tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11835117.post126126464562210279..comments2023-04-01T13:41:10.755+08:00Comments on A Georgia Boy in China: In Memoriam - Marvin H. "Buddy" Bounds, Jr.Roberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12054297619719545026noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11835117.post-6816675530598951972008-01-29T05:39:00.000+08:002008-01-29T05:39:00.000+08:00What a wonderful tribute to Buddy. He was a great ...What a wonderful tribute to Buddy. He was a great guy.Cliffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01400337499329467512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11835117.post-93105646840998712007-11-08T10:57:00.000+08:002007-11-08T10:57:00.000+08:00I made a call yesterday to an old and dear friend ...I made a call yesterday to an old and dear friend from my high school years back in Tennessee. It's been 27 years since we roamed the halls of Tellico Plains High School but it seems like just yesterday. I consider him my brother and he is one of my two best friends in this world, not counting my soon to be wife. He informed me that he was doing better now and was back at work. I didn't know anything about what he was getting ready to tell me. Cold, flu something minor was what came to mind. My heart sank when he told me he had a massive heart attack, died for sixteen minutes and only survived because he was airlifted to the univesity of Tennessee hospital. Two thoughts came to mind. 1)He could have died and I wouldn't have known. Can you imagine the shock both his widow and I would have been in when I called to talk to my friend and he was long gone? 2)I'm his same age, I have 2 new grand children. Am I going to have the same fate? We both grew up smoking and drinking not knowing what could befall us in the years to come. We were invincible, nothing could hurt us. I guess there are 2 morals to the story. I'm sure many more can be found, but I'll focus on two. First, 45 has come way too fast, cherish every day you have as if it were your last. Make that call or write that e-mail today, you might not have that chance tomorrow. 2)Take care of yourself. You really don't know the disappointment and grief you will cause your loved one's when they have to tell your long lost friend when they call not knowing you are gone how you passed.<BR/><BR/>May the wind always blow into your sails and fortune follow you where ever you may go.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com