An anonymous comment to the previous post got me thinking a little bit. We, especially Americans, are constantly hearing about young people being abused and families being broken and all manner of atrocities committed by parents and family members in papers and on tv. From deadbeat Dads to crack addicted Mothers, I guess that, in addition to all the other crap they print (but that's for a different kind of blog), is what sells papers in this country. Very rarely, if ever, do we hear about happy well adjusted families that treat their children with love and respect. On the flip side of that coin there are the so called "family friendly" news sources, which go on and on about "family values" and what not, that have absolutely no idea what these so-called "family values/morals" really are. It's more about being a political tool (thinly veiled at that), than actually talking about happy families and why they are happy, for them I beleive. One of the reasons I am (with other members of my family) involved in writing this blog is to show, without any alterior motives, what a happy family is and the reasons why we are happy. I want everyone that happens to read this blog to know that my little girl is loved and respected, and that I am a better person for knowing her. You may think that makes her a lucky girl, and why wouldn't you after hearing about all the children that aren't, but I tell you that I am the lucky one. I am lucky that I have such a wonderfull little girl to hang out with, talk to, and most importantly love with all my heart. So to the person that wrote that comment, thank you, you made a happy daddy just a little bit happier (and a little misty too)...
1 of you posted a comment...:
Clayton and Kim and Pearl and Betty: You guys are wonderful. I am so proud to know you and to be connected to you in such an intimate way. Seems like a miracle to me. In some ways I am scared for you all and especially for Pearl because of the cruelties of the world, and of much of contemporary American society, and the kinds of struggles that lie ahead. So different, really, than the struggles Susan and I have had to surmount. How can we prepare you for them? How can we prepare you for tham while helping you maintain that authenticly "happy family"? While these are not questions with easy answers, I know if I relax a bit and take it one day at a time, and not allow my fears to outweigh the happy moments I share with you and that I know you are sharing with one another, then I feel less afraid for the future. You do have each other. WE have each other... struggle or no struggle. But then, life is pretty shallow without struggle... we would feel less compelled to find others to get through it with, to laugh, to bitch with and to go on....
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