My brother John earlier today went to visit an old buddy’s tombstone.
It wasn’t just any old buddy, but a friend named Dwight who helped us start our HVAC company. He was the best HVAC technician in our small town and we learned a lot from him. I wish I took more of his people skills but John has those. I’m definitely more technical than John so I know we are still a great combo. Still, today is hard and I couldn’t go see his gravestone. I do here and there alone when no one is around but I can’t manage those feelings with my brother around. It’s very hard to become something in the world and the one person that helped you get there is no longer with you. John and I usually close down the HVAC business on this day but if there are emergencies we are available. Usually, I tend to handle those because John can’t really be around people today. We do still have dinner and sit around a radio listening to music and enjoying a glass of wine in the evening reminiscing a bit. That’s all we have are stories and ourselves. We are thinking about hiring new HVAC techs because we are getting older. The only issue is that we still have Dwight in our minds and it’s been 5 years. We definitely had some interests and yes some of these people that come to us seem like they know their stuff and would be a great addition to our HVAC team which is only 2 of us but we are not quite there yet. Someday though, someday.