This is Dad when he was YOUNG. He was in the US Navy. This was where he got his start in life. He had no idea that there was a monster on his ship called Asbestos. :(
It would come back to haunt him in the end.
To get started, I will begin to tell you about Dad. This is going to take awhile and that is why I started this blog. I could write about him every day and still never finish telling you what a great Father, Husband, Brother and Son he was. He was strong. Strong willed, strong minded and physically strong. He was funny as hell! He was always joking around making someone laugh and Im glad I got that from him. I used to think some of his "sayings" were so goofy but now I think of them and they make me laugh and put such a smile on my face. Dad could also be your worst nightmare if you crossed him. He expected people to be honest. He basically just expected people to treat him as he treated them.
He knew what he wanted, how to get what he wanted and worked his ass off for everything that he ever had. He never asked anyone for a thing, yet he always seemed to be helping someone. He never knew the word QUIT. Before he died, he told me that he was proud of all that he had done with his life and that he had no regrets. He said that he was blessed with 80 good years and while he did not want to die, he said you have to die of something. I just wish it would have been some other way. We will get to that later.
He was German. He had a beautiful twin Sister Helga and an older Brother Harry. The kids would go to school and come home and teach Oma & Opa English. They grew up in Conneticut. He would go on to College at Michigan State and then went to work as an ATF Agent.
In 1970, he and Mom bought Robincrest Park. it was a small mobile home park but had much promise. He had a vision and over time, he brought his vision of a nice quiet and classy Mobile Home Park to life and he was very proud of it. Needless to say, it isnt your typical mobile home park by any means.
I have been running Robincrest since Dad got sick last year. Ricky and Mom are helping. It has been a tough year of ups and downs since Dad has been gone but we are hanging in there and will continue to "Take care of business" as Dad would say.
I suppose I have bored you enough so far. I will figure this blogging thing out eventually and maybe have some organization of these blogs.
Thanks for reading.
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