Greetings, HappySoul, this is the author responding anonymously. Your comment deserves a response. Thank you for your bluntness. Yes, I have been engaged in self-pity, but I am progressing out of that phase and into the milestone where I take action and work toward achieving as much justice and closure as possible. Your last sentence is …
Greetings, HappySoul, this is the author responding anonymously. Your comment deserves a response. Thank you for your bluntness. Yes, I have been engaged in self-pity, but I am progressing out of that phase and into the milestone where I take action and work toward achieving as much justice and closure as possible. Your last sentence is especially profound because I must not allow my grief to become a crutch. I am not ready, though, to write off Ricky, his sister and our dear grand baby. My wife, Joshua and Ricky's oldest sister (the loyal one) are in that "let's move on" group. They earned respect for their decision by enduring the years of Ricky's slow, tortuous debacle.
I was an atheist for a great bulk of my younger life. I hope you will one day reconsider your own atheism. I cannot boast an ability to persuade you here and now. I leave you with this: For me, belief grew once I accepted the idea that every watch demands a maker; so it is also with creation.
Greetings, HappySoul, this is the author responding anonymously. Your comment deserves a response. Thank you for your bluntness. Yes, I have been engaged in self-pity, but I am progressing out of that phase and into the milestone where I take action and work toward achieving as much justice and closure as possible. Your last sentence is especially profound because I must not allow my grief to become a crutch. I am not ready, though, to write off Ricky, his sister and our dear grand baby. My wife, Joshua and Ricky's oldest sister (the loyal one) are in that "let's move on" group. They earned respect for their decision by enduring the years of Ricky's slow, tortuous debacle.
I was an atheist for a great bulk of my younger life. I hope you will one day reconsider your own atheism. I cannot boast an ability to persuade you here and now. I leave you with this: For me, belief grew once I accepted the idea that every watch demands a maker; so it is also with creation.