{"id":123,"date":"2025-11-24T00:35:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T00:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/?p=123"},"modified":"2025-11-24T01:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:16:15","slug":"when-almost-eighty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/24\/when-almost-eighty\/","title":{"rendered":"When Almost-Eighty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michigan-Lake-1024x679.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michigan-Lake-1024x679.webp 1024w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michigan-Lake-300x199.webp 300w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michigan-Lake-768x509.webp 768w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Michigan-Lake.webp 1480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-53cfe1447a08142f427da8cd65be8476\">I promised never to tell this story, Until my 79th birthday<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-19637f9dad97f9cc2128406ba6068bd3\">When almost eighty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2b21d5bd589252107fda094732f1790\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-93c9f2d2ae32db686322e6c64ea2c4d7\">As my grandchildren gather around the fireplace,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-85ce9b391ff6268c82803be2069c746a\">In the home I have cherished for years,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e81c6a50e957f2a1164f847c16378ad1\">Crickets are chirping in the night,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ac6a6fb1e40abc3b2393f04801b58d7b\">As a distant owl momentarily whistles.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8a724a9f29b16f88aba054e4301b2b7d\">We lit up the fire as they sat around it,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4d2df71804726a5bc227671aca41f94d\">Coughing momentarily as the smoke engulfed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2b21d5bd589252107fda094732f1790\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1382d1e68837ebc3ad4a5b67a432aa5d\">My kins now listening intently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fec302aa7d9012a92b8944b8dbe781d7\">One, two, seven, seventy, seventy-nine, I counted them and stopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6b7cd1b9556debc0edf45a59da2b66a6\">when almost eighty<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-77b01926283afc3c3881a111e13c44c9\">\u2018Thank you all for coming\u2019. I muttered<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-91bb7d1884f931cbfd36717ee3397e87\">and started the story..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2b21d5bd589252107fda094732f1790\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e16cb062e12fecce7a28d46ea8a1dac7\">It was a cold morning in the theatre that Monday evening,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8f973047cd37a37e975e35723b2f953e\">Everyone was looking forward to this play,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-01e90c988a869c8659c7e002fa9acfcf\">The first narrator then entered the stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba9dcf8fd7cd9cf80c0bbddff81b303a\">Opens the curtains,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7ef2ce46573fd841008f7820c61a7045\">Revealing a stage covered by a vast water body,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-709b61125167e7401b51fb800628b574\">A woman is walking his son to school.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-cab2a1a938f5feada4bf22f262297a46\">Passing by the shores of the gigantic lake, as she hums a tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-bd726a8e0e5aca610f5c5d2c3745688d\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ecd3b23c27983067fa26d1adbed9760\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: The faster you walk the sooner we will get to school, and you will have your bread.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1c751a90c218ff918f6ffc4dbf450fd0\">You are walking like a toddler, and you are not that anymore.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5de355fb9895d2648fa70c0be3312075\"><strong>Son<\/strong>: No mom, I am admiring the vastness of these waters. Who built this lake?<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e7899a7848860695f558ba8d3a8883e\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: Henry Ford, it\u2019s a man made lake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-1b86e82caa54d4a868e8cde263652c59\"><strong>Son<\/strong>: Wow who is that?.. how deep is it?..<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7984d43991159aaf886db54dddf6d0de\">she is silent as they approach the school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-24ad6f5c2f0ee6c5da6314937264023b\"><strong>Son<\/strong>: Moom, How deep is it??!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6068d4dfbb4b2a37e2fd51f410bab96e\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: 78 meters of depth.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-dfb434eef162b4e83ae9516ce1501cef\"><strong>Son<\/strong>: Whooooooooa! That is really huge. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d7e2d98e4f297903454fa70fcc7d7c30\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: Yes, almost eighty\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ca4a2f96c9ae7359573c730a5aa5a44\">They entered the school (two majestic boards written <em>Michigan Kindergarten).<\/em> Mother waves bye as the child jolts to class and disappears.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7daf72697c0676cfef745d514e383953\">Darkness covers the anterior part of the stage as the mother walks briskly by the shores of the lake.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c6c1c94e6b7bec844ff670db293d45a6\">She comes to her house where she finds two gentlemen standing outside. She hardly recognises them and moves closer. Then smiles broadly.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6517d2d162b9a8f6ba5b574c6d69acb8\">Stage lights reveal the two gentlemen coming from the left and walking towards the newly renovated cabin, by the side of the lake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Canoe-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Canoe-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Canoe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Canoe-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/jessesalu.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Canoe.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a28da5ff2bba739d526663a3c59cc109\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: It&#8217;s such a pleasure to see you James! It has been such a warm summer but we can\u2019t complain. How are you, my good neighbors?!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f4b1df54408d6d275d5c21eb0a3a9f53\"><strong>James<\/strong>: All good, I have my friend here visiting from overseas. I would like you to meet him, we wanted to go canoeing on the lake with him.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6c4e62d2e9849388c62ce81eb273ddcd\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: Welcome to the Great Lake State, I have lived here for many years. Almost eighty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5b0412284c7fd9a30bd321af8930c327\"><strong>Frank<\/strong>: It&#8217;s such a pleasure to meet you, I come from across the pond.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-eef46d443eb4517b7df9a1f8e9492546\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: Oh wow! Very warm welcome. That\u2019s a really historic city.&nbsp;Do you like it there?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5addb4375751f9af38144a2a182a2d20\">Frank: Yes I do..thank you so much. (Smiles broadly, grinning as he stetches his hand for a warm handshake)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-484fa5b0140e6a92eae74b5707b89bf3\"><strong>James<\/strong>: He\u2019s just here for the weekend and we want to maximise our time here. Could we please borrow your canoe, we would like to sail across the Lake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-381aa29197a6b586d8ef80070ce544c1\"><strong>Mother<\/strong>: By all means, the winds are a bit strong today but you should be fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c2b21d5bd589252107fda094732f1790\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-380f8a15163a4ecb62ba352e87d3efcf\">Mother walks out and the majestic lake is revealed,The two gentlemen are seen struggling to lift the Canoe. They finally drag it inside the lake and look so excited as they hop in. It wobbles back and forth as they gain balance and are finally off.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-34f6559124d1c42994b0cfab07208921\">James grabs two life jackets and throws them at Frank, he grabs them as he tries to gain balance in front of the canoe and starts to paddle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7bf181f695f3066778c7b3d098e0db28\"><strong>James<\/strong>: Try and paddle ninety degrees, that way we move faster.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5d30c316164bf29bc6ecbda750520729\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Btw Can you Swim?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fa20b8dcf8e43491e06261e33c997474\"><strong>Frank<\/strong>: Haha, yes but not 100%. Let\u2019s say almost eighty.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fcd230f94e74619862b9b5b70a8f6d77\"><strong>James<\/strong>: Fair enough, that\u2019s okay to keep you afloat in case anything happens.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ba8630b1a5a82c234ff208ce031ead18\"><strong>Frank<\/strong>: Anything?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-5b6f2a83fe9d3c749ee847e4fe3de38d\">They both laugh as they paddle on. Towards the centre of the lake. The wind is blowing towards their direction making it easy for them to manoeuvre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e7cd0b9efdcffc96960f797db97016f\"> A white beam of light follows them across the lake and they are seen laughing, giggling, paddling gently.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ad3183377273fc08b4a696d982fd66f\"><strong>James<\/strong>: This Lake is man-made, built by Henry Ford. If you have money, anything is possible ehehe.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66efe4eb39b0a62387aea8dedca5437b\"><strong>Frank<\/strong>: Honestly, if he lived long enough he could have built an Ocean!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-7a914ec30a52931049bffa17847e8ee0\">They both laugh heartily as they paddle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3c85afc66c1e8e7ec52b0ec4114b76a2\"><strong>Then suddenly..<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-e7e88e53664aa99846c925eb75d7fd3d\">A strong gust of wind sweeps over, In a split of a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8552ff3e767f41cd3c25e568c760e5b3\">Flipping over their Canoe. The two are seen desperately diving into the lake.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9c011a8575663c34f873500eeaeec3ba\">The Canoe is Sinking and moving sideways in the direction of the current,&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-6ca04a5151d9790c65bcbff43341aa9b\">They two men are seen gasping for breath as they try to stay afloat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-d802309b4b3760464713fbb8d1f7d95a\">Flapping their hands and feet.\u00a0Panting heavily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c79694966f5598ae06c18985ba40ce91\"><strong>James<\/strong>: Grab your life jacket and breath normally, you will stay afloat!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a12c22262a667a75a09d21dbbe84ee85\">Panicking and short of breath, Frank can barely speak or see anything. He is trying to hold on to the Sinking boat. It almost drowns him and he quickly swims to grab the life jacket that was floating nearby. His body is wobbling, teeth grunting as a result of the freezing cold water. He holds on tight to the life jacket that helps him stay afloat.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-da5b6a8c34f76146131fafab7104083e\"><strong>James<\/strong>: Great bro, now put it on. We can then swim to the other side of the lake!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-9398ea036bb8945cf79b6f990ec204c2\">Frank: Okay( Breathing heavily but still catching breath)&nbsp; Panicking that this might be his very last day as he puts on the jacket. Fluttering his feet to avoid sinking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-96c0e7ba61d19e37c786dd2ac24a30ee\">&#8216;God please help us&#8217;. (He whispers a prayer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3de69803721cac38f36de1b7a84b7286\">James: Bro breath in\u2026.. Out\u2026.in\u2026.out.&nbsp; I\u2019ll make sure we make it back to the shore safe. Are you okay?! Are you able to swim?!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4ae814098b29f304840dce96f047fdf0\">Frank is seen regaining some confidence. He stares at the vastness of the lake and the distance they have to swim and he is overwhelmed. He thinks about his family and decides to summon all his might to swim across, to save his life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f5bd811f9bcb49c18c2ac8d46f125f38\">Frank: Let\u2019s go! I think I can swim now.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-35f8f59f2d41dd188ca3d24136a96329\">James and Frank Swim for almost three hundred meters and are seen at the other side of the shore of the lake. They touch the ground almost shedding tears, breathing heavily with rigorous chest movements. They lie on the ground and try to regain their normal heartbeat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-4e80f6c4df587c5da3e8aaa1098d1b0d\"><strong>James<\/strong>: We made it bro, We made it!!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2e819b7353c21d6ea07aa812d0e76172\">What lesson did you learn from the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-10025cba21a00e98007cb166b68582fe\">My youngest four year old grand Child interrupts and asks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-15efb6ac14d8ccd94925b8dbfd8e2264\">Plese Let Grandpa Finish!! He is not done yet.,\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-32d70a1747bb9791cc7ab31532606e08\">All the grandchildren shout at her!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-0-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-92e271580c4eefeeaac91b03376f355d\">I then turned to her and said.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ast-global-color-8-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b2c1566954519aaba65d40f5f5c7461b\">No matter how deep, wide, how vast the challenge is. When everything is at the verge of sinking. Health, Finances, Career&#8230; Don\u2019t panic. Stay Calm and ask God for help. 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