tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927836648074653969.post8200119858749771280..comments2023-04-11T08:00:08.788-07:00Comments on Late Breaking Gays: Fairy TalesMorrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17996750967440080071noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927836648074653969.post-92021285906700330172010-11-14T11:10:34.217-08:002010-11-14T11:10:34.217-08:00Fairy tales are very important.Fairy tales are very important.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927836648074653969.post-15657595099244537832010-10-24T20:18:11.790-07:002010-10-24T20:18:11.790-07:00This is Morris's partner, Lenny.
Since I don&#...This is Morris's partner, Lenny.<br />Since I don't really want to post a blog, at least I can post a comment to let people know how he's doing since the knee surgery. Basically, it was successful and we are looking forward to greater mobility.<br />He came home Friday. I am probably not the world's best care-giver, but I have managed to keep his ice machine stocked and the mobility unit in and out of bed without killing him. (I DID want to kill him a couple of times, but I got over it.) We have support from family. (Thank God!) And we will rely on them during the week while I am at work and even have to go on a business trip. He should be back to posting in a couple of weeks.<br />Thanks to all of you who have followed these thoughts and musings. <br />LennyLennynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927836648074653969.post-65132096712353416092010-10-18T23:41:30.997-07:002010-10-18T23:41:30.997-07:00Parents never stop being parents and your children...Parents never stop being parents and your children never stop being your children, but children should stop "being children" at some point and become the fully realized, independent adults you raised them to become. You want to see your children grow to become the best they can become, so why is it so difficult for them to allow their parents to grow to become their best as well? One doesn't stop growing when one becomes a parent; heaven knows we'd all be dark-haired, wrinkle-free, and 20+ pounds lighter if that were the case! Growth by its very definition means change, so without change we aren't growing - we aren't really even living. I understand wanting to preserve that "fairy tale" image of the ideal parents, but doesn't becoming an adult mean leaving those fairy tales behind? Change is scary, but not changing, becoming stagnant, is even scarier. That isn't what we want for our children, so why should they want that for us? Other than by example, how do we impart that lesson?dfwteddyhttp://arlingtonsupperclub.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3927836648074653969.post-32177685362120219292010-10-17T20:54:52.260-07:002010-10-17T20:54:52.260-07:00Maybe that ideal world that everyone saw back in t...Maybe that ideal world that everyone saw back in the day should be behind glass, because it doesn't stand up very well to modern day scrutiny. <br />The comment between us started at: Gee, how did YOUR kids handle your coming out? In my case, they had already had to deal with the death of their mother. I'm pretty sure that either scarred them for life or gave them a new perspective. It took a lot of work and love to try to make it the latter...lennynoreply@blogger.com