How many more

I am not trying to sound doomed or what ever you may call it, It was a thought. As we were walking around the lake, David was behind me. I sometime forget to slow down, because at times he is really slow. David said " I wonder how many more times we can take our walks". It was a legitimate question or statement. We have always loved our walks together, When working, it became a way to communicate. We would walk and talk out the problems of the job. And yes, even how to deal with an issue with you children. So how many more? Only God knows. (We accept the fact that in a few short years he will be 70 and in less than One year, will be 60. Sounds old or used to sound old, but my mind refuses to grow up.) That statement caused us to stop and take inventory of our lives. The times we took you all to Lassen and how you complained of the long walk to Bumpuss Hell, The odors of the sulphur pots, or the smoke from the campfire. But we also remembered the laughter, that laughter still rings in our minds. We did have great times and we tried to give each of you a well rounded life. Travel, camping, good friends and our love. Our un-conditional love. Most importantly the Love of God in your life and how he can see you through all problems. He is and has always been in charge of our lives and now in our Golden years, We can only thank him for his gift of life each day. We, both of us, have reason to thank God for each day. So our walks will go on , as long as we possibley can. You children will take walks for us and remember our love for each other and you..What would life be without any of the above. Our best pictures are of you children taken with our memory , and stored forever in our inner-vision. So to reinterate, This was a thought from you Dad. How many more walks?