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98

My Dad will be 98 tomorrow.

He is not here to celebrate with us but he is very much alive in my heart.

Today my chiropractor remarked on my non-70 looks and condition. (He meant that I seem a lot younger!).

I told him that I thought a lot of it was genes.

He said that was for sure but our families also gave us something else that led to our longevity; the way that they brought us up.

I know that I am very close to my dad in temperament and beliefs.

What a gift.

I am sure that I did not think so at the time. I did not thank him enough for all his lessons and ideas.

But they are alive in me and, I think, in his grandkids.

So, tomorrow, my Dad will be 98.