Handloader109
04-19-2018, 04:29 PM
Got a FB notification that a past fellow worker, and one of my good friends had had a major heart attack during surgery and had passed last night. He and his first wife and kids were really close to my wife and I in the early 90's. We worked together and when they moved, we visited with them in KS and LV and even in Orange County, CA when my daughter was young. Lost touch after the couple divorced and he moved back to Europe for a while. He was Polish by birth, was a major industrial reactionary during the Polish Solidarity movement and excaped to Austria with his wife and first daughter prior to being arrested. Moved to US and that was where we met. Great guy, one of the hardest workers and most intelligent men I have ever met. Spoke Polish, Russian (attended Univ of Moscow as engineer), German, Italian, Some Spanish, English that I know of. Didn't realize it but we'd move to Arkansas and were only 90 miles apart for several years. On a whim, wife found him and his new wife and they were in kansas. Spoke several times last year, planned to meet up, but never could arrange it.
My wife thought of him the other day. Told me I needed to call Andrew. Why? Just do it.
well, I got busy and didn't.
Got the message this morning and I guess I'll have to talk to him at some time in the future when we meet again in the afterlife. It won't be in this life. I lost a chance to speak to him one more time. Obviously, we both wouldn't have known it would have been the last time, but I feel truly bad.
So listen to your wife, or your heart. Call your friend you haven't spoken to in a while. It might be the last opportunity you get. Don't wait till tomorrow. It truly Might not be possible.
My wife thought of him the other day. Told me I needed to call Andrew. Why? Just do it.
well, I got busy and didn't.
Got the message this morning and I guess I'll have to talk to him at some time in the future when we meet again in the afterlife. It won't be in this life. I lost a chance to speak to him one more time. Obviously, we both wouldn't have known it would have been the last time, but I feel truly bad.
So listen to your wife, or your heart. Call your friend you haven't spoken to in a while. It might be the last opportunity you get. Don't wait till tomorrow. It truly Might not be possible.