Remembering

I want to thank my Mother and Father for engraining in methe values I have always tried to live by. Honesty, Truth, andto help others when they need help. My brothers and sisterfor all of the memories I have of growing up in what I thinkwere the best of times. The many friends I had at that time and theadventure we embarked on each day. The teachers who instilled inme the virtues I lived by later in life. The soldiers who fought anddied to insure that this country remain strong for generations tocome. I also want to thank God for the many blessings I receive eachday. I feel I am the luckiest man in the world to have grown up in thetime period that I did. With that I will leave you and pray that all ofyou have enjoyed life as much as I have.A coal miner's son.