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Let Whitney Houston rest in Peace – to the hatemongers

Can’t argue that she had it and lost it.

But she was human too.

She leaves behind a family.

How would you like it if someone made the same comment about you on the day you died? Oh wait, you wouldn’t mind, because you would be dead.. but your family would have to listen to the ranting of some mindless human being who didn’t know you yacking about how you screwed up your life.  Let it rest.

RIP Whitney Houston

Me Parent – You Child and a Brunch Date

So today has been one of those wonderful days. Mostly calm and relaxing.

The youngest had a date with his mentor, so we hiked to another town 30 miles from here to drop him with the mentor.  Got a brunch date with my lovely bride… 🙂 so rare that this happens, cherish the moments.  Went back to get our son at 3.

Seems like every button that he can push on his sibs is pushed.  I don’t think that it is intentional.  I just think that his siblings are so used to getting after him for everything that they still do it even after he spent almost 7 months in the residential facility.  So mom and I have started our mantra.  Me Parent – You Child.  Our son has two parents and 4 siblings, not 6 parents and no siblings.

He tries hard to be good, you can see that he wants to be good.  It is just that his energy levels and attention span accentuate negative behaviour.

So any ideas about how we can convince the sibs to stop parenting?

And yes, kids, I know that you can read this.  We want you to enjoy your childhood.  No amount of yelling by you or your brothers and sisters can make his behaviours change to what we think they should be.  Please be patient with us and him as we work to adapt our lives to the needs of everyone in the household.

Even you have to admit that on his worst day now, it is still better than his worst day a year ago.

 

 

Whitney Houston – RIP

With the passing of the singer/actress Whitney Houston, we as people need to remember a couple of things.

  1. She was a mother.  She leaves behind one child. We should respect her memory for the sake of her child. No good can come from speaking ill of the dead.
  2. She was human.  She had flaws just like the rest of us.
  3. She was a star, stars burn hot and fast.  Tragically, she lived with a lot of demons according to news reports she fought drug addiction just like most other major stars of the music industry.
  4. Believe only about 40% of what you hear and read from the Internet.  Of that, you should confirm everything.  If you can get two independent confirmations of a story, then you should be able to consider it real.  If you see it on CNN, can you find it on Fox?  Want unbiased reporting of things going on in the United States? Go overseas and read The Guardian or check out the BBC.

I never got the chance to see Miss Houston in concert.  In my youth, I enjoyed her music. As a young adult I enjoyed the movies that she was in.  As an adult, I never paid a lot of attention as she seemed to be battling her own demons.

Like the father Tommy Jordan who posted the attention getting video this week said.  Some things follow you forever. Regardless of the true cause of her death, rumors will run rampant until the end of time concerning what actually happened. Do not promote rumor and innuendo.  Remember that Miss Houston leaves behind family who loved her as a mother, daughter, sister and/or aunt.

 

R.I.P. Miss Houston.