<this reply got bounced a few days ago, trying to resend it from home on a day off>
Mike H., Michael R., Ben D., Judith, Deanna, Jerry & all- Thanks for the kind words and hopeful thoughts, much appreciated. Sorry to say, he's very much like my late father. And my dad and I really irritated each other. When son was 5 and my father's father met him for the first time, Grandpa broke down in tears saying "he's the spitting image of my son". (My grandpa outlived my dad by 32 years - dad passed away in 1968 at age 54, grandpa in 1990 at age 100 + 1.5 months.) Both my dad and my son got/get this particular clench to their jaw, what I call the "stubborn" look. Both held/hold grudges at an A+ level. Both were/are bad at apologizing or admitting they are wrong. Either he will "grow out of it" with maturity, or he won't. Either he will someday want to hear my side of things, or he won't. I know I'm not perfect, have made mistakes, have done things I regret. I can live with this. He apparently hasn't reached that state of grace yet... Either way, I have a life I'm trying to make the best of that I can, a loving sexy wife of almost 28 years, and a daughter (age 19) whom I'm actually enjoying a lot - she's a creative, smart, often funny young adult. (Sometimes she tells me her brother is a jerk!) Even have a job I like with a boss I respect and trust. Yes, things could be better - but they could be a lot worse, and on balance I'm grateful for my lot... Have a great day, everybody! -BenB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
