[Rhodes22-list] political - sort of

[elle]

Herb,

None of us are guilty of making the right decision at the right time, and our youngsters, no mattter the quality of their upbringing, will also make some that don't work.

Your daughter, (with her parents' help, luckily for her) turned it around and and now look at the joy you have in your life.

Brad's dad was right..."Who among us..?"

It's not ourinitial decisions, but how we deal with the fallout that defines our character.....

elle

We can't change the angle of the wind....but we can adjust our sails.

1992 Rhodes 22   Recyc '06  "WaterMusic"   (Lady in Red)


--- On Tue, 9/2/08, David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: David Bradley <dwbrad at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] political - sort of
> To: "The Rhodes 22 Email List" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2008, 1:09 AM
> Amazing story, Herb.  Thanks for sharing it, and welcome
> back.
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
> On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 1:30 PM, Herb Parsons
> <hparsons at parsonsys.com> wrote:
> > Why does that add to the drama? Actually, I think it
> exemplifies EXACTLY
> > what she stands for.
> >
> > I'm the father of a daughter that was in much the
> same situation, 16,
> > pregnant, unmarried. Do I feel that I somehow failed
> as a parent? Not
> > really. At some emotional level I probably felt that,
> but in reality I
> > knew that all of my children failed to meet my
> standards of what they
> > should do in some areas (hell, I fail in that myself),
> and far far
> > exceeded them in others.
> >
> > Katie did both.
> >
> > She continued with school (in a different school)
> while she had her
> > baby. I held him in my arms as she gave her
> valedictorian speech. One of
> > her goals in her speech (with the help and
> enthusiastic encouragement
> > from her older sisters) was to see if she could make
> me cry (a good
> > cry). She did.
> >
> > FWIW, my child married the baby's father, now has
> another beautiful
> > daughter with him, and life goes on. We love that
> child as much as we
> > love the other grandchildren our kids have given us. 
> All parents can
> > really do is their very best, send the kids on their
> way, and pray for
> > them. I firmly believe that as I watch my girls grow,
> I'll seem them
> > make mistakes, bad judgement, and just flat out do
> some things wrong. At
> > the same time, I believe that each one of them will
> make better
> > decisions overall than I, and be better women than I
> was a man. If they
> > do, I'll feel I succeeded.
> >
> > Here's the facts in Palin's case. She raised a
> family, and did her best
> > to impart her family values on to them. That's
> what all good parents do.
> >
> > She personally believes abortion is wrong. She stood
> by her beliefs when
> > she became pregnant with a downs baby, and decided not
> to abort the child.
> >
> > Now her daughter has disappointed her in some of her
> own choices, but
> > not in keeping the child. Hooray for the daughter, but
> why would the
> > choices of a 16/17 year old daughter be
> "political fodder"? Because
> > there are those that will use any issue as political
> fodder when they
> > want to tear down others.
> >
> > I think it says a lot about that person, and little
> about the candidate.
> > And yes, I'm including the author who is
> salivating over this as being
> > "better than the soaps". These are real
> people, and her daughter has
> > nothing to do with the election.
> >
> > But, I'm not surprised at the sentiment....
> >
> > john Belanger wrote:
> >> and now to ad even more drama, her daughter (17)is
> pregnant. who's the father? this is better than the
> soaps!!
> >> john b
> >> s/v 1969 venture 21
> >>
> >>
> >> --- On Mon, 9/1/08, stan <stan at rhodes22.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>> From: stan <stan at rhodes22.com>
> >>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] political - sort of
> >>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
> <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Date: Monday, September 1, 2008, 3:00 PM
> >>> If I knew they wanted a state beauty contest
> winner I would
> >>> have offered Rose who was Mrs. Virginia in the
> Mrs. America
> >>> finals back in 2000BC so has lots more
> experience plus would
> >>> make John the younger.
> >>>
> >>> I just don't get any political respect -
> Hillary
> >>> ignored my Hail Mary call on 4 and 10 midway
> through the
> >>> game and lost being a contender and now we are
> going to have
> >>> Mrs. congeniality a heart beat away - but what
> the hell,
> >>> it's a step in the right direction from
> our current
> >>> pres. and vp.....I agree, you've got to
> love this
> >>> country.
> >>>
> >>> ss
> >>>
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