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To the dearly beloved

And greatly missed. I do not stand alone. What's always standing behind me to be strong, and do the right thing is the honour and love of my father. I try

Dignity

My Dad was a proud man all his life. As a Father he was a hypocrite who taught us do as he said not as he did. No one is perfect. He loved the family and we are a large loving happy family. Last year after a few accidents I bought Dad a box of

NEWBORN DEATHS

Death of infants seem to be on the rise here in Belize, the USA and other places. The dads are physically beating two months old, eight months old babies to death by multiple cranial fractures etc. ?? Parents are you crazy ? What can a newly

Taken for granted

A friend of mine has been having a right whinge about her daughter-in-law using her as an on-tap babysitter without so much as a by-your-leave. Her DIL is now throwing a strop because my buddy (who has a full-time fairly stressful job) said no when s

if you were born a boy or a girl, what are you now ...

There's some weird stuff happening in UK schools and the Daily Mail has got very overexcited about it. I know it's a long blog. You can skip to the last paragraph. The link is at the bottom of the blog but because it's the Daily Mail, and wants t

One door closes...

another opens. Old AA saying. And it's so often true. Was never as close to my 5 sibs as I admired in other families, such as many Irish ones. Even invited as non family guest to many of the bacchanalian large family reunions of the latter, and had f

Wait a minute ! The name of the new baby from Prince Henry & Megan Markle is....Archie ?!?!?

That's not a joke. There may be former English kings, queens, princes & princesses rolling over in their graves right now. They couldn't think of a better name than Archie ? Will he eventually marry an Edith ? and nicknam

Nose in the phones

I got an early Mother's Day surprise from my son and his family as they came up this weekend to see me and the folks. I took us all out to breakfast before going to see Dad in rehab. The family of four sitting at the table next to us was a Mom, D

Stepping on hot coals

I'm disenchanted with America's favorite pastime. No, not baseball. I'm talking about meddling. If it's not Iraq, it's Iran. If it's not Libya, It's Yemen. If it's not Chile, it's Venezuela. And so it goes... I'm thinking of changing my Facebook

Walking a mile in other's moccasins....

She's perfect, on so many levels. And still pretty, in our age group. We separated over parenting prerogatives, but have become best of friends. Doing some car work for her today, and she watches Bravo while I travel. Other examples of mutual help. B

Will it ever go away?

I'm not referring to a goiter, a urinary tract infection or herpes flare-up. No, I'm talking about the craving I have for a smoke. I average a couple of cigarettes a week or so and I'm currently about 10 days without one but the craving won't die. Ma

You never know

Those that read my blogs may remember that I'm dealing with aging parents. Dad with alzheimers is in a physical therapy rehab, Mom goes three times a week to her physical therapy appointments for her dislocated shoulder and back. Dad is late eighti

After it seemingly has ended........VERY ended.....

how about renewing the relationship? Remarrying/reattaching with the same person? Who hasn't heard of this intriguing life maneuver, and perhaps even considered it for themselves? Spend a little time here and elsewhere on the dating scenes, and up po

I was going to write a blog....

But the topic is a sensitive one for me and I'm not ready to spill my blood and guts on these pages just yet so here's a little something I whipped up in the meantime. https://photos.connectingsingles.com/blogs/24/blog47150.jpg[/i

Happiness

Not many pictures as of now to post. Exhausted. Relieved. One down, three more to go. Three sisters and a friend. The bride and her maids. Hindu bride in her first saree. Hair. Second saree presented by the groom along with a gold neck

So, according to Archie Bunker, I'm a Heeb, or a Yid

I had my DNA done by 23andMe and the results came as a surprise. I am 46.2% British & Irish, 15.8% French & German, and 18.7% Ashkenazi Jewish. I have found my Maternal birth family but still have no idea who my birth father is or who his family m

Best Gift...

Am thinking these past days...just that, I could not think what must be the BEST GIFT for a son, who worked hard in school, to compensate the hardship of his Mom. My son will graduate in senior high, and got high honours. Passed the scholarship exam

Terrible News

Having a great family support system makes it fairly easy to deal with what my aging parents are going through. I'm glad I have no need to throw a pity party and can find things to be grateful for. What a jolt I got yesterday when my neighbor calle

Therapy

It's almost been a year now since I semi retired and moved a hundred miles to Tampa where my elderly folks live. I've talked for many years about my intentions to move here in retirement to help them but I never actually considered retireing. T

So yesterday was interesting, kind of, maybe..

My friend's mom flew in from Napal last week with a big luggage bag full only of native spices (most of them easily obtainable at any American International type supermarket, but of course those are inferior to the ones she buys back home, even when

Marriage licenses.....

...Sure, the blood testing, and ruling out of the underaged, or of close cousins, (except in places like US Appalachia), make some sense. But we license just about every other nanny state confiscatory taxation generating activity, except parenthood.

There's no such thing as fun for the whole family...

...according to Jerry Seinfeld. In my duties as executor of my folk's estate, I'm learning things, and perhaps being confided in, more these days. Learned of the separation and possible divorce of a close family member, and am saddened greatly. Both

A Tribute to my Mom ~ on my birthday

It was against the odds. She was 46 and already had 4 adult children and 1 still at home. A new relationship, after a scandalous affair had ripped her first marriage to shreds, brought her love she had thought she'd never have again. I was a s

Hungary

Just heard a few days ago that Hungary is encouraging young Hungarian families to have more kids (due to population decline) and with that comes some benefits for the mother as well. Benefits include a $36,000 loan which is cancelled after a certain

The Pressure Cooker

Stove top pressure cookers have done nothing but terrify me so you couldn't give me one. However the digital counter top ones stole my heart after I saw a friend brag about it on Facebook. Mine is called the InstanntPot or IP for short. You would

Becoming pregnant......

....should be a joy. Sure, the birds and bees advice some, but more and more, not all, of our folks gave us, mostly did the job. And speaking of parents, isn't that what they call Catholics follwing the rhythm contraceptive methods? But I digress. It

Wish I could turn back the clock..

But I know I can't. I am realistic about Life. But I think it is okay to wish. Yesterday my oldest daughter got married. The legal part of it. The actual wedding is in two months. https://photos.connectingsingles.com/blogs/23/blog46575.jpg

Challenges and Chores

Seems everything in life has trade offs so one just has to take the bad with the good. Luckily I've been told many times throughout life that I can find good in any bad situation. I like that compliment. I know how lucky I am to still have both

Family drama that can't be avoided

I'm living my dream. I retired from my job of 20 years in Orlando in April to move to Tampa just 2 miles from my folks. I wanted to be a helping hand but before the accident they didn't need me too much, now they do. Mom fell last week at a docto

The meaningful message

.................... The meaningful message https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yERildSsWxM[/youtube

real love

real love ………………..

Happy New Year

................. Happy New Year

Tension in the aisles

Doing the weekly shopping isn’t one of my favourite things but, luckily, I can make it more bearable by combining it with my hobby of people watching. One conclusion I have reached through my observations is that couples should probably stop going s

Surprise military homecoming

Eitan and Romit Urman are annual season ticket holders of the Phoenix Coyotes NHL team. Needless to say, they are familiar with the team. They’re familiar with the arena, possibly even several of their fellow fans. Which is why it didn’t seem odd to

This applies to all my kids!

.............This applies to all my kids! https://photos.connec

The Very Clean Teapot

Some years ago my wife and I went away for the weekend; my mother stayed at the house and minded the kids while we were away. Not long after we returned we noticed that the inside of our teapot, which was normally tea stained almost black, was now g

Theybies

Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails - Sugar and spice and all things nice - On one hand, I've never believed girls should be dressed in pretty little dresses, given dolls and housekeeping toys, or that little

All in a day’s work

I turned up at the address with the boiler I was delivering and a man who looked like he was in his late 60s answered the door. He had bright orange lips that glistened and his mouth was hurrying to get rid of the last remnants of whatever he’d been

Memories

I normally don't say much about anyone in my rl here or anywhere online but this is a funny memory I got of my father that I think is fine to share. Every Friday after supper, me and 3 other buddies would always end up at the house having a smoke

The Beauty of Adoption

Cute article in the NY Times this week on Walking your pet cat.

Yes, You Should Walk Your Cat Today’s indoor cat is a tiger robbed of his dominion, a Lamborghini left idling in the garage. By David Grimm Mr. Grimm is the author of “Citizen Canine: Our Evolving Relationship With