PAD 26 Visit

A Century

We’re planning a visit

to Texas to celebrate

my father-in-law’s 100^th birthday.

Just think of what he has gone through since 1916.

The Great Depression, serving in WWII

Raising a family. He’s married to wife #4.

One hundred years of technology,

from the pop-up toaster to the iphone.

I can hardly imagine living that long.

I have 42 years to go.

Forty-two years ago I was 16,

just learning to drive.

That was about a couple hundred thousand miles ago.

What’s the world going to look like in 2058?

Maybe I’ll have to get my pilot’s license

to drive my flying car.