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o dad why did you leave us whitney i always loved you uncles girdles and flaming sweet potato casserole washing feet erectile dysfunction public pajama wearing recent comments happy hubber on erectile dysfunction pub karen rice on erectile dysfunction pub tanja on erectile dysfunction pub karen rice on where did you go dad why did patti on where did you go dad why did search for where did you go dad why did you leave us june 17 2012 karen rice 2 comments today is a day to celebrate fathers all over facebook friends are posting pictures of their dads saying how wonderful they are or wishing them happy father s day in heaven or some other similar sentiment i have a different kind of sentiment regarding my father the father who wasn t one at all he was a handsome young man i was told he was smart talented and angry he did not get along with his father who was old fashioned proper and formal my father was i guess more of a renegade stories i ve recently heard have caused me to compare him to holden caulfield from catcher in the rye sadly i loathe the character of holden caulfield and i hated catcher in the rye my grandfather was a self made man one who rose above the challenges he faced in his young life he was born in 1902 or thereabouts and i assume it was in philadelphia around 1910 his mother died grandfather came home one day to find a note from his father stating he had left and was never coming back i guess grandfather lived with an aunt or some other relative he eventually grew up to be a successful man but i know nothing about what personal demons he may have fought throughout his life he did marry and have three children one of those children was broken at the time nobody knew what autism or asperger s was from what i ve been told i believe my uncle probably suffered from asperger s this surely was difficult for grandfather i do not know the dynamic of the family life i only know that my father never got along with grandfather and he was hell bent on being rebellious though what prompted him to join the marines i ll never know my brother and i are not even sure he made it past boot camp at some point he married our mother ellen he fathered my brother and me and then ellen died in a tragic accident and i never saw my father again my brother saw him a few times i guess he took a bus as a young boy into nyc to meet him father couldn t come here to get him i guess and then he just disappeared out of our lives completely and my brother like our grandfather was 8 when he lost his dad and mom for years he did come to pa to visit friends but he never came to see us then he died in an accident i did not even know how to grieve i felt so empty numb and i ve been feeling empty and numb in ways off and on my entire life i never got to know him i would have welcomed him back into my life at any time i yearned for his presence as a child of the 70s and 80s i watched a lot of soap operas with my adopted mom i used to envision my long lost dad showing up out of nowhere and whisking me away i did not get along well with my adopted father at all i didn t have a good relationship with him until just before he died i m angry with you joseph myles mcginnis you were very selfish and cruel no matter how you may have justified your behavior in your mind you left two broken and bruised children behind and you never looked back shame on you in spite of you we grew up to be good citizens good parents good people you missed out on so much by leaving us behind you will never know your five beautiful grandchildren and they will only know you as an irresponsible coward and a selfish rebel who ran away what a legacy what a shame 41 475367 75 182179 rate this share this tweet more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading whitney i always loved you february 11 2012 karen rice leave a comment just this morning i was thinking about writing a post about whitney houston i was leaving the convenience store and happened to notice a tabloid in the stand featuring a grotesque photo of one of the icons of my youth whitney houston looking shockingly more like a 70 year old woman instead of one who was only in her 40 s i thought what a tragedy for her to ruin her body so i also was disgusted at the tabloids and the people who keep them in business they seem to serve only one purpose to stomp on people when they are down and remind the public that they are has beens if you re too fat they make fun of every move you make ala kirstey alley if you are too thin they cry out that you suffer from eating disorders you just can t win when you are in the spotlight how horrifying for me to come home tonight and discover the news that whitney passed away earlier today at this point the cause of death has not been released whether it was drug related or not i am going to venture to say that her years of substance abuse certainly weakened her body mind and spirit to the point that she could not fight whatever it was that finally took her from us too soon way too soon i have to say i am disgusted by some of the rude comments i ve seen about whitney not only in recent history but today after the shocking news of her death was released i never once ever ever even thought to make fun of that poor woman when she was alive and struggling with her horrible addictions let alone now that she is gone my heart was broken for her i just don t think it s funny to make fun of people who are weak people were not created to be on a pedestal as we put our performers and athletes they cave under the pressure that they think they wanted we train our young children to idolize these people and train them to want to be famous too and then when the few get there they find it s a life of horrors horrors trying to live up to compete to remain relevant to remain beautiful and when the control begins to slip away instead of being compassionate the public lashes out at the very ones that were darlings when they were perceived as perfect the whole celebrity machine sickens me i don t make fun of stars who are messed up well except tom cruise i guess i confess i have hated on him a bit but i repent these people need our prayers not our fickle temporary adoration until the next shiny thing comes along i wish i had taken the time to send whitney a note telling her that i love her always have and always will no other vocalist has caused me to break out in goosebumps at the mere thought of her singing i will always love you granted i have always loved dolly s version of the song and she always made me cry when i heard her singing it but whitney took it to a whole other level i hope whitney that you are in peace now i hope you have found the greatest love of all and it has nothing to do with loving yourself but rather the love of the one who died to bring you to his arms one day i don t know what happened whitney but i sincerely hope you are in a better place now no more tabloids or cruel jokes maybe you are helping the angels sing their praises now i certainly hope so god speed 41 475367 75 182179 rate this share this tweet more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading body mind and spirit rip whitney rude comments shocking news whitney whitney houston uncles girdles and flaming sweet potato casserole november 22 2011 karen rice 1 comment missing mom this thanksgiving my mom was somewhat of a nervous lady as i remember her she was skinny as a rail probably due to nerves i think she weighed 85 lbs soaking wet she liked things to go nicely if things started to get out of whack she d get upset unfortunately in later years this led to her being bedridden sometimes for days with painful stomach ailments but sometimes her nervousness would give way to a sudden firm strength that surprised people into silence or laughter or both mom often called herself a simple cook she was right she rarely did anything fancy most of her cooking was just down home ordinary meat and potatoes usually seasoned with salt and pepper never anything daring like garlic or oregano one area where she excelled and to this day remains unmatched was her homemade pies i have yet to find someone who can top my mom s apple pie though sue misiak s comes very very close mom s other specialty was lemon merangue pie though she often complained that her sister ruth made better merangue well maybe her merangues were higher but mom s tasted best on thanksgiving mom would break out of the original routine and go into holiday mode our holiday meals whether christmas or thanksgiving often consisted of the same special side dishes baby carrots augraten and the fabled sweet potato casserole along with slightly dry mashed potatoes that s how dad liked em her most awesome stuffing i can not recreate it no matter how hard i try and jellied cranberry sauce carefully placed on a cut glass dish and delicately sliced in half care being taken to retain the shape of the can while many of the holidays were just mom dad me and the various dogs often dad s brother and his wife would come for thanksgiving this was a trial to my mom and definitely brought more dysfunction into our lives uncle was a rather unfortunate person he had some fine qualities he was very smart with practical hands on knowledge and he often meant well but that was eclipsed by the fact that he knew he was smart and always wanted all of us in his presence to know of his superior knowledge and experience in all matters additionally uncle would say bizarre things from time to time one time he asked me at the dinner table what color underwear i was wearing everyone except uncle was shocked at this display of inappropriate conversation and i stuttered a moment and said uh i don t think that s any of your business uncle mom was looking daggers at him and auntie looked about ready to pass out dad gave uncle a sharp look and i incredulous wished i could be anywhere else uncle continued your aunt is wearing pink underwear and i told her she was too old to wear colored underwear and that she should leave the colored stuff to young girls like you after an uncomfortable silence he then changed the subject and started talking about radio waves ultra high frequency signals and hand tools he had given my dad years ago that were not taken care of properly another time he blurted out to auntie also at the table are you wearing your girdle today cause it doesn t look like you have it on good times good times auntie was a much more pleasant character and i enjoyed her a great deal but she would often get into very loud arguments with uncle it made for some very interesting times mom would always tell them to come just moments before the meal was ready if he came ahead of time she would be probably need to be hospitalized one year the dreaded thing happened they came two hours early for thanksgiving dinner the dogs started barking uproariously dad said what the hell mom cried oh no they re here i proceeded to go in my room and turn on my hi fi that i got from sears big book oh no you don t mom said you stay out here to help keep me from killing him i actually preferred to talk with auntie and so she and i sat in the living room and chit chatted while mom fluttered around the kitchen trying to keep her wits about her dad felt the need to go check on the deer and left the house uncle plopped himself down at the kitchen counter and proceeded to direct mom s movements in her kitchen don t put that coffee pot back on the burner it will break that thing is hot why do you keep opening the oven door all the time don t you know that lets all the heat out when my first wife was alive she did thus and such on thanksgiving and it was always so nice that one in there talking to karen can t do anything right i always have to tell her how she should be cooking things you d think after all these years she d know but she doesn t at this point auntie interjects some ascerbic response and a brief arguement loudly erupts the poodle starts to bark and looks at mom wonderingly and dad is still out in the woods all the while mom is doing a great job remaining civil and keeping things on track dinner is almost ready soon we can eat and then hopefully they will leave and mom will be able to relax at last it s time to take the carrots augraten out of the oven and put the sweet potato casserole under the broiler to toast the marshmallows she sets the corelle casserole dish with the carrots on an unused burner at the back of the stove and turns on the broiler uncle asks her why she s ruining a perfectly good sweet potato dish with sweet stuff as she plops the marshmallows on and puts it in the oven dad comes in and says he s hungry she takes to making gravy and uncle says i think something s burning doris sure enough smoke is coming out of the oven and the marshmallows are on fire the poodle and the lhasa apso begin to bark and the cocker spaniel heads for cover under the table mom says oh no they re ruined and uncle says i don t know what you wanted to do that for anyway suddenly there is a bang and a splat and the dogs run out of the kitchen and i hear mom wail quietly and uncle swears what the hell did you put that dish on the stove for doris didn t you know it would break evidently the unused burner was left on unknown to mom when she set the carrots augraten on it still keeping her composure she starts cleaning up the mess then the final straw comes uncle says doris there s a piece of glass on the floor by the refrigerator mom has had enough listen she says if you re going to be out here then you can help clean up or you can shut up or i swear i ll dump this on your head my eyes got big as i saw her point to the lemon pie uncle knowing that the loss of the lemon pie would be a terrible tragedy wisely shut up and came into the living room with auntie and me the poodle warily enters the kitchen and tiptoes around mom s feet dad does his part to help by hollering at the dog to get auntie sighs looks at uncle and says can t you ever just shut up i was just trying to be helpful it would be nice to have some appreciation that s all we survived and mom never set the marshmallows on fire ever again 41 475367 75 182179 rate this share this tweet more email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading family fire food sweet potato casserole thanksgiving uncle washing feet april 24 2011 karen rice leave a comment i read an excellent little musing on the ceremonial foot washing that occurs in some churches at this time of year meant to pay homage to the example jesus set forth by taking on the role of the lowliest servant by sitting down to wash the filthy feet of his disciples the ceremony as practiced today is quite different back in bible times foot washing was a necessity given the vulgar conditions of people s feet after 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