FATHERHOOD

I KNOW!

I'M EARLY FOR THIS!
BUT! I GUESS WITH THE HOLIDAYS UPON US.

I COULD NOT HELP BUT THINK ABOUT MY DAD AND HOW HE WAS WITH ME AND MY HALF (I SAY THAT NOT BY CHOICE BUT YET IT IS TRUE MY TWO SISTERS ARE FROM TWO DIFFERENT FATHERS MY ONE SISTER ALWAYS REMINDS ME OF IT!) SISTERS.

HE HAD A TOUGH LIFE GROWING UP.
BECAUSE ONE TIME HIS MOM ASKED HIM TO ACCOMPANY HER TO THE MARKET.
HE SAID NO.
AND HIS MOM SAID "ALL RIGHT ".

THE STORY WAS THAT WHEN SHE CROSSED THE STREET. A STREET CAR (THIS WAS IN THE WINTER) CAME ALONG AND HIT AND KILLED HER.

EVER SINCE THAT TIME!
HE AND WE WERE AND ALWAYS ARE TO BEAR THE BLAME THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY HAS PUT ON US.

AND WHEN HIS FAMILY HAD DINNER!
HE WAS IN A CORNER EATING SOUP WHILE THE REST WERE EATING STEAK!

WHEN MY MOM MET HIM.
HE WAS AT A BAR WITH HIS HEAD DOWN ON THE BAR.
WHEN MY MOM SEEN HIM.
SHE TOLD THE BARTENDER "GIVE HIM A DRINK"!
AND THE REST IS HISTORY!

HE WAS  NOT THE BEST DAD TO HAVE IN THE WORLD.
BUT HE DID HIS JOB AT THAT TIME.
GOING TO WORK, BRINGING HOME THE PAYCHECK AND MOM WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE BILLS, KEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN, TAKE CARE OF US KIDS AND SO ON.

I CAN ONLY SPEAK FOR ME!
BUT! HE DID TRY TO BE A GOOD IF NOT FAIR FATHER TO ME AND MY HALF-SISTERS.

HE WAS NOT THE KIND/TYPE OF DAD YOU WOULD NOT WANT! HE DID TAKE ME TO THE PARK AND SWING ME AND KEEP AN EYE ON ME.

AS FOR A HERO?
NOT!

WHEN I WAS GROWING UP.
HE WOULD STEAL A LOT OF THINGS FROM ME AND MY MOM WOULD BACK HIM UP ON IT!
EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW THAT WHAT HE DID WAS WRONG! 

THE ONLY TIME HIM AND I GOT ALONG!
WAS WHEN I HAD BEER HE WANTED.
THEN!!!!! WE WERE PALS!

MY BROTHERS-IN-LAWS!
SAID THEY LIKE HIM!
BECAUSE HE WAS A "MAN'S MAN"!

"BIG DEAL"!!!!! (BFD!!!!!!!)

BUT! NOT A "SON'S DAD"!

IN LATER YEARS!
I GOT MARRIED!
HAD TWO KIDS!
I TREATED THEM WAY BETTER THEN HE DID ME!

I KNOW IT'S NOT RIGHT TO SAY WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY!

BUT! YOU DON'T KNOW HIM AS I DID!

WITH WHAT HE DID AND PUT ME THROUGH!

I AM EVER SO HAPPY/GLAD THAT HE IS (AND I HOPE HE IS WHERE HE SHOULD BE!) DEAD AND GONE!

NO SON/DAUGHTER SHOULD EVER GO THROUGH WHAT I DID WITH HIM.

SIDENOTE: I HAVE SEEN AND READ AT Q & A SITES!
ABOUT HOW COME THEIR MOM/DAD ARE THE WAY THEY ARE?

IT IS BECAUSE OF HOW THEY (THE PARENTS) WERE RAISED!

NO ONE COMES INTO THIS WORLD WITH A MANUAL IN TOW!

THIS! IS NOT A BLOCK PARTY!
MAKE IT!!!!!!!