{"id":2540,"date":"2025-02-23T06:48:48","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T06:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/?p=2540"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:48:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:48:16","slug":"salty-dawg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/index.php\/2025\/02\/23\/salty-dawg\/","title":{"rendered":"Salty Dawg"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"154\" src=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2541\" style=\"width:470px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images.jpg 326w, https:\/\/gregmaxwell.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/images-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f6b1f5da2fd376e2c58bfe33d218666b wp-block-paragraph\">Time is a constant&#8230;.the weather has an ovary. <br>We have had  January for 3 months now.<br>     Saturday in the Park&#8230;.Just you and me, feeling stronger everyday.<br><br>We aren&#8217;t promised tomorrow. Live for today. Tragedy will eventually find us all. But, I don&#8217;t live in fear&#8230;.<br>(I promise I used to though) One fear was &#8230;&#8230;how could I live without Pine Bluff? In 1991, I kinda found out. <br>My 28 years up until that point was in spent in my home town, which I was proud of.  Except those two years I spent at Marshall, TX&#8230;&#8230;.making some great friends, after the passing of my mother. I moved back &#8220;home&#8221;. When I look back&#8230;I see some great memories. Sometimes to grow&#8230;.? the only option is to go??? This was true for me at that particular time&#8230;.Why?&#8230;.well, a new love and a baby on the way, can move more than you can measure. <br>     Aimee and I were in two separate vehicles, as we took all we owned and headed for ??? Where else, but Texas&#8230;.my Dad welcomed us, while we were trying to get settled. Anyway, the point is that while we gassed up at the Big Red on Hwy. 270 South. &#8230; I took a minute or two and I took an inventory of my feelings. <br>Where were these tears coming from.? I was alone, as she went on ahead. She was driving the U-haul&#8230;I was in the yellow-exhaust leaking-wannabe-hot rod following behind. I didn&#8217;t have money, but I had a new course in my new life. This both scared, and excited me. Was this goodbye forever? <br>     The tears held reflections of both that day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Time is a constant&#8230;.the weather has an ovary. We have had January for 3 months now. 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