[brazzaville]

Good afternoon.

I consciously avoided being a parent, knowing the grief and worry that I had brought to my mother, but my wife hadn't and she brought a daughter with her.

Now we have a 10 year old grandson and in seven years I will have to deal with him and the military. I can't tell him not to enlist so I guess worry will accompany me into old age.

Michael Frazier

[freema]

You could run, but you couldn't hide, eh? Someone, somewhere says God won't give you more than you can bear. They're wrong. God'll give you more than you can bear, but He helps ya carry the load-that's the way I look at it. That, and, what don't kill ya will only make ya stronger. : )

freegram had two grandsons come for dinner this weekend. I can't imagine anything sweeter. That's the stuff that makes up for the worry of children... I think. I dunno, the way she worries about them might make me think twice about that ; )

Bless your mom. She had to somehow reconcile being happy with the grief for the neighbor. That's a tough one. Survivor's guilt. And you gave her a grandaughter in spite of yourself? LOL. God works in mysterious ways.