I don't feel too good about this milestone but one day earlier I received a couple of Cards.
Got this one today -



Take a close look who added their names?????
I received one from Fredericton Police officer SGT Andrew MacDonald and Dan Bussieres.



Very nice indeed....
I'm planing to leave the City today so I had a early cake. < Very nice >



Then I got home and there was a package waiting for me.

Lots of reading in that package. I found this one funny!!!

Merci Beaucoup. Very nice!!! Very much appreciated!!!...:)
But seriously? They are some questions to be asked when you reach half a Century?
How did I survive while so many died so young?
I had many friends who have long left this world.
But I'm still around? I should have been killed a long time ago especially with my ten Speed Bicycle trips across the U.S.A. and Canada.

Many people left for long journeys to explore the world but sadly came back in a coffin....:(
Just last night a girl told me of a friend who's dying at the age of 53 years old.
She said - More people I know are dying!!!!
I remember one individual once told me - You know you're getting old when the only instance you go back home is for funerals.
I reminded her that once we get older? We noticed more deaths. Part of life of getting older I guess?
Half a Century? That's old!!!!
I know and I'm a VERY STRONG BELIEVER we're all here for a reason.
I made a commitment that since I'm still here. < borrowed time > that I will be the worst Pain in the Butt that Society has ever seen!!

Guess what? I think it's my job!! I might add that I'm a professional at it!!!...lol
Yes, life goes on with this Blogger but for how long?
This is the reason that I must keep on walking, walking and walking!!!!
Smoking don't help my health.
Well? 50 years old but how many more birthday will I have?
Only God knows!!!
It's a happy day but I feel sad for the many youths who never had a chance to enjoy life.
That's sad!!!
My prayers to all my friends who left this world at such an early age!!

Here's one of them - Her name was Nicole Dupuis. I blogged this one a couple of years ago -
I’m a little down tonight but a phrase someone told me years ago cheered me up.
I’m going to go back to the year of 1980.
I just began a job at the Shipyard and I had a brand new car.
I was parked near the post office at Saint-Joseph.
There was a ball game in progress and everyone was enjoying the beautiful evening.
I noticed Nicole Dupuis and her friend Louise walking side by side toward the Church.
They sure looked good.
They were pretty girls and were all dress in dark blue. < Jackets and Jeans >
Hours later, I heard some terrible news that Nicole got hit by a vehicle in Memramcook West.
It didn’t take long for word to spread that she was dead.
My God! It was terrible.
The news hit the Valley very hard.
I might add the driver wasn’t drinking.
It was just a bad accident.
I went home and like everyone else took the news very hard.
I gathered some pictures.
I collected them at my high school during my graduation.
I would say that 99% of the youths who gave me their graduation photos wrote in the back - Good luck on your bicycle trip across the States.
I was leaving for a long ten speed bicycle across the U.S.A.!
I noticed Nicole’s picture and slowly turned the photo.
She never wrote anything about the bike trip.
She wrote - Garde toujours ton Willpower!!!!
Translation - Always keep your Willpower!!!
I broke down and the funeral was a big one.
It was so sad!
Nicole was in her coffin with a red dress. She was so beautiful.

The Acadians in the Valley as many other young deaths < many died in their younger years > in Memramcook?
They moved on.
Yes, Nicole was here for a very short time but those words always stayed in my mind or minds.
Garde toujours ton Willpower.
Yes, once in while we have to remind ourselves that we all have the willpower to move on with our lives no matter how difficult it is.
Nicole is long gone but those words will stay with me forever and ever.
Sort of like a beautiful Angel that came with a message and went away.
Nicole etais une tres bonne fille avec un tres bon gros coeur!