Do you have at least one regret from this lifetime?

I would have loved to have been a dad. It would have been great to take a son on the same adventures my dad took me. I also would have taught him the kind of compassion and the willingness to spend time and energy rescuing abandoned cats very late at night. (At one time, he had 12 cats in his downstairs bedroom.)

Dad taught me to reach out and hug a poor derelict wino one moment, and a wealthy "movie star" in the next. (He had a store in the famous movie colony of Palm Springs.) Dad loved telling corny jokes and making people laugh.)

Even just months before he died he continued hiking the wilderness areas of our local National Park (Joshua Tree) He knew the park better than the rangers did and other than his cancer was probably in better physical shape than the rangers.

I miss you dad. RIP!

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Up until recently, I worked MR/DD clients at a state facility in N.D. Most of the residential buildings have been closed due to integrating our populations into community "Group Homes"

One building that remains is used as a "Safe-house" for battered women. I don't need to provide details since most folks reading this are painfully aware of the tragic experiences these women have endured.

There are no male employee's of course, but a few like me help recreate a more homelike atmosphere and the ladies I think feel more secure with us close by. Considering these residential buildings are at least a hundred years old, these apartments are surprisingly comfortable and homey.