Tag: children
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Traditions, What are those?
What traditions have you not kept that your parents had? We had a lot of traditions as a family when I was growing up. For instance on Christmas Eve my father led a midnight mass. We would stay up late for the service. When it was done we went home and opened presents. To this…
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Frederick
Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? There is a children’s book that is just called Frederick. It’s about a mouse who collects the ideas of summer instead of food. He’s a dreamer and a poet. I love that book. I have the copy I read at six years old in a safe place.…
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Risk, Marriage, and Children
Describe a risk you took that you do not regret. Anyone who has read more than a few of my posts probably knows I’m married with children. There is always a risk in committing one’s life and love to another human being. I do not regret the risk I’ve taken to have a wife and…
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Starting a Family
Describe a decision you made in the past that helped you learn or grow. The biggest decision I ever made was to start a family. My oldest son is a child out of wedlock. I knew if I was going to have more children, then I needed to be married to do so. The choice…
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You Made It To 100
Write a letter to your 100-year-old self. Self, and I know I’m talking to myself because I’m in the room with me, Self I suspected you die of old age. 100 is quite the milestone. I’m more than halfway there already. But things are falling apart already. I suspect you’ve thoroughly used everything up. I…
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Trouble with Women
How has a failure, or apparent failure, set you up for later success? The primary large failure that I have endured is the fear of women that kept me out of relationships and in a few cases sabotaged the relationships I did manage to start. When I was young no one expected me to be…
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Disabled Adult Children
Do you enjoy your job? Two of my sons are disabled adults. My wife and I love them and will care for them as long as we are both able. We are currently getting reimbursed for their care. That is my “job.” Changing diapers every day is awful but at least I don’t have a…
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Children are the Best
Share one of the best gifts you’ve ever received. The best gifts I’ve ever been given are my four sons. Two true special women bore children for me and frankly nothing compares to that.
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Magic Pancakes
What’s your favorite thing to cook? Many years ago my wife and children were in the Women, Infant, and Children Program (WIC). At the time the program gave vouchers for specific healthy food: milk, peanut butter, cereal and the like. We also got an allotment of eggs. A WHOLE LOT OF EGGS! We struggled to…
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Wives and Children
What’s the thing you’re most scared to do? What would it take to get you to do it? I love my wife so much I want another one. I would like to have more children but that would probably require a second wife. I live in the United States where polygamy is illegal. I am…
Latter Day Sinner 