Three Thoughts

[H2O Man]

22. Thank you.

Things were getting very tense. I saw so many maga-ites posting about "civil war" and splattering their hatred on the internet. And that included some messages on other people's stuff that were very anti-me. Gracious.

A long story short: years ago, a good friend of mine died. His teenaged daughter was left without a parent, as her mother was in prison. One sunny morning, I was taking a walk in my pine forest. I saw a tent in a clearing. Being curious, I approached it. My friend's daughter said she had been there a couple of days. I had a pretty good idea that my younger son played some role in this, knowing how his father had been at that age.

There are many rooms in this old house. Besides my four children, we've had a foreign exchange student and at least a dozen "stray" kids live with us. From my experiences as a homeless teen, I was aware that situation has risks. So my kids and I invited her to live with us. While here, she got her GED, driver's license, and enrolled in college.

Her aunt from another state visited when she was here. But she had conflicts with most of her father's siblings. They were thankful to seeing her doing well here. Eventually, as an adult, she moved south to be near her extended family. My daughters and I drove down to visit her. When she had problems, she knew she could call me 24/7 ..... and often did.

We communicated every so often on FB. But after Kirk's murder, she made a post demanding that all "leftists" leave her page. I noted that I am a leftist, as was her father. Where did that leave us? I suggested being against violent people. She responded in an ugly manner. So I left her page. I'm old, and don't have enough energy to invest any in those who talk to me that way.