Watched
Copyright© 2009 by Holdred
Introduction
It all started with an accident.
John was fifty-nine years old. He was six feet two and was seriously overweight. He also had back problems.
The back problems were caused from being in several vehicle accidents in his youth, which were never fully corrected. John lived with strong pain all the time because the surgery to fix even some of his back problems would severely limit his movement, in 'best case scenarios', or cause paralysis in worst case.
John's wife of thirty years had died two years ago. Their two sons had gone their separate ways, one to the east coast with his wife and family to further their careers and the other serving in the military currently in Germany.
John had been brought up in a family that believed in fixing things themselves. He had learned concrete work and carpentry at home, and as a youth his hobbies were electronics and chemistry.
In college his love of math led him into physics and computer science. Once out of college, he'd had several programming jobs. These led him into teaching. He was introduced by some friends to 'rock hounding'. He'd enjoyed many trips with his wife into Colorado and the Black Hills of South Dakota for collecting expeditions.
John had deeply loved his wife, Judy. After going through many things that would have torn most marriages apart, they had stayed together. It had not been easy, but they had done it. Judy had loved going to auctions as a hobby, then bringing stuff home and selling it on E-bay. After Judy's death, John continued this hobby, because it let him get out of the house and he loved meeting new people.
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