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John Russell
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Initially Posted - 05/06/2010 :  14:01:01  Show Profile
I went to my daughter's 5th grade talent show today. I was concerned that she might need some moral support should her first solo performance in front of a crowd not go as she planned. Well, she just blew me away. I couldn't have been prouder. Not only did she not need any emotional rebuilding, she just blew me and the judges away with her 'a capella' rendition of Amazing Grace.

Absolutely nothing to do with sailing but, I've burst all the buttons on my vest today.
John Russell
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Sailing Lake Erie
Don't Postpone Joy!
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Gloss
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Response Posted - 05/06/2010 :  14:24:34  Show Profile
Hey John,
Thanks for sharing a great story.
It makes me proud too.
You are truly blessed
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/06/2010 :  20:30:28  Show Profile
I know that feeling well! Congratulations!
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JudOWNED
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Response Posted - 05/07/2010 :  03:46:34  Show Profile  Visit JudOWNED's Homepage
Cool stuff, man.
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 05/07/2010 :  04:47:38  Show Profile
As long as we're being proud dads...my youngest daughter will graduate college next weekend...boy that time went fast ! !
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/09/2010 :  09:43:15  Show Profile
Jerry, you're getting the biggest pay raise of your life! Have you started looking at 30+ footers yet?
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/09/2010 :  10:32:51  Show Profile
Jerry gets a pay raise while my college student does her "study abroad" semester next fall at Oxford where one semester is about the same as her annual costs at her home school. Anybody wanna buy a boat?
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 05/09/2010 :  15:30:00  Show Profile
Dave...shhhh...don't want SHMBO to hear... ! !
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islander
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Response Posted - 05/09/2010 :  16:42:09  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Jerry, you're getting the biggest pay raise of your life!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Ah not so fast, I thought the same thing 2 years ago when my daughter graduated from college. I had a few months of easy sailing until she came home with the engagement ring... Do you know what a wedding costs on Long Island? Oh and they will also need a little help in the down payment on a place to live. So no, It really doesn't end with college.
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Response Posted - 05/09/2010 :  20:09:12  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by islander</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Jerry, you're getting the biggest pay raise of your life!<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Ah not so fast,... and they will also need a little help in the down payment on a place to live...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Who says??
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jerlim
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Response Posted - 05/10/2010 :  08:52:56  Show Profile
it's become my experience, that fatherhood is the gig that just keeps on giving...
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PCP777
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Response Posted - 05/10/2010 :  11:02:38  Show Profile
Nice thread. Here's a pic of my 3.5 year old, he just got a haircut. We overnighted on a C-27 this past weekend.



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islander
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Response Posted - 05/10/2010 :  17:23:39  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Who says??<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Well actually nobody. In reality I would do anything that I physically and financially could do for her. She never gave me one bit of trouble, Was always there for us when we needed her to be, And an A student. I couldn't have asked for more.
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John Russell
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Response Posted - 05/10/2010 :  17:33:49  Show Profile
And, Scott, given your signature photo, she obviously takes after her mother.
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Stinkpotter
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Response Posted - 05/10/2010 :  19:46:40  Show Profile
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by islander</i>
<br /><blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Who says??<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Well actually nobody. In reality I would do anything that I physically and financially could do for her...<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">Scott--you have much to be proud of and thankful for, as do I. Two thoughts:

1. A young couple gets the greatest satisfaction from what might seem like the most modest start, when they do it <i>themselves</i>.

2. A parent's greatest (and often most <i>challenging</i>) contribution at that time is learning not to treat their son/daughter as a child, but rather as an adult, as each of us wanted <i>our</i> parents to do many years ago. [/sermon]

Congratulations!
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