First , thank you for the photos and videos. I so wanted to be there at the SWC and Visalia this season.
Had it on my calendar, but life got in the way as I stayed with my 48 year old Aunt in Peoria,IL from Oct. to Dec. 8 when she was taken from us by cancer. She was diagnosed Late Sept. I ended up staying in IL until Feb to give lend a habd for my uncle. So I miss out on some great contests...maybe next year. Anyhow, while I was there one evening my Aunt told the following story about me to everyone. When I was about 10 having built my first rubber powered model bought from Kmart... Yes Kmart sold Guillows balsa kits back then. It was the P-47 thunderbolt. Never did fly though. As having lack of funds to buy anything else, I used watered down elmers glue to attached the tissue. But my Aunt also remembers me volunteering to give my baby sister a haircut and using the cutoff hair, tied it to a chopstick to make a brush to brush the glue on. Yes I too remember. My sister was 3 years old and she would not let me use some of the pictures to let you see the butchered job I did on her hair :) Oh how I will miss my Aunt. I did get to spend some solid time with her as we talked about everything from past to present to the future. I also found out how uncaring some of her caregivers were. Especially when she tried to make an appointment at MD Anderson in TX and was told to call back repeatedly because "everyone is gone for the weekend". I also found out when one of her very good friend heard this she told her husband (a retired General) who in turn called billionaire Ross Perot who then called MD Anderson and she was in the next day. Ross is the biggest contributor to MD. My Aunt, was a little embarrass that someone of that stature would do that for her...Wow. When she found out the cancer was too aggressive and there was nothing else the doctors could do, she forgo the rest of her treatments so someone else could take her place at the center. She never shed a tear and ironically was the pillar of strength for everyone, right down to her last breath. And there I sat as she took her last breath at her home. What is so sad to me is she worked so hard all her life and was going to sell her business and retire in 2010. To me she didn't get to enjoy her hard work, but she told me her life has been so good that she would not change a thing. Though she has taught me so much when I was a kid, I've learned even much more in the last few months from her. Thanksgiving and Christmas will never be the same. Thanks for letting me let this out... Tuan Le RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
