Sadly, that’s not always the case. By the time they were teens, my kids gave me mother’s day and father’s day cards. And that was before I divorced their mother.
Wayne, my best friend raised two boys as Mom and Dad. They spend every Mother’s Day and Father’s Day with him. The boys will have nothing to do with their mother who left them at an early age. There are some choice locations in heaven reserved for you and my friend. Well done on an extremely difficult task under demanding conditions.
April 19, 2020 at 12:25 am
WayneM
Thanks, Too Tall… I’m not one for regrets as I did the best I could with what I knew at the time.
The divorce was high conflict. I’m not understating the facts when I say she tried to destroy me personally & professionally. For a few years afterward, I tried to persuade the kids to maintain a relationship with their mother until I realized they are adults and make their own choices. I apologized to them for pushing and they both said they knew I did so for the right reasons.
On the upside, the personal growth from these experiences made me a far better person than I’d ever imagined possible… and I’m not done yet. As of last fall, I’ve remarried to a beautiful Texan woman who loves me like no-one before… and vice versa…
We figure our relationship is proof of the existence of Gawd because the number of choices, coincidences and circumstances it took to put us together defies the roll of a dice. And I’m not all that religious so there’s that.
Next step is retiring from my high stress job and soaking up some well-earned pension as a snowbird… winters in Texas, summers in Canada.
Government is like fire, an essential service that needs to be kept small and well controlled. Out of control equals wildfire.
LEFTism is arson!
April 18, 2020 at 11:58 am
Pamela
Scorched Earth with nothing remaining and expectations of full production at any cost.
April 18, 2020 at 2:06 pm
John
Just keep in mind that Post-Modernism is at its core simple nihilism.
They just want to see the world burn.
April 18, 2020 at 7:31 pm
NotYetInACamp
Such destruction may be the Paradise that they desire, rather than the destruction being that which they desire to build their Paradise from. They will get it right someday, they say. They always have those pesky kids, like Americans, conservatives, good people, and others, that end up stopping them after they have already stopped themselves.
Messing with the babies brings out the best/worst in JoTron, but I can see allocations across the board…tax collector, illegals, FIBbies, Jehovahs…them that don’t die of fright on the spot will never return.
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There’s that Kipling Female of the Species thing, again.
Even when it is software and hardware, instead of wetware.
+ 1 for Rudyard
Naomi said “WHOA!” Hasn’t she seen Jo in her natural state before?
I thought Jo’s natural state was a blob of mercury.
A hot, nude, blob of mercury…
More like a near-absolute-zero blob…!
It’s Jo saying “Whoa”.
Rule # 1 Never Piss Off the Mama.
You will be eating your spleen as an appetizer.
Lord knows what else is on the menu and the serving order,
Sadly, that’s not always the case. By the time they were teens, my kids gave me mother’s day and father’s day cards. And that was before I divorced their mother.
Wayne, my best friend raised two boys as Mom and Dad. They spend every Mother’s Day and Father’s Day with him. The boys will have nothing to do with their mother who left them at an early age. There are some choice locations in heaven reserved for you and my friend. Well done on an extremely difficult task under demanding conditions.
Thanks, Too Tall… I’m not one for regrets as I did the best I could with what I knew at the time.
The divorce was high conflict. I’m not understating the facts when I say she tried to destroy me personally & professionally. For a few years afterward, I tried to persuade the kids to maintain a relationship with their mother until I realized they are adults and make their own choices. I apologized to them for pushing and they both said they knew I did so for the right reasons.
On the upside, the personal growth from these experiences made me a far better person than I’d ever imagined possible… and I’m not done yet. As of last fall, I’ve remarried to a beautiful Texan woman who loves me like no-one before… and vice versa…
We figure our relationship is proof of the existence of Gawd because the number of choices, coincidences and circumstances it took to put us together defies the roll of a dice. And I’m not all that religious so there’s that.
Next step is retiring from my high stress job and soaking up some well-earned pension as a snowbird… winters in Texas, summers in Canada.
@John M…the yellow bubbles are Jo,.white are Naomi.
Yah – I figured that out after I made my entry… but it makes sense the way I called it, also!
I think CPS would comply.
I’m imagining a response of “I’m from the Government and I’m here to …. HELP!!!!”
Government is like fire, an essential service that needs to be kept small and well controlled. Out of control equals wildfire.
LEFTism is arson!
Scorched Earth with nothing remaining and expectations of full production at any cost.
Just keep in mind that Post-Modernism is at its core simple nihilism.
They just want to see the world burn.
Such destruction may be the Paradise that they desire, rather than the destruction being that which they desire to build their Paradise from. They will get it right someday, they say. They always have those pesky kids, like Americans, conservatives, good people, and others, that end up stopping them after they have already stopped themselves.
Okay, I admit I’m lost here. But CPS????
Okay, it took me a minute, but now I know. Child Protective Services.
Go get em’ Tiger
So, this is what Jo sees as a “bear”? 🙂
Awesome! ROFLOL funny. Thx, Chris.
Domo arigato Momma-Roboto … domo … domo.
(With apologies to Styx.)
Nothing against Styx, but… wasn’t that Queen?
No.
Messing with the babies brings out the best/worst in JoTron, but I can see allocations across the board…tax collector, illegals, FIBbies, Jehovahs…them that don’t die of fright on the spot will never return.
Applications, though spellcheckers choice of allocations works too…
Wuflu has ceased JWs at the door but now they’re annoying me by mail
Either put it out with the recycle, or use it as firestarter.