Year End Letter 2016
Dearest Friends and Family:
As this year ends I reflect on what was accomplished
and what I can do to better my self, my life, and family.
I cannot believe it is 2017. Where did the time go?
My son Tim is now a delivery driver at China Café.
He rented a new home. He is working on getting a car.
My son Ken is doing basics at Black Hawk College.
He wants to be a child counselor.
My wife Jill is still working at the China Café. On her spare time she does many activities with Bethel Wesley United Methodist Church. She works with the cookie walk, Pricilla circle, bible camp, and plans for the Liturgists.
Me; will, for the most part, this year has been pretty good.
My son Ken and I spent our father and son time camping at
Coralville Lake like we do pretty much every summer.
My wife and I went to Philadelphia Pennsylvania and Camden New Jersey for my 30th Battleship New Jersey BB-62 Navy Reunion.
I finally made it back to Long Beach California to visit my friend Steve. I had a blast in Cali. I made several videos for my YouTube channel. My favorite is me walking down the Pike District.
I work on my writings. I finished Relaxation Therapy Certification.
I am teaching private karate classes on occasion. I earned my 8th Dan and am one step closer of earning the title of Soke.
I will get it one day with determination. My physical therapist is helping me excel. She has me do some karate and tai chi movements at therapy. I hope to do my martial arts full time and teach a regular karate class again one day.
My dreaded downfall is that I still have to deal with constant pain and tingling through my spine, shoulder and fingers. I go to the VA in Iowa City frequently for pain shots and physical therapy.
Winters are always hard on me.
I pray that 2017 be as blessed as my 2016.
In the next year we are preparing our future to move and to start a new life in Las Crucis New Mexico.
We hope to be in New Mexico in the summer of 2018.
This will be a better climate for my body ailments and a warmer place to retire. I hope to have a ranch home and a couple of horses one day. I plan on opening my own art studio there as well.
I wish all of my friends and family a blessed year ahead.
Have a great 2017 my friends and family!
Mr. Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA and family
