Blog nr. 5

I have been called by many names over the past 70 years......some good, some not so good. Here is a list of names that I have been called:
SON BROTHER GRANDSON NEPHEW COUSIN THOMAS

TOMMY "THE BABY" UNCLE TOM MCLUCKIE SEAMAN CHIEF

HEY YOU MAC UNCLE LUCKIE LUCKIE YOU SOB MISTER

BOY A-HOLE BASTARD MEANIE FRIEND SAILOR

SWABBIE SQUID MCGLUCK BOSS ENEMY CRAZY

BLOCKHEAD STUPID ARROGANT DUMB IDIOT NUTS

HYPOCRITE BUM HONEY TOMODACHI OGI-SAN HONCHO

and I am sure there are many more names, but I can't recall them at this time.

There are two names that I are near and dear to me that I am called, that really gladden my heart.

My grandaughter Caitlin calls me "BOMPA". She has since she learned how to talk. She is now 10 years old, and when she says that word, it brings me a sense of love and pride that are indescrible. My youngest grandaughter, Marina, hasn't learned to talk yet (she does say Blah-BlahBlah a lot), but I assume she will call me the same thing.

There is one name that is not on this list, because it stands alone. When my children say that word, my heart bursts with more feelings than I can ever describe. That word?????????

DAD