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R.I.P. Mac Davis

JonesCarpeDiem
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‎10-01-2020 06:52 AM

He was quite the talented man.

Wrote many hits for Elvis and others

Mac Davis - Wikipedia 

      His passing and the passing of others I've met in my life always reminds me of my own mortality.

      His wife Lise was our Lamaze coach.

Shortly after our daughter was born, he threw a 30th birthday party for her at their mansion and invited all her Lamaze students and their babies as the guests. It was quite a party.

      Shortly thereafter I was asked by his wife to make a mailbox as a Christmas present and thank you for the birthday party.  After that I was contracted to remodel the master bath and the downstairs entry bath.

The world will miss your light brother, R.I.P.

This is a page from my work portfolio I would show to prospective clients.

Macs Mailbox.jpeg

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About the Author
Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.