Greetings! This is volume two in the personal history of Eric Reed Moosman. The first volume was titled Be Kind, Be Wise, Be Safe, and Keep Smiling! It was made available to family at Christmas time 2020. It included life events from my birth to age 50. This book, is titled….. ……because……
This will cover events of my life from age 50 to 60. Of course, that is with the assumption that I live that long. Why have I chosen to do my life history in portions or different volumes instead of all at once? Several reasons actually. First, none of us know when we are going to die. Second, the older a person gets the more there is to remember and possibly it can be more challenging to remember in the “golden years”. Third, the task of writing and compiling a personal history can be quite daunting. I felt by breaking it up into sections it would be more manageable. Fourth, if I forgot something that in a previous volume I can choose to include it in a later one. Fifth, if I do pass away, my family and others at least have a good part of my personal history, and if anyone feels ambitious enough to finish my last few years they won’t be overwhelmed by trying to do the whole thing, and they will have a pattern to follow if they wish.
As mentioned in the introduction to “Be Kind, Be Wise, Be Safe, and Keep Smiling!” I never intended my life histories to be a comprehensive location for everything I did or felt, but a buffet to sample. I may miss things others feel are important, and I will probably include things with a perspective different from another person who experienced the same thing. I apologize for any thing incorrect, perceived incorrect, or important that you personally felt should have been included. I encourage you to create your own personal history, include in it what you feel is important, and if necessary…set the record straight.
I am just going to continue on with the chapter numbers from the first book.
Chapter 13…An Introduction to Levels 50 to 60 and Table of Contents
Chapter 14…Level 50 (2020, or most of it)
Chapter 15…Level 51
Chapter 16…Level 52
Chapter 17…Level 53
Chapter 18…Level 54
Chapter 19…Level 55 (2025)
FAVORITES
In my first life history book I had a list of favorite things. I need to add a movie to that list
It’s A Beautiful Day In the Neighborhood. A 2019 film starring Tom Hanks. It recounts some of the life and noble characteristics of Fred Rogers the creator and host of the children’s television show Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood where he used music, a land of make believe, and puppets to talk with, educate, and give encouragement to children about various things in life.
LEVEL 0 to 50 ADDITIONS
I did forget to mention that at age 49, I mean level 49, I decided to walk 30 miles in one day by following the Ashton to Tetonia Rails to Trails State Park. It is an old railroad bed with the tracks removed so that it can be used for hiking, biking, horses, and in the winter they allow snowmobiles on it. The first 20 miles went quite smooth, 20 to 25 my body started to rebel, miles 25 to 30 were grueling. It wasn’t fatigue in heart, lung, or muscles got me. Due to the repetitive motion for so many hours my joints became inflamed it was simply hard to bend them. The plan was to do this 30 miles in 2019 and then do 50 miles in two days during 2020. Well, with everything going on in 2020 it didn’t happen. But…..
