Like all 7 and 8 year old kids I wanted to be Johnny Crawford. Working on a ranch, riding horses, and shooting guns seemed a perfect life. My Dad and I watched every episode. About ten years ago Dads memory began to fail. As an only child with Mother gone it was up to me to care for Dad. He began to forget me but then I began showing him old TV shows which he remembered. When watching Rifleman he called me Paul again and I called him Pa like I did as a child in the early 60s. Rest well Johnny. Rest well.
Like all 7 and 8 year old kids I wanted to be Johnny Crawford. Working on a ranch, riding horses, and shooting guns seemed a perfect life. My Dad and I watched every episode. About ten years ago Dads memory began to fail. As an only child with Mother gone it was up to me to care for Dad. He began to forget me but then I began showing him old TV shows which he remembered. When watching Rifleman he called me Paul again and I called him Pa like I did as a child in the early 60s.
Rest well Johnny. Rest well....
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