Just a bit of life on a ranch in Northwest Iowa.

He politely said he’d ask his doctor about it the next time he saw him.

I don’t criticize Bill for drinking anymore.  I know he probably just wants to die at the ranch or at least die “with his boots on” as cowboys are so fond of saying.  He probably just wants to die doing what he loves.  

I don’t even think there is a moral here.  No good or bad ending.  Just a suspenseful now until Bill’s heart gives way, and it will.  Bill is still around.  He still seems to be in good health and spirits.

But now I understand his short temper.  I understand his drinking.  He is mad.  I’m sure he is just looking to forget his heart for a little while.

And I can’t blame him.  I suppose I’ll just let Bill do what Bill wants to do.  His parents seem to have let go of making him into something.  Why work at a life when it isn’t going to come to fruition?  What do you do with a death sentence hanging over your head?

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  • R J Grant on Nov 11, 2008

    Poor Bill. He might just live to 90 and then where would he be?

    Grant

  • Schaller on Nov 12, 2008

    Bill does what Bill wants to do. What he wants to do is what he loves. He isnt concerned about the doctors too much right now. He was always hell bent for election but after the bad news he seems to have just accepted it after a while. I secretly think he is just looking for a place to die. He loves the ranch for whatever reason and I don’t think he is going to leave it for quite some time.

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