European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Anri Landers wednesday december 2, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 11 letters dear Ann Landers in july 19bs, my wife was diagnosed As having terminal can cer. Shortly afterwards your column on the station by . Hailing appeared in new Day. For Yean we had talked of some Day going to Paris a City i fell in love with As a go. The Day after i read the poem i realized thai it was time to pull into As soon As the doctor of d the j trip we went to Paris and had the. Most Beautiful vacation of our 43 years. My Lovely wife passed away a year and half after the diagnosis i have since taken the Liberty of passing copies of thai column to friends. One purchased his some Day car another went on a Long delayed trip. But the Lalion can also mean visiting a sick Friend and thai some Day should be now. There ii so much hurl in looking bad and remembering those thing we intended to to and did t. Thank you Ann Landers for Paris. Irv Gaiptman Plain View in Yob were dear to let a know what the station meant to your life. Hen it ii for All the others who Haven t As yet Learned hit lesson the station by Robert j. Hasting tucked away in our subconscious is an idyllic vision. We see ourselves on a Long trip that spans the continent. We Are travelling by train. Out the windows we drink in the pasting scene of can on nearby High ways of children waving at a crossing. Of cattle grazing on a Distant Hillside of smoke pouring from t Power Plant of Row upon Row of Corn and wheat of Flatland and valleys of mountains and rolling hillsides of cily skylines and Village Halls. But uppermost in our minds is the final destination. On a certain Day Al a certain hour we will pull into the station bands will be playing and flags waving. Once we gel Here so Many wonderful dreams will come True and the pieces of our lives win fit together like a completed Jigsaw Puzzle. How restlessly we Pace the aisles damning the minutes for loitering waiting wailing wailing Tor the station. When we teach the station thai will be it we cry. When i m 18." when i buy a new 450sl Mercedes Benz when i put the last kid through when i have paid off the mortgage when i gel a when i reach the age of retirement i shall live happily Ever after sooner or later we must realize Uherc is no station no one place to arrive at once and for All. The True Joy of life is the trip. The station is Only a dream. It con stantly outdistanced us. Relish the moment is a Good motto especially when coupled with psalm 118-24 this is the Day which the lord hair Madr we will rejoice and be glad in ii int the burdens of today that drive men mad. It is the regrets Over yesterday and the fear of Lon Torow. Regret and fear Are win thieves who Rob us of today. So. Stop pacing the aisles and counting the Miles. Instead climb More mountains eat More ice Cream go Barefoot More often swim More Rivers watch More sunsets laugh More cry less. Life must be lived As we go along. The station will come soon enough. Lurje of Trinei Syndicate Cote mud land Welcome up a tit Lvi. You can Vna to or in can of tag stars and St non. Apo 09211. Us face a Good Samaritan thanked by couple Friday the 13th is reputed for bad Luck As one is reminded to avoid ladders and Black cats. Well nov. 13 happened to fall on a Friday and my Hus band and i had our share of m misfortune. Friday evening around 6 we briefly stopped at fatten Barracks in he Idelberg to get a newspaper at the snack bar. We expect thai ii who v of my husband s Wall and did not realize it was missing until the next Day. This letter is to thank the person who found the Wallet and promptly mailed it Back to my husband at his unit. The Wallet arrived with All pieces of identification and Money untouched. This Good Samaritan chose to remain Anonymous we thank you for saving us a lot of trouble replacing everything. It is obvious a person of your Good character finds a personal Reward in doing the right hint we thank you for your integrity. Sgt. Judy Doyle Sut dare Doyle Heidelberg military housing vacancy problems explained this letter concerns government housing in the Kai sen Lautem military Community. When 1 processed into the housing referral office in March i was told that the wailing list for a three bedroom apartment was eight to 12 months. I believed this to be True. For four months i waited patiently and watched the Lisl go Down slowly. Then i decided to do some checking on empty quarters. One sunday i got into my car and drove to the Vogel Weh housing area. I went to every building and found that each building had a total of one 10 four empty apartments. I was astonished. Most of these apartment had been empty from one week to a month. 1 came up with a total of 150 empty apart ments. I also discovered that of the leased apartments in Lan Stuhl one building in particular had three apartments thai have been empty for 30 Days or More. I asked the people at housing about this and their reply was that they knew about All the apartments that Are available i also asked in detail about the apart ments in lands Uhl. I was told that two of these apart ments had been offered to someone and one was under maintenance. Well this was 30 Days ago and As of today no one has moved in and no maintenance has Ever been done. Who Are they saving these empty apartments for Why not let someone like me and All the other people who Are wailing on quarters have them so their families can be together again i dare not sign this for fear the housing office will leave my name from their so called wailing list forever. A desperate ind concerned no editor s note David k. 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