tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post4981216796757391614..comments2023-04-06T05:51:09.863-04:00Comments on MAD @ GOD: A Father's LoveMehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02926157658538605081noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post-23627761386668989372007-12-14T23:26:00.000-05:002007-12-14T23:26:00.000-05:00The honor's mine, bro. To use the original Africa...The honor's mine, bro. To use the original African proverb (pre-Hillary) it takes a village to raise a child. It always has. It always does.<BR/><BR/>You guys are my village.Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926157658538605081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post-89769585160991299702007-12-14T23:01:00.000-05:002007-12-14T23:01:00.000-05:00I'm honored by your attention, Alan. Thank you so...I'm honored by your attention, Alan. Thank you so much. It makes me proud to be any part of your decision to be a good father instead of passing along the kind of treatment that has hampered you. That's powerful stuff.Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13323167263283798566noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post-38600208360760047412007-12-14T22:11:00.000-05:002007-12-14T22:11:00.000-05:00Thanks, Grizz! I was real happy with that paragra...Thanks, Grizz! I was real happy with that paragraph after I saw it too. It's like it happened by itself, but I'm glad it didn't. I love the written word.<BR/><BR/>and you know I feel you, Grizz. I'm choosing hope over despair. I can't change my past. There's no Gallifreyan Time Lord who is going to come and whisk me back to the '60's and allow me to clunk my parents' heads together for the sake of the little boy who needed their protection and love. <BR/><BR/>You'll see at Scott's blog, he has father issues too. Different from mine, but aren't all of ours? I'm simply in awe of his love for his sons, and you and I can do it too. Scott and I are days apart in age, so again, he represents hope for all of us slow walkers.<BR/><BR/>So I've decided to look forward instead. And Grizz, you can thank God that you're so much closer to that mark than me. You have the man in your life who you can see yourself having children with. THOSE are the little girls who will also have healthy relationships with their Dads, because <I>you</I> are going to see to it. And they will have the kind of mother than I will also envy them of, because you are such an amazing woman yourself.<BR/><BR/>So there. :-)Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926157658538605081noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post-77860063850914565632007-12-14T21:35:00.000-05:002007-12-14T21:35:00.000-05:00And you're not the only one who laments their chil...And you're not the only one who laments their childhood. Whenever I see girls or women who have healthy relationships with their Dads, I always feel a twinge of resentment inside and wonder why I had to be the one stuck with the lousy father figures.GrizzBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229663134377237230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7364249691989051292.post-18218287498339874442007-12-14T21:31:00.000-05:002007-12-14T21:31:00.000-05:00I was all ready to slit my wrists after reading th...I was all ready to slit my wrists after reading that second paragraph (I'm afraid to get in my car now) but things picked up nicely.<BR/><BR/>Even became literary.<BR/><BR/><I>He's the me that was created from the dominoes that have been toppling in my life since age six. Click click click click click click in rapid succession. A steady series of little devastations.</I><BR/><BR/>That's good writing.GrizzBabehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07229663134377237230noreply@blogger.com