Minute Message 5/30/98



Double Nickel



	On May 20 of this year. I passed a monumental mile post in my journey

of life. I became a senior citizen at the ripe old age of 55. It really 

didn't hit me until I went to a restaurant in Austin Texas where I was 

attending classes I looked at the menu and saw the words "For our senior 

citizens, must be 55 or older "



	Now that probably never bothered most of you, but as my eyes focused

on the word "senior" my thoughts began to run away with me. When I became 

a senior in high school, I looked forward to graduation. As I finished my 

senior year in college, graduation was the next step. I am again a senior,

am I again facing graduation? My former experiences sent me off into a new

adventure. But, what about this one?



	The graduation I allude to is not retirement. though that might sound

appealing to some. no it is the time when I leave this world for a new one.

I have been promised a new existence. one that is beyond description. I have

no idea how long that will be. but I want to be ready. Don't you?



Come Visit with us whenever you can.



Norm Russell