Ilunga Posted August 17 Share Posted August 17 9 hours ago, smithers joe said: sounds like your son has an excellent role model. my greatest regret is that i never knew my father. he put us in a foster home when i was 20months old. we found out that he died a homeless man in 1960 in los angeles. I am really sorry to hear this Joe. What I can tell you is that " blood " doesn't mean much. My " real " father, the man who chose me to be his son- I am adopted - was an Englishman, veteran of the D-day landings. He was told, if he moved to a warmer climate he might live into his forties, due to the severity of his wounds. He made to 87. He taught me about strength of will. About giving 100% and believing in yourself. He has been gone ten years and I still miss him. My biological father was an Australian WW2 veteran. According to my sister, he beat the crap out of mum and my siblings My siblings ended up institutions, my mum went back to her parents. She had to give me up. My son is an IVF child. My ability to create life was taken from me on a football field when I was 16 years old. A knee to the groin. Every single person I have loved dearly has had no biological connection to me. It's the bonds we build by our actions, that builds love. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithers joe Posted August 17 Author Share Posted August 17 4 minutes ago, Ilunga said: I am really sorry to hear this Joe. What I can tell you is that " blood " doesn't mean much. My " real " father, the man who chose me to be his son- I am adopted - was an Englishman, veteran of the D-day landings. He was told, if he moved to a warmer climate he might live into his forties, due to the severity of his wounds. He made to 87. He taught me about strength of will. About giving 100% and believing in yourself. He has been gone ten years and I still miss him. My biological father was an Australian WW2 veteran. According to my sister, he beat the crap out of mum and my siblings My siblings ended up institutions, my mum went back to her parents. She had to give me up. My son is an IVF child. My ability to create life was taken from me on a football field when I was 16 years old. A knee to the groin. Every single person I have loved dearly has had no biological connection to me. It's the bonds we build by our actions, that builds love. i still love my father even though i never knew him. apparently he lived for 7 years, homeless. no one should have to live like that. i use to help an old native, homeless man in smithers. i was too late to help my father but i substituted. i wrote my dad a letter even though he had been dead for years. i mentioned that i forgave him for leaving us and about meeting him when i was 16 for 10 minutes. i wrote i knew i was a stranger to him but i hoped that if he knew my longer that he would have hugged me and told me, he loved me. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwarrior Posted August 20 Share Posted August 20 I'm brutally honest. I don't really sugar coat anything. I tell people if you don't want an HONEST opinion, don't ask me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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