Throwback Thursday | Roswell NM | Early 1970’s | Dad and I
This will be first Throwback Thursday post for me I believe. I decided to post the below picture and it shows my Dad and I in the early 1970’s in the backyard of their rental home in Roswell, New Mexico. I looked more closely and realized I was holding their Dog. I wish my Mom would have been in this picture but she took the picture. I have so few pictures of my Mom and Dad. I stumbled into this picture as I had forgot I had it.
The significance of the dog is that this poor little dog ( name escapes me) was the apple of Moms and Dads life back then. This dog also loved me and was always wanting attention from me when I visited them. The dog unfortunately contracted cancer and died. Both of my Parents were devastated and they essentially gave up wanting to live. I was living and working for a Big Eight CPA Firm in Chicago and I did everything I could do but it was impossible situation. Mom and Dad just felt there was nothing left to live for and gave up. My gigolo brother had disappeared from my parents lives many years earlier . from my life and from his children life. He was a piece of work. My parents felt constant anguish and suffered broken hearts due to my totally worthless brother.
Check out my hair, mustache, open shirt and the clothes in the picture! LOL.. Yes the pants were bell bottoms.. I guess without realizing I was copying the Rock stars of the day who played with open shirts while in concert! I was in excellent shape back in those days!
The key point is we all have to have a purpose to our lives and be continuous updating our goals or else we fall prey to what happened to my Mom and Dad. They had retired to live in Roswell and rented a cheap place on the old Air Force base as that was all they could afford. It was a dump but it was the only home they ever lived in. They both passed away in the same year less than 30 days apart. They had been married for about 53 years at the time of their death.
Above picture copyrighted by Bob Gilbert with all rights reserved.
Throwback Thursday | Roswell NM | Early 1970’s | Dad and I
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