way we'd be broke, but in SF we'd be broke AND ridiculously far in an emergency.
Right after we moved, I scored some scalped Red Sox tickets and took my father and grandfather (and Jen) to a game. I knew then when I was shelling out $200 that we didn't really have (since we just moved) that this could quite possibly be our last opportunity. I was thinking about my grandfather at the time. But I was right. I will never ever regret that money, and will always cherish the great day we had, the four of us (even though the Sox lost). Heck, they even won the World Series last year.
I was thinking today that I have enough good memories and positive thoughts about my dad's life to last my whole lifetime. While it would have been wonderful to have more, I don't need more. I just hope he had enough, too.
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Right after we moved, I scored some scalped Red Sox tickets and took my father and grandfather (and Jen) to a game. I knew then when I was shelling out $200 that we didn't really have (since we just moved) that this could quite possibly be our last opportunity. I was thinking about my grandfather at the time. But I was right. I will never ever regret that money, and will always cherish the great day we had, the four of us (even though the Sox lost). Heck, they even won the World Series last year.
I was thinking today that I have enough good memories and positive thoughts about my dad's life to last my whole lifetime. While it would have been wonderful to have more, I don't need more. I just hope he had enough, too.