"INTO MY CHILDHOOD"
I Can Remember When I Was 7 Years Old...On The 4th Of July We Would Go To Capron Park..There Would Be Contests For The Kids...Followed By Fireworks That NightI Entered A 100 Yard Race(About 10 Of Us Little Boys
We All Got On The Starting Line
The Man With The Starter Gun Raised The Gun High In The Air
And....POW!!!!!.....We Were Off!!
And Here We All Come...Running Our Little Butts Off
All The Grownups Were Yelling..GO...GO...GO!!!
I Can Still See The Kids...Crossing The Finish Line
And Running Into Their Fathers Out Strecthed Arms To Catch Them
You Know ..Im Sure That Means A Lot To A Little Kid
Having Their Fathers There To Cheer Them on And To Catch Them At The Finish Line
My Father Sat At The Picnic Table A Ways Away...Not Even Watching The Race
That Stays With Me As If It Was Yesterday
I Won Third Prize(A Little Stuffed Dog)
But My Father..............................Wasnt There
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I never had one while growing up....
However, my maternal grandpa sort of made it up by being the coolest grandpa in the world
You have a child right?...don't dwell on the past...there is a lesson in your father's distance...it hurts...so don't repeat his mistakes...My father wasn't winning any parent award either...but I have learned that he did the best he could under the circumstances...his father wasn't that wonderful either...we need to stop the cycle...but times have changed...fathers are much more involved with their kids than previous generations...
Might It Be Better To Have Had No Father At All
Than One Whos Always Rejected You?.......Just Wondering
It was My Son Who Git Me Into Driving Tractor Trailers
He Works For The Same Company Too
Nice Picture Though..............
Starting To Snow Here In Pennslyvania
Gotta Get Going.................
There isn't a moment that I don't think about my childhood and about my dad.
He passed on when I was 9yrs old.
One of the best memories I have of my father was , he was there for me when circumstance, and time said he wouldn t be able to.
For myself, I find ,if I dwell in the negative, (it makes me too miserable
Careless people are DEADLY.
Happy new year!
Remember to phone me when you get close and you and I with Jim will probably hook up for a cup of coffee.
I Didnt Think It Was Bad To Remember Bad Things From Our Past
Its When We Forget That It Can Once Again Arise........
Without Memorie
The Past Will Surely Die.............
Hope Youre New Year Had A Good Beginning
Mine?
Im Hoping Tomorrow Will Be A Brighter Day........
I Think You Just Described Both My Parents...............
Im Stopped For The Night In Detroit....Yikes!!!!!
And Im Keeping My Doors Locked!!!.................
Until I found exit 192 off 1-75 Northbound going up 1-475 going towards the Michigan state line I once traveled through the Detroit area.
A good area to be carrying a gun or something.
Its Against Federal Law For Truck Drivers To Carry Fire Arms
So That Way..Only The Bad Guys Have Them
IDont Have A Gun
Just As Well
There Wouldve Already Have Been Some Dead People That Drove..Cars.......