Taken at Boston Logan airport. Please tell me it's not just me.

bin161 · 2012-05-26T12:34:19.353919-07:00

Are you a grade 5 schoolteacher?

bin161 · 2012-05-26T12:31:34.873046-07:00

I knew it wasn'nt so long, long ago and far, far away!

benhasakid · 9 days

i'm goin to touch base with you later. thanks for ++sharing.

dreamscapesaga · 16 days

They remind me of the children in the Chrysalids (John Wyndham) that can influence people by telepathy.

Thank you for adopting rescues.

garrow10 · 17 days

You're going to lose.

garrow10 · 17 days

She's soooo tiny. You'll have to teach her stuff she was too young to learn from her mother. (how to cover her poop - important because it establishes dominance in catspeak) and other stuff ? you'll have to check cat behavior books.

Congratulations and thank you.

dreamscapesaga · 17 days

Beg to differ bud.

I can see the green glow in their eyes.

You're all theirs. And they've done a good job.

WhyDoIHurt · 17 days

It gets better. When you leave home you can learn to be. All you have to do is get the grades, get accepted to a university away from home, and the start scientifically trying new things and keep track of what works.

I promise.

I know.

lenaurora · 17 days

I had a colleague in grad school who kept a binder of his rejection letters as he applied to get a professorship in his field.

When he got a professorship we celebrated. I think I'm the only one he told later that he had 91 letters in his binder.

If you keep applying, and keep improving you'll get closer to that acceptance letter and narrowing down what you really love to do.

This was not your dream job. This was what you thought your dream job looked like. Stuff looks a lot different closer up.

I think you'd be wise to keep applying aggressively for paying jobs in the area you want to work in whether or not you enter the peace corps.

tvanover7363 · 17 days

When I saw I read the OP told Maurice at 11 years my first reaction was that was way too young.

But...I think the first time I played "show my yours", or kissed to see what all the fuss was about I was 12. Could easily have transitioned into something else.

11 may be too old.

Why don't you give copies of this thread to your reticent parents. Might help?

tvanover7363 · 17 days

What a great set of questions. I never even thought of issues like these. When do you tell kids about things so monumental. Thanks for thinking these things through and for having the courage to ask them. I've learned so much today.

tvanover7363 · 17 days

It's your inner glow. You let your little light shine.

nholiver · 17 days

She's from Arkansas.

tvanover7363 · 17 days

Didn't do it wrong. We need your voice and opinions. The more your story is told, the greater the chances that others will be inspired to perhaps make the same commitments. Thousands of children could be adopted and have great lives because of your courage.

Where previously there was gut reaction from others of anti-gay, anti-gay marriage, anti-gay adoption now there will be now be planted tiny seeds of compassion and non-judgementalism as a consequence of your and your ex's commitment to raising these children.

It's a bit of a crapshoot finding a time to post where you will have good exposure.

tvanover7363 · 17 days

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you (and your ex ) for having the strength and character to adopt a child ( two in fact).

For adopting a special needs child.

For giving the children the gift of Rocky. (and other pets)

For giving these children a home, and a better life than the thousands of other children languishing in foster care limbo could even dream about.

I know your lives became much richer than you could possibly have expected because of the path you choose.

I am sorry for your loss.

ImReddited · 20 days

You've shifted down to the lower bed I trust?

chugizwok · 20 days

You feed a cat. It knows it's god.

FTFY

chugizwok · 20 days

The so-called experts say there are 5 steps to rage. Those of us that are genetically advanced can skip the first 4 steps.

chugizwok · 20 days

She may have a point. Dogs have owners. Cats have staff. Catgradulations.

MadyLcbeth · 20 days

With an IQ in the top 10 of all breeds that little guy's "Derp-i-ness" is just a disguise.

Does he talk in growl too?

BunsOfAluminum · 23 days

Can't you get victim's compensation? Or take him to Small Claims Court?

MSTFFA · 23 days

Good on you Steve! errrr, Marshall ?

Tase_Me_Bro · 25 days

Sorry for the delay in my reply. I had chaos to manage.

You may have been tired, I was probably being pedantic and boring.

You had referenced a previous statement ""people who rape siblings will never heal" and felt that was a dangerous overstatement.

I wanted to point out that the OP's brother's actions wasn't limited to raping his sister.

while at college he commited sexual assault against a non-sib
he also set up a pedophilia server where he promoted sexual assault against children
by running a server for pedophilic materials he knowingly supported sexual abuse of children.

The level of his involvement in pedophilia is extremely extensive. Rehabilitation of such a man seems very remote.

Again, sorry for the delay. Thanks for the discussion.

Tase_Me_Bro · 1 month

Understood. Sexual abuse (and other types of abuse) that rapes your mind, body, and soul such as the OP's sister's, or morgenanne's tends to do that. It makes everything simple. One's first reaction is pure survival.

Tase_Me_Bro · 1 month

It may be useful to write it out. If it helps the OP. But, having written it out mail it to yourself.

The pedophile brother is looking to reintegrate himself into the family. No reply from the OP tells him just as effectively that the OP isn't coming to the wedding. If there really is a wedding, and this isn't just a grooming technique to start rebuilding a relationship with the OP.

I think that the OP risks a permanent rift with his sister when she learns he is communicating with the pedophile brother. Right now he is a far more important anchor for the damaged family that survived than for his pedophile brother.

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