{"id":53875,"date":"2021-05-01T09:56:08","date_gmt":"2021-05-01T16:56:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=53875"},"modified":"2021-05-03T09:35:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:35:57","slug":"saturday-was-a-day-full-of-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=53875","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Was A Day Full Of Emotions"},"content":{"rendered":"

We all die. The goal isn\u2019t to live forever; the goal is to create something that will.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Mary and I talked about the garden a lot this morning.\u00a0 We will miss most of the harvest this year, but I had an area!\u00a0 I called my grandson, Zack, and asked if he still has the rototiller.\u00a0 The answer was yes!\u00a0 We will rototill a six-foot strip of land at the back of the new house, and we will plant corn, zucchini, green beans, and other fast-growing summer plants.<\/p>\n

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Little Zachary in 2003 rototilling my backyard!<\/p><\/div>\n

Mary, Scout, and I were up early as we had to prepare for Del’s Celebration Of Life, scheduled for noon at Old Ranch Country Club. We headed to Old Ranch about 11:30 AM to make sure there were no changes in the program as I was to be the MC for the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Vicky was brave the entire day, I was proud of her and Del would have been also!<\/p>\n

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Salute to the colors.<\/p><\/div>\n

Del was US Navy, a policeman in Long Beach, and a CHP officer during his career.<\/p>\n

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Many uniforms over the years.<\/p><\/div>\n

I cannot tell who is whom but I have two cousins in the CHP Honor Guard.<\/p>\n

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My nephews, Brian and Kevin O’Toole.<\/p><\/div>\n

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I had second cousins in the honor guard.<\/p><\/div>\n

The US Navy did a wonderful job, makes one proud to be an American.<\/p>\n

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The colors presented to Vicky!<\/p><\/div>\n

We watched the movie in which Del starred in 1951.\u00a0 It was a public service movie and was nominated for an Academy Award (the the awards really meant something).<\/p>\n

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Full house (Mary and I are in the bottom center of the picture)<\/p><\/div>\n

I was touched by the flyover and the missing man formation.\u00a0 The missing man formation is an aerial salute performed as part of a flypast of aircraft at a funeral or memorial event, typically in memory of a fallen pilot, a well-known military service member, or veteran. The planes fly in a formation with space where one plane should be, symbolizing the person’s absence.<\/p>\n

The day was perfect and the celebration magnificent.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/05\/missing-man.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

Mary and I returned to my house to change out of my suit, and we picked up Scout.\u00a0 We high-tailed it to Orange so that Mary could freshen up, and then we were off to Chino to go dancing.<\/p>\n

We met up with Bob and Donna at PF Changs and had some appetizers.\u00a0 Dancing was fun, and we waltzed the night away.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/05\/line-dancing.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n

After the dance, we went right home; it was a pretty emotional day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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