Comments on: Mea culpa http://beingadaddy.com.au/2010/01/mea-culpa/ Becoming a father and raising a family Tue, 18 Jan 2011 04:27:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Carmel http://beingadaddy.com.au/2010/01/mea-culpa/comment-page-1/#comment-203 Carmel Tue, 07 Sep 2010 12:12:37 +0000 Memories are a very powerful weapon / tool. If you think too much of them, then you can become a slave to them! I too have memories from my childhood. Not all good ones like you have with your poppy, but rather ones which tormented me for a very long time. I have some rippers of my dad,(your pop). Horse rides on his plaster cast,lots of bottles of coke when he worked there. I remember when things must have been so tight for my parents that when dad's shoes were wearing out, he would cut up some cardboard & put that for the sole. The smell of the newly mown lawn, followed by the waft of B&H ciggies, then followed by the smell of newly opened bottle of beer. And all this wrapped up in the smell of my dad. No mea culpa required. Memories are a very powerful weapon / tool. If you think too much of them, then you can become a slave to them! I too have memories from my childhood. Not all good ones like you have with your poppy, but rather ones which tormented me for a very long time. I have some rippers of my dad,(your pop). Horse rides on his plaster cast,lots of bottles of coke when he worked there. I remember when things must have been so tight for my parents that when dad’s shoes were wearing out, he would cut up some cardboard & put that for the sole. The smell of the newly mown lawn, followed by the waft of B&H ciggies, then followed by the smell of newly opened bottle of beer. And all this wrapped up in the smell of my dad. No mea culpa required.

]]> By: Daddy http://beingadaddy.com.au/2010/01/mea-culpa/comment-page-1/#comment-69 Daddy Fri, 04 Jun 2010 13:01:07 +0000 UPDATE: Clearly I’ve been unable to keep my pledge – even for one week. Whilst not excusing things, it’s an indication of how busy things are at present. Having said that, if I had kept my pledge and found a couple of hours a week to keep updating my notes here, I’d be almost up to date! I’m revising my pledge down to 2 posts per week and see how that goes. If in a month I have kept to that, I’ll push myself to the 3 originally intended. I’ll get there one day… UPDATE:

Clearly I’ve been unable to keep my pledge – even for one week. Whilst not excusing things, it’s an indication of how busy things are at present. Having said that, if I had kept my pledge and found a couple of hours a week to keep updating my notes here, I’d be almost up to date!

I’m revising my pledge down to 2 posts per week and see how that goes. If in a month I have kept to that, I’ll push myself to the 3 originally intended.

I’ll get there one day…

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