Fall of 1973, I was short of 3.
Split rim truck tire got him.
Farmer, logger, sawmiller, he was well regarded by his peers, several who would tear up
talking about him decades later. I have always wondered what he would think of me,
and would I measure up. I hope so.
Mom re-married in 1980. A very good man took on a son handicapped in a farm accident,
A daughter, and myself. Raised us as his, we refer to him as Dad, I'm his Son.
