I can't teach them if I'm not around them.

I haven't seen my oldest daughter since last October. Her choice. She told me that night that I was still her dad and that I was the only dad she'd ever known.

I haven't seen my youngest daughter since she and her younger brother and I got back from Spring Break in mid-March. Her choice.

My oldesr daughter's mother has done a 'number' on her for the last 18 months, and especially for the last 8 months. My youngest daughter's big sister, and her mother, have done a 'number' on my youngest daughter for the last 18 months, and especially for the last 8 months.

They have been less successful with my son.


"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." - William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830's.