
'HELLO, CENTRAL!' 'I AM REALLY TIRED! (Updated Feb. 26, 2009)
Patrick H. Bellringer
I so too have worked and loved,to the best of my ability and in looking back, feel a clear conscience and am pleased with how I have chosen to live, from the time I was a teenager.> We all have a story.We have all gone through a lot.I have done a lot in my life and am pleased with my choices along the way. In saying that to a friend recently, over a game of pool, he said he couldn\'t say that for himself.He said he was lucky he had made it past his teen years and not have killed himself.
Even though I was raised in a fundamental christian home(my dad being a lay-pastor)and marrying a preacher\'s daughter,didn\'t keep our marriage together.We have a lot of pain in our family.My 2 daughter being 37+40 with families of their own,I am not allowed to see my oldest daughters kids and have not talked to my oldest daughter for 5 years(6 kids later,the oldest being 13)because,SHE SAYS,\"I HAVE GIVEN UP ON CHRIST\".Also,5 years ago,10:30 at night,when she came home she yelled at me because I had just stopped working on her floor,had a shower,and sat down with a beer.In front of the kids,yelled,\"Here you are,sitting on your ass with a beer in front of the television when you could have been working till midnight.This does not make for a good relationship with your grand kids either,and we had always had a lot of fun together up to that point.
SO--In regards to A N\'s letter about,him being tired,I say,\"CHEERS--BUDDY\".LIFE AIN\'T NECESSARILY EASY,but,\"WE CAN ALL MAKE IT GOOD\".
I DON\'T HAVE TO ANSWER FOR MY 40 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER\'S DECISIONS,but,I CAN--TRULY CHOOSE TO LOVE HER and ALL OTHERS EVEN IF I DON\'T LIKE WHAT THEY ARE DOING OR SAYING.
MY LIFE IS GOOD AND I CHOOSE TO LIVE IN JOY. I AM RESPONSIBLE TO DO SO.
THANKS SO MUCH,PATRICK AND ANN FOR YOUR SITE.
NK