[Northern Yankee]

Don't know what they don't know...

Damn... I am getting more confused as this goes on.*grins*

On second cup of coffee.

There's a great historical fiction book out there by Jeff Shaara called, Rise to Rebellion. It chronicles many of the Founding Fathers efforts to set the stage towards rebellion against England.

One of my favorite parts of the story occurs when John Adams comes back to Braintree from Philadelphia, and his wife introduces him to coffee. (Can't drink the tea, ya know...)

He first finds it a poor substitute for tea, but the more he drinks it the more he likes it!

Don't know how factual it is, but I sure love the poetic liscence.

Speaking of which, daughter Carolyn is finally home from France, and she found that no one that she observed drinks coffee. It was tea or hot cocoa.

Think I'll get another cup of coffee!

[Bitwhacker]

(Sorry I caused confusion; here is the last serious comment for the day:

You may look at your child's life and be awed by the possibilities. You may recognize that literally anything is possible for your child, limited only by what he or she is exposed to or is drawn to or is capable of doing. You probably encourage him or her to pursue whatever it is that is of interest, and would do all you can even if those things are wildly expensive (like medical school or studying the arts abroad). If so, that is wonderful.

But consider the parents who view their children a burden, who only see their children's lives a real drag on their own desires and ambitions. Some of these parents shut down their children at every turn: 'Don't even try, you'll never make it; Why would they let you do that?; You'll never be anything.' These parents are the ones who order their children to 'Snap out of it' when depression sets in...

So that's what I was reacting to when I saw MM's post about 'constantly denigrating' spouses...

We now return you to our regularly scheduled program...;-))