Why are single men often dead by 60?

 MY earliest childhood friend from from Sunday School in Los Angeles passed away at age 62. Though he had been married twice he was single when he passed on. Though he came from a very wealthy family and his grandmother bought Shasta Springs and the Amphitheater land in Mt. Shasta he decided to be a teacher because he was a religious conscientious objector to the Viet Nam war. He took this very seriously and decided to dedicate his life to teaching Children, especially in Junior High and High school public Schools. He also had a master's degree in Psychology and created "The Sidhartha project" which helped young adults find themselves and stay alive (especially in East Los Angeles where he taught until he died.

So, this was very hard losing my friend this young. IN 2006 I would have been 58 years old myself. 

My high school best friend that I had given my newspaper route to when I was 10 years old so I taught him all my customers when I gave him my news route then in Junior High and High School we surfed a lot and raced street racers a lot. However, I personally identified as a Surfer myself in the way I dressed, talked and acted in Junior High And High School. OF course I was 12 in 1960 so being a surfer in Los Angeles then was a pretty normal thing to be. 

I had had a concussion and seizures at night from 10 to 15 so this gave me a 4F draft classification so I wasn't going to get drafted at all. However, these two friends both went through a lot regarding the draft. My friend who died at 62 finally got the head of my childhood religion to write him a letter which helped him get a conscientious objector status. My other high school friend knew he would be drafted so he went to College to get a Jet Engine Certification and then he joined the Air Force as a jet engine mechanic. But, he was gone by 2011 so he would have been 63 in 2011. This was very hard on me to lose both of these early childhood friends so young.

However, I still have a mountain climbing friend from 1969 when we first climbed up the wire to the top of Half Dome in Yosemite national Park who is almost 75 now. Then in 1970 we climbed Mt. Shasta to the top in August 1970 with two other friends. So, we both summited for the first time that year.

So, at least I have one good friend who has climbed mountains with me who didn't die already from the old days.

By God's Grace