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MY LIFE IN 2023
EC's Life Is Nothing But Glee in '23
Glory Hallelujah, EC is really blessed... I would like to go on record as thanking profusely the Being that is in charge of the universe and all of creation... personally, I am convinced it's the God of the Bible... you are welcome to your own views... each of us has been created with free will... we can choose for ourselves.
Yep, EC's life is good... after 21 years of retirement, I'm back on the radio... been on for about 5 or 6 weeks, playing Southern Gospel and Christian Country music... I'm lovin' every minute of it... it's only once a week for one hour, but I'm enjoying the heck out of it... send me a private message if you would like to tune it in on Sundays at 1 o'clock central daylight time and I will send you an internet link to the station that airs it.
Why such joy and jubilation?
Most of all, I am in good health for 83 years old... no major problems -- yet -- but sooner or later they will come -- very few people avoid the trials and tribulation of health problems... one of my prayers each day is that I avoid these problems... EC wants to go to bed one night and wake up in Heaven tomorrow... yep, that would be nice... that's the way my Mama passed away... she just slowly went to sleep and died peacefully 30 hours later... it was a great way to go.
EC still goes to 4 nursing homes and plays music for the residents... I have a great PA sound system and over 8500 songs... I think folks in nursing homes are some of the most neglected people in our society... they are starved for contact with people... I don't do much... just play music for them for 2 hours twice a month... and they love it... and I do, too... they think EC is really something special... and yet it's them that are special... all of them are not in good health... how they can smile sitting in wheelchairs is something to behold... it might be hard for me to smile should I be in their condition... for two hours I take them back to their teen years and play all the great old golden oldies of their lives... I get them to clap and sing... to tap their toes to the music... and we even dance... they are almost all in a wheel chair... I take their hands and we dance with our hands... some of them will dance with their feet, too... just a very few can get up and dance on their feet... we become teenagers again dancing at the high school sock hops that THEY used to go to after football or basketball games... sadly, as you all know, EC never had the courage to go to my high school sock hops or proms... yep, I missed out way back when... but I am making up for lost time now swinging and swaying and rockin' and bopping' at the nursing homes... no, I never learned to dance, I just move to the music and fake it... they think I can dance, but I really can't... we did the Watusi and the Twist yesterday... also danced to the Boot Scootin' Boogie.
Of course, I dearly love OOTP baseball... it is another of the great joys of my life... my leagues are going well, despite my recent playoff problem with the Islandian Pro Alliance... the game doesn't seem to be in the playoff mode... the OOTP Development Team is looking at it for me to see if they can fix it... they are great folks to do this.
Yep, EC's life is full of glee in '23... now if I can just go to sleep one night and wake up in Heaven.
In closing, it is my prayer that you will be blessed with a lots of blue skies and green lights in your own life... that you will love on somebody today and help them in some small way... and in some big ways, too... just ask for help from the Great Creator.
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