Great sentiment, Allan, and thanks for your honesty. Sadly, there was a man sleeping in one of the twin beds in my mother's BR, but he was never my father. He had been abandoned and rejected by his father, after his mother died, so that's how he treated me. He kept me from my only loving parent, my mother, who he monopolized. I had no other male family nearby and thank God for my wonderful teachers! However, I have come to realize at near 80 that too many humans are using too many natural resources and producing too much pollution, including GHGs and global heating. At the current rate of annual increase of the GAST, we may reach the extinction level 5 degC over the 1991-2020 baseline by 2042. Any child unfortunate enough to be born among the 168,000 today, will be turning 17, if not already deceased from heat exhaustion, starvation, war, epidemics, or suicide. Have a blessed day.
My Dad was always there for me and at age 78 I recognize everyday the qualities I got from my Dad. Unlike me, he was a star athlete and a war hero but he never lorded those over me. He always told me I could be anything I wanted to be. His influence on me has been deeply profound and though he died in 1991, I miss him daily.
Marc, that is the way it should be but without losing him so soon. Today, there are ever more children with absent fathers. The entire fabric of family life has come apart.
Thank you Allan. Beautifully honest and I could not agree more. Perfection is not required, being there is. I hope you are doing really well Allan.🙏🏼
Great sentiment, Allan, and thanks for your honesty. Sadly, there was a man sleeping in one of the twin beds in my mother's BR, but he was never my father. He had been abandoned and rejected by his father, after his mother died, so that's how he treated me. He kept me from my only loving parent, my mother, who he monopolized. I had no other male family nearby and thank God for my wonderful teachers! However, I have come to realize at near 80 that too many humans are using too many natural resources and producing too much pollution, including GHGs and global heating. At the current rate of annual increase of the GAST, we may reach the extinction level 5 degC over the 1991-2020 baseline by 2042. Any child unfortunate enough to be born among the 168,000 today, will be turning 17, if not already deceased from heat exhaustion, starvation, war, epidemics, or suicide. Have a blessed day.
yes and it is worrisome
My Dad was always there for me and at age 78 I recognize everyday the qualities I got from my Dad. Unlike me, he was a star athlete and a war hero but he never lorded those over me. He always told me I could be anything I wanted to be. His influence on me has been deeply profound and though he died in 1991, I miss him daily.
Marc, that is the way it should be but without losing him so soon. Today, there are ever more children with absent fathers. The entire fabric of family life has come apart.