Year End Letter 2019

YEAR END LETTER 2019

As this year end I await another to begin.

For nearly 3 years ago our son Ken passed away. For last year we had a house fire.
And this year there was much road work. Way too much noise.
So 2020, the Year of the Dragon, is going to be our year!

I rode my bike a lot this year. Though could not ride on the river trails until late in the season. They were flooded. So rode around my old block a lot. Even though I got in a bad bike crash this year and my face was swollen up; I got back on my bike the following week and rode. I did my work out routine at the YMCA, did Tai Chi at the VA, and swam a lot as well. Since I feel much pain in the winter and my body gets tight; I bought a bike trainer to ride my bike in the house to keep my legs moving. And my total gym is hooked up.
I just won’t be swimming as much in the winter.

My wife and I had one of the best summers this year, in spite of the road work. On Father’s Day weekend we went to West Lake. I kayaked and she hung out at the beach. In July we went camping at Sugar Bottom Camp Ground at Coraville Lake. We camp there in honor of Ken. And on the first week of August we went to Graceland. On the first day we arrived in the late afternoon. So we swam. Then for dinner we had Memphis BBQ. On the second day we went to visit the Tennessee Karate Institute, but due to rehab we were not able to get inside. We had a fun river boat ride on the Mississippi River on the Island Queen. And we had dinner at the Half Shell. Our waitress was a friendly girl named Crista. I had the Memphis shrimp and my wife had steak. Then on the third day we went on a VIP tour of Graceland. It was awesome seeing Elvis’s mansion, his cars, his jumpers, and the slide shows of him doing Kenpo. For he was an inspiration on a lot of peoples lives. An inspiration on my life and the karate I have done. We had lunch at the famous Glady’s Dinner. My wife took a pic of me sitting in the Cadillac booth. I had a huge pizza by the slice. Now as the year winds down I am awaiting another long winter. As the climate changes the winters get colder and colder; and longer and longer.

My son Tim is back in college. He is finishing his mathematics degree online at
Southern New Hampshire University. He is living with his girlfriend Rachel.

Not much else to say about this year. Just awaiting to see what 2020 brings.

Timothy L. Kerofsky, MA and family