My friend’s father is two weeks shy of his 90th birthday. At 89, Bill is a very active person. He plays golf at least four times per week, walks or runs daily and still travels up here to the valley to ski. The other day, Bill was running on the Cape Cod Rail Trail near his home. He fell hard, banged up his knees and had to visit the doctor to get five stitches for a cut on his head. The doctor stitched him up and told Bill; “Whatever you do as a result of this accident, don’t stop running.”
I not only want to be just like Bill when I’m 90 years young, I want Bill’s doctor!
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