Me thanks ye fer the kind words, Kenn Actually if you google pirate fest, you will find a list. Don't know how any pirates get to Omaha NE - but there's one there. Very strange.
Thank you for sharing bits of your childhood. Your childhood after 12 sounded awful, must have been very difficult to deal with. I can see why you are such a devoted father. I dealt with the same thing, splitting up xmas & other holidays. I think I feel more guilt, if that's the right word for my dad who is alone. Yet he does have a huge family that he is close to & near by.
I also agree, it's very easy to get caught up in other things & take your S your M for granted.
I don't suffer from depression, just melancoly sometimes. But still, we all have our own issues to deal with. Some we don't even realize they are there, until things start falling apart. And you decide to take a good look at yourself.
Sometimes I wonder if we chose a M or a R with someone, that will subconciously trigger our deepest fears. Hhhhmmm, hard to explain, I know what I want to say & mean, but the words aren't there.
Me39, XH45 Kids 3 dogs, 2 cats Divorced 6/4/09 Tricky thing is not how you live, but how you live with yourself. (POTC)