My Grandfather’s “Highly Rated” Commercial Pilot’s License

You have my deepest condolences for the loss of your father. The loss of a parent is always a difficult thing, no matter what age you are. There’s always a loss of a sense of security that you don’t really realize was there until it’s gone. Both of mine are gone now, so I understand completely. Which means that I’m that I’m the last of my line. I never had children, and I was diagnosed with Cirrhosis almost four years ago, and the “Use By” date my doctors put on my liver expired almost two years ago. But, they have been wrong about just about everything else, so I’m perfectly fine with them being wrong about that one! The point is, that sooner or later, his legacy will be in the hands of others. So it’s my duty to make sure those hands are good ones that will keep that part of history alive and intact for the future generations. There is a 10X12 foot room in my house that’s dedicated to nothing but the vast quantity of my family’s documents and records dating back for a quarter of a _millennium!_ 250 years worth my family’s influence on America going back to before the Revolutionary War. As a side note, that history begins with James Wilson of Pennsylvania, who fought in the French and Indian War, and served alongside General George Washington himself, in the Revolutionary War. He was a signer of both the Declaration of Independence, as well as the Constitution of the United States before being appointed to serve as a sitting Judge of the first Supreme Court. He was my five greats Uncle, and his grandfather clock that was made in Pennsylvania in 1780, is sitting in my great room. It’s completely original, and it still runs perfectly. It’s got one downside, however. The bell that sounds the hour is loud enough to wake the dead! So I only run it long enough to keep it in working order.😂 I have made provisions for the documents and other items of historical significance to be turned over to those institutions that will be most appropriate for the preservation of their content, so at least those things will be in good hands. But I have been working on a documentary of my own for several years now, and with so much to sort through, it’s definitely a formidable task. And since my clock is ticking, I should probably get a move on!!