What if............

My biopsy results are still out in the ether somewhere.  While I am anxious it is not with the trepidation that I had had for awhile.  I hope and pray for the  best but their is not a damned thing I can do.

This morning I had hoped to go to the shooting range at Sunrise and Douglas to shoot my 22 rife for a bit. I was blessed to inherit the 22 from my grandfather.  It is an old Browning Rifle back when they were made in Belgium.  But I came to find out the range had closed in late June after 38 years. I was disappointed.  Target shooting on occasion is fun and a great stress reliever.

Over the past week since my appointment with my oncologist I have been thinking which I know is troublesome to some.  What if?

Sunset Boat Cruise Fiji

Sunset Boat Cruise Fiji

 

What if you were given 1,200 more sunsets?  What if……….  Is it a fine cigar, some sippin’ whiskey and a card game on a Mississippi River Boat; Maybe bacon wrapped pan seared scallops over a risotto with a glass of your favorite pinot noir overlooking the Manhattan skyline;  Is it a freshly caught trout over an open flame at your favorite spot along the Pacific Crest Trail;  Perhaps sipping a double espresso on the balcony of your apartment in Paris overlooking the Eiffel Tower; 

Turtle Island, Fiji

Turtle Island, Fiji

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What if…….. Watching the SF Giants trounce the Dodgers at ATT&T Park with an ice cold beer, a dog and some fresh hot garlic fries; Watching the lions feed on that long dreamt of African safari; Walking up the 18th fairway at Pebble Beach with 3 lifelong friends and a round of golf for the ages;  Driving down that long lonely ribbon of hig hway with nothing but your thoughts for miles around; Seeing Grizzly Bears in the Tetons or Old Faithful at Yellowstone National Park.

What if……….Pushing your granddaughter in the swing at her favorite park; Walking hand in hand with your spouse down the beach on Kaui with your dogs;  That secluded cabin by the lake to finally write that novella that has been rattling around in your brain for the last two decades; Simply a backyard barbecue with friends and family. Tomorrow is 1,199.  What if…….

God Bless!