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I'll never forget, as one of those select memories that I see more clearly now than 10 years ago, the sound of his voice clearly stating the initial charge with the name "Mary Edith!" and ending with "Come and take a look at how much of this apple was wasted." I was in the piano room at the time, two rooms away from the trash, and I knew as did he who wasted the apple without going to see. I thought it would be a good idea anyway, considering it was my apple core, to come and take a look at how much of the apple was wasted. We stood side by side staring into the trashcan. I could see the apple's core, it was shaped like an hourglass, and the cores ends still had meat. Afternoon light shone on the waste of the day, an apple with far too much meat on it. Discarded by a young kid who wasn't hungry, except for attention, the apple sat in the middle of the waste on top of some junk mail, and some coffee grounds. The apple core sat in Exhibit A before it was discovered by the one and only William Robert Engle, known to everyone as Billy Bob. Scorn and shame on those who wasted, because waste shows that you don't respect life. Starting with nothing and ending as world explorer, father of three, owner of way over 40 cars in his life (the coolest and most impractical was the Delorian), a yacht, a bunch of land, a husband to his one and only wife, and a man who loved life was not accomplished by wasting anything. This apple core memory and a few others are all I have of him to remember him. If I had a chance to inherit more than just memories the one thing I would like his jewelry tools. Not because they were great tools, but they would be a clear channel for me. A tactile something to hold onto, to remind me of the man I respected. No chance of that, because they are an asset. Assets often create greed in weak people, greed makes weak people fight. I wonder how bad the fights will be in the division of his small empire among those who are weak and trapped. I'll settle happily with the memories of him in my head as a good man who took care of me for a few years, and the knowledge he is with me in my heart just like he always has been. See you on the other side dude. Love, Your Grandson. |
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