Tag: dailyprompt
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FAMILY TRADITION
As a married man, I was not allowed family tradition. Family tradition was the sole territory of my wife, her sisters, her mother, her father, her aunts, uncles, cousins and anyone any of them had ever met. One tradition was to manipulate the gifts I received for Christmas, Fathers Day and my birthday somehow reflected…
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Favorite
My favorite place. Dinosaur National Monument in Dinosaur, Utah. Old rocks are cool, but fully reconstructed skeletal remains of creatures from 25 million years ago. Quite impressive. Fossil remains intact in The Quarry.
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SUCCESS
Since successful is only defined by your financial portfolio and has nothing to do with humanity, NO ONE COMES TO MIND. HOW DID THEY COME ABOUT THEIR SUCCESS? WHO GOT TRAMPLED? WHAT PART OF YOUR FOUNDATION DO YOU DEEM UNNECESSARY NOW? WHO HAVE YOU FUCKED OVER? WHO DO YOU IGNORE?
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Out of Place
When was a time I felt out of place and entirely unnecessary…everyday after I proposed marriage and everyday since, almost 50 years. Entirely unnecessary. I was there to serve my wife and her mother and sisters, to provide the seed for the next generation of THEIR FAMILY. I WAS MERELY THE SPERM DONOR AND ATM…
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Trait
Given the decades of personal attacks on me by my wife/former wife, directed at my children and their spouses and their subsequent demonic and hateful behavior towards me, it’s been made abundantly clear, I have no human traits that have value. Personally, generosity. I gave 35 years of service to my family and They took…
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Leader?
Absolutely. I’ve led Boys Little League and Teener baseball, Girls Deb Stars softball. I’ve led to the organization of The Runnin Tigers Booster Club to benefit all grade levels in The Union Endicott School District. I led a small group of dads to negotiate access to soccer club property adjacent to a district elementary school,…
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Grudge
What am I holding a grudge about? Let’s see. Bigotry. Ignorance. Entitlements. Prejudice. It’s law enforcement unlawfully flexing their power with no accountability. It’s the Clergy flexing their influence and power with no accountability. It’s my former wife, my children and their spouses flexing their entitlement, power and control with no accountability. It’s politicians at…
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Travel
After being abandoned by my good church going Catholic children and their spouses I decided to travel. So I sold my house in The Adirondacks, in retrospect I should have stayed, and set sail. A brief stay with friends in Vermont, where is skied Killington a few times. Then off go Maine with a quick…