It was pictures of Shasta Springs and the Amphitheater in Mt. Shasta where they put on the Pageant of the Life of Christ every year since I can remember (likely back to 1953 when I was 5 years old I can remember that far back coming to Mt. Shasta with my parents and swimming in Castle Lake and hiking up to Horse Camp on Mt. Shasta.
However, it was a little eerie for me to see old girlfriends from the 1960s and friends singing in the choir and then because this was 64 to 66 years ago wondering how many of them were still alive because I left this religion in 1969 when I was 21. I'm now 78 years old and a grandfather which is a lot different than being a 12 to 14 year old when these black and white pictures were taken.
He also sent pictures of my female Cousin Janice who passed away in 2008 along with my mother and Aunt Eloise and my mother and my father in law who also all passed away that year too.
So, as you get older I can see the need to let go of people a lot just in order to stay alive yourself for your children, Grandchildren and Family as you get older. My friend is now 81 and lives here in Mt. Shasta and has continued to be a member of my childhood religion.
It's hard to know how to feel about all these pictures of people I once knew but realizing that most of them have passed away now just like my two best friends from age 6 and age 10. One passed away in 2006 and one in 2011.
So, I'm very grateful for my wife and children and grandchildren now because most of my friends and relatives are long gone now.
However, I still have my cousin in Orange County and his three grown children and their 9 grandchildren that I can visit some times in my life too.
It's interesting to grow up and then grow old and become a patriarch of your own family now with 4 grandchildren of my own.
By God's Grace
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