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Posts on ‘September 8th, 2006’

been said

This is just the way life is. You can't have everything you want. Be grateful you have what you do have. Consider yourself lucky you haven't been surprised with a pregancy. Consider yourself lucky that you have the luxury of deciding when to have children. Now you know why guys keep secrets. Suck it up. [...]

traded in

I feel as though I've taken everything that I value in life and traded it in for a jump in the line at Super Walmart. [...]

this is about my dreams

I received "a comment":http://revjim.net/2006/09/08/prophecy-fulfilled/#comment-16284 from a friend that I have great respect for, as a person, as a friend, and as a father. Instead of responding directly to him (as I do with most of the comments I get) I decided to respond publicly because I'm sure his thoughts are shared by many of you.

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prophecy fulfilled

A couple that we are very close to just let me know they are expecting a child. For more specific reasons that I would rather not discuss in public and, in some cases, do not yet have the liberty to talk about anyway, all the things I mentioned losing just got a whole lot more real and meaningful. [...]