We're going to be ROMEO's!

This past Tuesday night I had the honor of attending my middle brother's (Cecil) retirement party.  For the past 18 years Cecil had been the pro-shop manager at the Bartow Golf Course.  Now if you've never had the opportunity to visit the Bartow Golf Course you are really missing out!  There is quite a collection of characters that hang out there telling tall tales, consuming frosty adult beverages and occasionally even playing golf.  The beauty of observing it as a semi-outsider/semi-insider is how much fun they have, often at each others expense but the love that they also have for each other.  They're the definition of "friends".


My older brother Gerald retired last year after approximately 40 years of service to the Polk County School board mostly at Bartow Middle School where he was legendary as a tough no nonsense disciplinarian with a heart of gold.  It's always fun to go around Bartow and observe the relationship he has with former students.  They love and respect him so much.


They have lived close to one another through the years and have the battle scars to prove it.  I've enjoyed the time I have had with them when I have been in town, at Gator football games, the College Baseball World Series, a bunch of Daytona 500's and family gatherings over the years.
Now that all three of us are retired and I will be more "local" more often than I have been in the past I'm looking forward to many more exploits.


As a matter of fact, the three of us will be getting together for lunch or dinner every now and then and will be ROMEO's!

Retired Old Men Eating Out



Guess who is the youngest!