Heck of a 2022

Year End Letter 2022

As this year ends and I review the year end letters from the past,

I reflect on the past years, some were eventful, and others kinda boring. We never know for such each year of our lives will bring. We just have to make the best of each year with Jesus guiding us through the tough times of our lives. No matter what each year brings, the LORD is there and he is always up there watching us. We have to trust in him, especially during these trying times with the war in Ukraine with a terrible Russian dictator, with my friend Petre Chomozcski and his family displaced, with the world inflation, with my TBI, PTSD, nightmares, ailments, and such, I still pray and trust in him. Jesus is the way, truth, and life. And that is what Christmas is about.

This year we lost my mom’s sister, Nancy, who was such a great aunt to me.

She would always write letters of encouragement while I was out to sea with the Navy. She was always a good listener and she never judged another. She was a great lady, who will truly be missed. She is up there in heaven with my son, Kenny, now. Rest in Peace, Aunt Nancy.

This year on my son, Kenny’s, heavenly birthday – his golden 24^th birthday on June 24^th – my uncle Terry took my wife and I along with my mom and dad out on the boat on the Rock River so we could go to the spot where Ken died and scatter rose petals to honor him. That was so nice for Terry to do that for us.

We enjoyed our summer this year with our friends at the water park. I miss those guys – Mark, Jeff, and Norman. They would hang out with my wife and I, Jeff would go on the slides first with his wife. Then he would chat with Me, Mark, and Norman in the water as I would do my swim exercises at the same time. We all served in the military and had stories to tell. Then I would go on the slides. And later sit and read. It was always a fun time. We will be back there next summer when we visit for my dad’s 80^th birthday.

This year was a busy year for my wife and I as we started the next chapter of our lives with our move to Deming New Mexico. It was a long move with my wife driving the 26ft moving truck over the mountain passes of New Mexico. It took three days to get here. And it was a slow drive along the way. When we got here we stayed at the Day’s Inn for nearly 5 weeks, as we went through the hassle of securing our land and ranch home. We had to empty the moving truck into storage, with some guys who helped us and stacked heavy boxes on breakables, thankfully hardly anything was broken as we packed things well. After we finally got the home we took our time unpacking and made the house our own with a Jack - study, a Jill – Master bedroom, a movie room and navy career reflection room, a reading room with tall book shelves, and a huge kitchen and cooking area with an rolling island we added. And 3.85 acres of land in which the weeds grew up to 9 feet tall we paid “2 men and a tractor” to clear the land. Now it is a home we enjoy as we sit out on the porch watching the sun go down over the mountain peaks of the Las Lunas Mountains. We have our routine of chores and dragging the land, and I go to the spa with my massage therapist Teresa, and stylist Chrystal, and get the help from Gabe at Gabe’s Gym with my new workout routine. And will also have the support of my loving wife as we go to the VA in El Paso for all my appointments and TBI tests.

Keep me in your prayers, my friends.

My son, Tim, has only two classes left and he is done with college online at Southern New Hampshire University. And his girlfriend Rachel whom is a daughter-in-law to me has been a big support to him. Waiting for the day they get married. They have been together for 11 years.

Well that is all I can say about this year. Happy 2023!!!

History of United States and European Football

 A little history -

Have you ever wondered why

in the United States we call football "Soccer"

and have a separate game that we call "Football"?

In London in December of 1863,

they unified the rules of the European Football Association

in a game known as Association Football.

And on May 21st, 1904,

the Federation International Football Association (FIFA)

was formed to unify the sport.

Yet in the United States we adopted to

another European Sport known as Rugby.

Someone came up with the idea to pass the ball forward,

and a new sport was created known as American Football.

And this was first played inter-collegiately in 1869

at Rutgers University.

In 1920 in Canton Ohio with 10 professional teams the

American Professional Football Association was founded

and in 1922 it became known as the National Football Assocation.

And since we in America took the name of Football for our sport,

we used the slag name of European Assocation Football -

ASSOC for the name we called it

and later it became known as the slag name of SOCCER.

On April 5th, 1913, the United States European Football Assocation

was formed and that later became known as the

United States Soccer Federation (USSF).

And there is an historical "My Two Cents".

Why Oil prices are high!

 Those who complain about oil prices,

think before you complain!

Yes gas prices are higher,

we ARE however in a high demand right now.

Under the clown trump we had a pandemic

and not many were on the roads as now, so gas prices were lower.

It is simple economics, called supply and demand.

I learned that in grade school.

And secondly we stopped getting oil from Russia,

in which we really only received 8 percent of our oil.

Thirdly Biden released oil reserves

and we ARE producing more of our own oil than ever before.

Do NOT believe the lies the GOP is telling you.

Do your research and learn the facts.

Lastly If the Environmental reform, and Green New Jobs section of the BBB passed;

we would not be in this miss as much as we are.

And the economist agree that our job growth would have been more vast.

As Bill McKibbin of 350 org puts it - "we have to have our energy dependence

with green new energy, more biking, and use less oil."

I say that in a way this Ukraine war was good for us as an eye opener for the amount of oil we use.

When we stopped getting oil from Russia and the fuel prices went higher,

it should force us than rather to complain, then to fight harder for the environment, the earth,

renewable energy, and green new jobs.

And that is another my two cents!

T.L. Kerofsky, MA

I support Ukraine

 My two cents;

anyone whom is in the senate or congress that supports Putin and Russia

instead of

Zelenskyy and Ukraine is a traitor to our nation in my view.

And any news organization IE FOX or reporters IE Tucker Carlson

that spread lies or disinformation about the war are also a traitor.

This war is a Illegal invasion to a sovereign democratic nation.

As a combat veteran myself I have seen the horrors of war

and those images of the war in Ukraine on TV give my flashbacks and nightmares.

However, the wars I fought in were not illegal wars;

they were wars that started from attacks on our nation,

and I had to defend it IE the war after the 9-1-1 attacks "Afghanistan" and "Iraq",

or the the war after the attack on the marine barracks "Lebanon",

or even the Gulf War.

All war is Hell; and those who provoke a war

or attack a sovereign nation without any just cause are evil authoritarian dictators.

And as such need to be tried and convicted for their war crimes.

And any senator or congressmen that support such dictators should be disbarred;

and held accountable in a court of law.

And that is my two cents.

I support Ukraine; for that is the right thing to do.

For that is the American thing to do.

For that is the Patriotic thing to do.

My prayers for Ukraine; and the gallant people there.

Who Biden is to me!

 My friends -

Biden to me is a combination of

Lincoln, FDR, and Eisenhower.

Lincoln during the time of the civil war freed the slaves,

but the black and brown are still oppressed in many ways;

Biden is trying to fix that with Social Justice reform.

FDR enacted many programs like social security,

bills that helped farmers, the rail roads and such.

Biden is fighting to enact parts of his Build Back Better

with helping the poor families, lowering prescription drug costs,

child care, paid family leave and most importantly -

climate reform to protect our earth and enact green new jobs.

And Eisenhower built our interstate system,

Biden fought to pass an infrastructure bill;

no bill like it has been passed since Eisenhower was in.

Now he put us back into NATO, the EPA, the WHO,

and the Paris accord. He is building America back stronger.

And now he is sending troops to Poland and monies to Ukraine

to help fight the evil tyranny and illegal invasion of Ukraine from Russia

by a authoritarian dictator who only cares about himself

and not even his own people by the name of Putin,

in whom Trump praised and called him a genius

for starting war with Ukraine.

And that is another my two cents.

T.L. Kerofsky, MA