BIG SIS’ HOMECOMING DATE

Go ahead. Roll your eyes and keep scrolling. Most of you stop here for Chrissy’s in depth posts on matters of Faith and maybe the funny crap I post. The long and short of it is this: aside from my fishing partner I have no friends. I have always considered you as friends I’ll never meet. A very large part of my life has been wasted. The only thing I can look back at with pride are my two girls. During the most important times in their youth I was busy taking care of myself first and foremost. Now they’re grown and have children of their own and I’m trying to make up for some of the irreparable harm I did by neglecting them for so long.

After 40 years of smoking two packs of cigarettes a day my cardiologist gave me two choices: quit and enjoy your grandkids a little longer, or keep on and probably not see them graduate. Quitting cold turkey was a easy proposition. I don’t carry a lot of pictures in my wallet because there’s no one to show them to. So I do it here. Those little ones are the only reason I have to keep going.

Thank you for your patience.

THIS IS BIG SIS AND HER NOT-REALLY-A-DATE,THE CLASS’ FOREIGN EXCHANGE STUDENT
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SIS AND FRIENDS GOOFING OFF
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ON HER RIGHT, MOM AND STEPDAD; ON HER LEFT, STEPMOM AND DAD. STRANGELY ENOUGH, MOM AND DAD GET ALONG BETTER NOW THAN THEY DID WHEN THEY WERE MARRIED. I CALL THEM THE MOM AND DAD PROTECTION AGENCY. PITY THE YOUNG STUD WHO CROSSES HER MOM – SHE AIN’T NO JOKE
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THIS IS MY BABY (TYLER’S MOM) SIX YEARS AGO BEFORE SHE DECIDED TO GET HEALTHY
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THIS IS HER NOW WITH HER BEAU
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THIS IS THE MOST FRIGHTENING: THE LITTLE GIRL I REMEMBER HOLDING WHEN SHE WAS LESS THAN A DAY OLD. NOW SHE’S 14 GOING ON 22.

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3 responses to “BIG SIS’ HOMECOMING DATE

  1. chrissythehyphenated's avatar chrissythehyphenated

    Thank you, Pete!! I so enjoy hearing your personal tales and seeing the pics. I’m impatiently awaiting permission to announce some Hyphenated news to all y’all, but certain people have to tell the rest of their immediate families before I can blab it to the world.

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  2. Pete: Most of you stop here for…

    I read it all (um, except when Chrissy’s are too deep for me, which is often). Pete, you’re dear as kin around our house, and by extension your family matters to us. Thanks for continuing to share them. And, yeah, I do appreciate the “funny crap.”

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  3. Ting's avatar Ting

    Wonderful photos! I am glad that you share them here – it makes me happy!

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