July 4, 2007
Joe, Nathan, and I went to our friends' annual 4th of July Pool Party. What a great way to spend the afternoon. We got there about 3:00, and Nathan immediately jumped in the pool. He looks forward to this all year. He stayed there all day except to eat and late in the evening, to play ping pong. I introduced Joe around; a few times, I was asked where we met, so I got to tell the speed-dating story.
When we got home that night (we left about 9:15), he said my friends are cool (of course!) and they were probably wondering what this tattooed rebel-guy was doing there with me. I said that they’re my friends, and he’s my friend, and if they don’t accept him that’s their own problem. He treats me well, does good honest work, and served our country for 20 years. And Nathan likes him.
Oh, and, his ex-wife is paralyzed from the waist down and is in a wheelchair. He met and married her that way. You KNOW that anyone who would voluntarily take on that responsibility is a good-hearted, selfless person.
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