Christian Pipe Smokers

. . . Talk about making my father's heart get all mushy. My 18 year old daughter wants to spend time with her family. . . For her 21st birthday, daughter #2 asked to go to the casino with Mrs FredS and I. I'm not foolish enough to think she'd never had a drink, but still, it was cool that she wante...

I'll take incorrigible as a good sign. Praying for you all though.

Eldest daughter will take off for Tokyo mid-June. Middle and third daughter will leave a week after. Wife and I will leave a week after that and I'll return a week before they all do. I'm nervous as heck about sending a thirteen year old in charge of an 11 year old, but we need to start letting go a...

This one weighs on me a lot. Strength and healing grace.

Praying.

I'll be praying for a dear CPS brother I've never met and avoiding the celebrations and feel good stuff like the plague. It's not an easy holiday. Too many scars on people I love to do much celebrating.

Going to bed with you two very much in my prayers.
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Thank you! Life is a joyous, heart-rending, confusing mess on the verge of catastrophe at any given time and I can use all I can get.

Blessings upon all of your houses.

Well, I've got to admit I'm touched. Thank you for your overwhelming kindness.

I could only see what was on the screen allowed to strangers and look forward to catching up on all of you.

I'm a right-handed competitive shotgunner. It turns out that shooting 10k or so rounds a year takes its toll, mostly in the form of bursitis in the left shoulder. At the moment, I cannot move my left arm and I'm a red head with all the genetic pain tolerance of my people. I'd really appreciate a pra...