{"id":311,"date":"2020-01-09T12:50:51","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:50:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.claysportsmansclub.com\/?p=311"},"modified":"2020-01-09T12:50:51","modified_gmt":"2020-01-09T17:50:51","slug":"legacy-money-property-or-something-of-value-bequeathed-in-a-will","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/claysportsmansclub.com\/?p=311","title":{"rendered":"Legacy: Money, property or something of value bequeathed in a will."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Legacy: <\/em> Money, property or something of value bequeathed in a will.<\/em>
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At\n my age, a man begins to wonder just what kind of a legacy he can leave \nbehind after he dies. I guess if I were to have a big bank account or \nsome lofty ideals worthy of recognition, there might be some options. \nBut realistically; what\u2019s a guy like me got a chance of leaving behind \nthat could fall in a plus column? I\u2019m for certain sure that the number \nof folks saddened by my passing will be few and far outweighed by those \nsaying, \u201cI thought he died a long time ago.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, I\u2019m not really\n all fired interested in being remembered, I just hope not to be an \nembarrassment to the family I leave behind. So, with that in mind, I \nbegan a one man brainstorming session to figure out how to exit this old\n world with a bit of dignity. After a lot of thought and some real soul \nsearching, I faced the fact that dignity was a goal probably far too \nhigh, and figured I\u2019d have to settle somewhere farther down the totem \npole of respectability. Than one night I received word that an old \nfishing buddy we dubbed, \u201cBass Bug Billy I,\u201d had died after a long \nillness, leaving a widow and, \u201cBass Bug Billy II,\u201d (a bit of a surprise \nlate in life!) behind with a stack of bills and an empty bank account. \nWith uncommon clarity the fisherman\u2019s part of my brain kicked in and a \nplan was hatched. By the very next morning a flyer was distributed to \nevery local fisherman, sporting goods store and bait shop in the area. \nIt read;<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTICE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As\n most of you are aware, our good friend and fishing buddy, poor old \n\u201cBass Bug Billy I\u201d has passed on to the big Bass pond in the sky. \nUnfortunately, due to his long illness, his family spent all they had<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 to make Billy\u2019s final days as comfortable as possible. Those that knew him best <\/p>\n\n\n\n

knew his dear wife was as committed to her church\u2019s food pantry as Billy was <\/p>\n\n\n\n

to Bass fishing. We\u2019ve decided to make this years opening day of Bass a tribute to,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 \u201cBass Bug Billy I\u201d. Tickets will be available at $50.00 each with all proceeds going to help <\/p>\n\n\n\n

offset some of Billy\u2019s outstanding medical expenses. Additionally, a 50\/50 drawing <\/p>\n\n\n\n

will be held with the proceeds going to replenish the church food pantry, <\/p>\n\n\n\n

where Billy\u2019s widow works diligently to feed the less fortunate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Each 50\/50 ticket will cost $5.00 and two canned foods of your choosing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later\n that evening I went to the family calendar to enter the event only to \nsee the day was previously marked off by my wife for a wedding that I \nhad forgotten all about. I had already been told in no uncertain terms \nthat my attendance at the wedding was mandatory and non-negotiable. I \nnow had to pull up the devious part of my brain (unfortunately not too hard a task),<\/em> to figure a way out of this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\n immediately put a copy of the flyer in an envelope, typed my name and \naddress on it and had it ready for the post office the next morning. A \nfew days later as I sat down to dinner with my bride, I sorted through \nthe mail and came across the envelope. I opened it up as if I\u2019d never \nseen it and as I read it I blinked back a tear. I cleared my throat, set\n my fork down and excused myself from the table quietly. My wife picked \nup the letter and read it, then came into the living room and asked me \nif I was OK. I mumbled something about what a great guy he was, so \ngiving and fun loving and all that and she said, \u201cwell, are you going to\n go?\u201d I thought, OK I\u2019ve got her nibbling so I said, \u201cno honey, don\u2019t \nyou remember, that\u2019s the day of the wedding. I\u2019ll just buy a ticket and \nsend a friend.\u201d She said, \u201cAre you sure?\u201d and I responded, \u201coh yes, I\u2019d \nrather be with you Sweet Pea!\u201d That must have come across as being a bit\n disingenuous because I felt her hesitate and drop the bait. I quickly \njiggled it by saying, \u201cI might take the money I was saving for the new \ntrolling motor and throw it in the kitty also.\u201d She picked the bait back\n up and the old bobber was showing signs of new life. Quiet filled the \nroom for several minutes as hope and despair waged an invisible war \noverhead. She was the first to crack and say, \u201cWell, it\u2019s not like he \nplanned it this way. Maybe you should consider going and I\u2019ll see if my \nsister can go to the wedding with me.\u201d BAM \u2013 the bobber was all the way \nunder and WAMMO I set the hook. \u201cAh dear, how is it that you always \nthink of others and put their needs ahead of yourself? I sure don\u2019t \ndeserve the likes of you.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Now\n she knows she\u2019s on the hook and starts to fight it some. \u201cWell,\u201d she \nsaid, \u201cif my sister goes, maybe we can stay an extra day and do some \nshopping. Only trouble is I don\u2019t have that kind of money this month.\u201d I\n loosen the drag a little and give her some slack hoping the line \ndoesn\u2019t break. I got the rod tip way up in the air as I gently pump her \ncloser to the net. I say, \u201cYou know sweetie, we can\u2019t do it all, so how \nabout instead of me giving my trolling motor money to the church, you \ntake it for your shopping trip instead.\u201d She slid right into the net and\n into the safety of the live well without even realizing it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Later\n that night I got thinking that come June, about 50 to 100 fishermen \nwill show up with money in their hands and their wife\u2019s blessing to go \nfishing for the day. Talk about a legacy! Now why couldn\u2019t I have \nthought of that for my legacy!?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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