My Neighbor
Blog 12
11 years ago I moved into this place on April fools day to be exact. Lots of good things have happened to me and lots of bad things also. One good thing that happened to me was that when I moved in there was a little girl who lived down the road about 1/8 mile I think she was 11. We talked from time to time, and when she was about 15 she babysat for me for awhile. When she was younger she even went swimming with my kids and I, at the pool she reminds about that sometimes. As the years passed by I got to watch her grow from a skinny little girl into a, beautiful adult parent. It’s really pretty cool because now she lives rite across the road from me. So after watching her grow up now I get to watch her kids grow up that’s almost two generations I have watched. We were talking about a month ago about how neat it was that when she was in high school my son was in grade school and they road the same bus, and now my son is in high school and her daughter is getting ready for kindergarten next year. I wander if I will live long enough to see one more generation.
Anyway now she is all grown up with three kids, that is quite a handful for anyone, but she does a pretty good job. Her mom and dad still live where she grew up which is really nice for when they want to see there grandkids or if she needs extra help with the kids. I find myself talking to her more all the time we are actually growing quite close, she even had me watch her children one time about a month ago, I was surprised that she did that, she has two kids still in diapers, and I have not changed a diaper in about 12 years, but fortunately I was not called upon to perform that duty. That takes a lot of trust to leave your kids with someone, it made me feel pretty special, but I was a little nervous about it. Anyway my neighbor is quite a pleasant young lady, we got along good 13 years ago and we get along great now she is like family. I even own the same car that she used to drive, I have had it about 1 ½ years now. I know she cares a lot about me, she was always checking in on me when I was on chemo, she still nags at me if I need go to the doctor and do not. One day I fell asleep and she called when I did not answer the phone she got all worried and came beating on my door and the side of my house, then finally went back home and called me about 100 times until I finally woke up. Yep I think she cares for me as much as I do her, and that feels good.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Drug Testing Recipients of Government Assistance
Blog 11
Hello I’m going to confront you with a problem today. Then we are going to discuss the cause then we will discuss a possible solution. The problem is drug abusers’ living off of government assistance; the cause is that there is no way of keeping them from doing it, the possible solution is drug testing recipients of government assistance.
My main concern with this issue is the line of people waiting to get help who really need it, and cant because someone else is abusing the system. If we were to implement a drug screening for these recipients we could potentially solve two problems at ounce reduce drug abuse and get help to the people who really need it. I imagine every one here knows someone on assistance who really doesn’t need it and I also imagine you know someone who needs assistance and can’t get it. Well that just can’t continue in a country were the majority of people working get drug tested there is no reason that people living off of the working communities taxes should not get the same treatment. If you have a job that requires a drug screening and you fail your test in most cases you loose your job. In some cases they will require you to get help and if you can’t solve the problem then you get terminated. Well I am merely suggesting the same treatment for recipients of government assistance.
So in conclusion let’s take into consideration the needy people waiting in line for help the think about the people who are already getting it and abusing it something needs to be done. I personally think this would be a good solution if you agree I am going to give you the address to the governor and I hope you will take a little time to write him a letter to voice your opinion on this problem.
http://www.in.gov/gov/2310.htm
By Phone: 317-232-4567
By Mail:Office of the GovernorStatehouseIndianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797
Don’t be afraid to contact your voted officials remember they work for us, and they should have to answer to us not the other way around. Come to think of it maybe we should implement a drug testing policy for them after all they are no better than us so they should be treated equally. I imagine that it would be a hard job to get accomplished the politicians probably do more drugs than anyone else I mean after all they can afford it, and they probably use all the drugs that the D.N.A. and F.B.I. confiscate from the drug lords. This is one messed up world we live in any thing is possible.
Blog 11
Hello I’m going to confront you with a problem today. Then we are going to discuss the cause then we will discuss a possible solution. The problem is drug abusers’ living off of government assistance; the cause is that there is no way of keeping them from doing it, the possible solution is drug testing recipients of government assistance.
My main concern with this issue is the line of people waiting to get help who really need it, and cant because someone else is abusing the system. If we were to implement a drug screening for these recipients we could potentially solve two problems at ounce reduce drug abuse and get help to the people who really need it. I imagine every one here knows someone on assistance who really doesn’t need it and I also imagine you know someone who needs assistance and can’t get it. Well that just can’t continue in a country were the majority of people working get drug tested there is no reason that people living off of the working communities taxes should not get the same treatment. If you have a job that requires a drug screening and you fail your test in most cases you loose your job. In some cases they will require you to get help and if you can’t solve the problem then you get terminated. Well I am merely suggesting the same treatment for recipients of government assistance.
So in conclusion let’s take into consideration the needy people waiting in line for help the think about the people who are already getting it and abusing it something needs to be done. I personally think this would be a good solution if you agree I am going to give you the address to the governor and I hope you will take a little time to write him a letter to voice your opinion on this problem.
http://www.in.gov/gov/2310.htm
By Phone: 317-232-4567
By Mail:Office of the GovernorStatehouseIndianapolis, Indiana 46204-2797
Don’t be afraid to contact your voted officials remember they work for us, and they should have to answer to us not the other way around. Come to think of it maybe we should implement a drug testing policy for them after all they are no better than us so they should be treated equally. I imagine that it would be a hard job to get accomplished the politicians probably do more drugs than anyone else I mean after all they can afford it, and they probably use all the drugs that the D.N.A. and F.B.I. confiscate from the drug lords. This is one messed up world we live in any thing is possible.
Chemo-Brain
Blog 10
Hello everyone today I am going to inform you about a condition referred to as Chemo-Brain. I will inform you about the cause, definition, the effects it has on victims, and what you can do to help people who suffer from it. I will also tell a few funny stories about the effects it has had on me. The medical professionals choose to refer to it as cognitive deficits or declining neuropsychological functioning. According to chemocare.com Chemo-Brain is a side effect of different types of chemotherapy that has adverse effects on the victim’s memory, attention, concentration, and abilities to perform various mental task. The medical profession has just began to study the cause and effect of the phenomena and claim that contributing factors include aging, depression, menopause, low blood counts medications, and emotional upheaval of cancer. Hey also claim that if you suffer from this side effect there are certain things you can do to help deal with it they include avoiding distractions, asking people to repeat information, practice task, write down information, use a daily organizer, keep a journal, post reminders, get organized, exercise your memory, manage stress, get plenty of sleep, increase physical activity, do crossword puzzles, and ask for help. One good thing about Chemo-Brain is that the effects are a minor debt to pay for the accomplishments that chemotherapy has on cancer, but they are starting to look for ways to prevent the side effect.
Unfortunately I am a victim of Chemo-Brain I have been suffering from it for a two years and the doctors say it can last anywhere from one year to ten years. It mostly affects my short term memory, my thought process, and my concentration. The people around me sometimes get aggravated with me because I can’t comprehend curtain concepts for instants when my son is tutoring me in algebra. Sometimes the get entertained with me because I do some really stupid stuff. For instants one time I went to fill my glass with pop but instead I filled the ashtray setting on the table by my glass. A lot of times I forget where I am going ill leave the house to go one direction but I simply go anther that’s some funny stuff there. Unfortunately in conversation sometimes I get lost and forget what I’m talking about or a lot of times I forget stupid little words and that is the part that really irritates me the most.
So in conclusion now you know that Chemo-Brain is a brain defect. You know it is caused by chemotherapy and you know how it affects the victims who suffer from it. So if you meet someone who has it there are curtain things you can do to make it easier on them be patient, repeat yourself if necessary, and if you see they have got off track in a conversation help them get back on the subject or help them think of that stupid little word that simply escaped there feeble brain, and if it happens to be me its ok to laugh about it. Because really what else can you do but laugh.
Blog 10
Hello everyone today I am going to inform you about a condition referred to as Chemo-Brain. I will inform you about the cause, definition, the effects it has on victims, and what you can do to help people who suffer from it. I will also tell a few funny stories about the effects it has had on me. The medical professionals choose to refer to it as cognitive deficits or declining neuropsychological functioning. According to chemocare.com Chemo-Brain is a side effect of different types of chemotherapy that has adverse effects on the victim’s memory, attention, concentration, and abilities to perform various mental task. The medical profession has just began to study the cause and effect of the phenomena and claim that contributing factors include aging, depression, menopause, low blood counts medications, and emotional upheaval of cancer. Hey also claim that if you suffer from this side effect there are certain things you can do to help deal with it they include avoiding distractions, asking people to repeat information, practice task, write down information, use a daily organizer, keep a journal, post reminders, get organized, exercise your memory, manage stress, get plenty of sleep, increase physical activity, do crossword puzzles, and ask for help. One good thing about Chemo-Brain is that the effects are a minor debt to pay for the accomplishments that chemotherapy has on cancer, but they are starting to look for ways to prevent the side effect.
Unfortunately I am a victim of Chemo-Brain I have been suffering from it for a two years and the doctors say it can last anywhere from one year to ten years. It mostly affects my short term memory, my thought process, and my concentration. The people around me sometimes get aggravated with me because I can’t comprehend curtain concepts for instants when my son is tutoring me in algebra. Sometimes the get entertained with me because I do some really stupid stuff. For instants one time I went to fill my glass with pop but instead I filled the ashtray setting on the table by my glass. A lot of times I forget where I am going ill leave the house to go one direction but I simply go anther that’s some funny stuff there. Unfortunately in conversation sometimes I get lost and forget what I’m talking about or a lot of times I forget stupid little words and that is the part that really irritates me the most.
So in conclusion now you know that Chemo-Brain is a brain defect. You know it is caused by chemotherapy and you know how it affects the victims who suffer from it. So if you meet someone who has it there are curtain things you can do to make it easier on them be patient, repeat yourself if necessary, and if you see they have got off track in a conversation help them get back on the subject or help them think of that stupid little word that simply escaped there feeble brain, and if it happens to be me its ok to laugh about it. Because really what else can you do but laugh.
Use of Birth Control
Blog 9
Today I am going to discuss with you, the importance of using birth control. I will talk about my experiences, abortion, birth control options, and our personal responsibilities of having control over our reproductive abilities.
When I was 17 my first child was born she was unplanned, when I was 21 my second child was born. When my son was born I realized I had all the children I could handle financially and responsibly. At that time I decided to get a vasectomy to ensure the quality of my children’s lives and the quality of my parenting abilities. Wait a minute!!! That was in 1990 where did this child come from in 1994? The math doesn’t work does it or the vasectomy didn’t work. Well the fact of the matter is that my daughter was adopted by me as a single parent in 1997. I got custody of her in 1996 because her mother or father neither had time or the desire to raise her, but they didn’t think about that when they conceived her. This happens all the time!!!
People we have a responsibility to ourselves, our children, and our society to have control over our reproductive abilities. According to Planned Parenthood of Indiana from 7-2006 to 6-2007 there were 5,160 abortions just in Indiana. Pretty sad thought isn’t it, makes me want to scream out to God and ask why!!!
A large potion of people use a pill as a form of birth control and that is very effective 99% to be accurate. Unfortunately in today’s society we need to consider the possibility of disease so I would advise a condom if you are unfamiliar with your partner as a safety measure. At this time there are no pills for males to use, but scientists are researching that avenue according to howstuffworks.com in a research paper by Stephanie Watson.
Ok so in conclusion thanks to my daughter and the 5,160 abortions that took place we can see what happens when we don’t use birth control. So how do we benefit if we do use birth control? Well for one we don’t have to kill little baby’s. We can make sure we are ready to take the responsibility of parenthood before we have children. And we can control the quality of our families lives and the quality of time we have to spend with 2 or 3 children compared to who knows how many. So please be responsible with the miracle of reproduction that God gave you.
I heard this somewhere one time (anyone can be a dad but it takes a real man to be a father) men we are just as responsible as the women so don’t try to push any responsibility off.
Blog 9
Today I am going to discuss with you, the importance of using birth control. I will talk about my experiences, abortion, birth control options, and our personal responsibilities of having control over our reproductive abilities.
When I was 17 my first child was born she was unplanned, when I was 21 my second child was born. When my son was born I realized I had all the children I could handle financially and responsibly. At that time I decided to get a vasectomy to ensure the quality of my children’s lives and the quality of my parenting abilities. Wait a minute!!! That was in 1990 where did this child come from in 1994? The math doesn’t work does it or the vasectomy didn’t work. Well the fact of the matter is that my daughter was adopted by me as a single parent in 1997. I got custody of her in 1996 because her mother or father neither had time or the desire to raise her, but they didn’t think about that when they conceived her. This happens all the time!!!
People we have a responsibility to ourselves, our children, and our society to have control over our reproductive abilities. According to Planned Parenthood of Indiana from 7-2006 to 6-2007 there were 5,160 abortions just in Indiana. Pretty sad thought isn’t it, makes me want to scream out to God and ask why!!!
A large potion of people use a pill as a form of birth control and that is very effective 99% to be accurate. Unfortunately in today’s society we need to consider the possibility of disease so I would advise a condom if you are unfamiliar with your partner as a safety measure. At this time there are no pills for males to use, but scientists are researching that avenue according to howstuffworks.com in a research paper by Stephanie Watson.
Ok so in conclusion thanks to my daughter and the 5,160 abortions that took place we can see what happens when we don’t use birth control. So how do we benefit if we do use birth control? Well for one we don’t have to kill little baby’s. We can make sure we are ready to take the responsibility of parenthood before we have children. And we can control the quality of our families lives and the quality of time we have to spend with 2 or 3 children compared to who knows how many. So please be responsible with the miracle of reproduction that God gave you.
I heard this somewhere one time (anyone can be a dad but it takes a real man to be a father) men we are just as responsible as the women so don’t try to push any responsibility off.
DON’T GET LOST
Blog 8
Hello everyone. How are you doing today? Has anyone here ever been lost? Well after today that may not happen again. Were going to discuss the interstate, highway, and county road systems and how you can use this information to keep from getting lost and if you do it wont be for long. I’m going to give you a few historical facts then show you on two different maps how you can easily keep from getting lost.
The interstate system according to wikipedia.org in 1921 when the Bureau of Public Roads ask the Army to provide a list of roads it considered necessary for national defense. The Interstate Highway system was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 it had been lobbied by major U.S. automobile manufacturers and championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. As of 2006 $425 billion has been spent on the original plan that is projected for completion in 2009.Which will be comprised of 160,000 miles of interstate and highway.
So how do we utilize this system for us? Well we need to know how the system works. First is the numbering system it is really quite simple. The Interstate numbers start on the west and using odd numbers get bigger as you travel toward the east. Then they start in the south and get larger as you travel north. There are little green signs on the side of the interstates that are called mile markers they start at the west and south side of each state and get larger toward the east and north side of each state. Very helpfully these mile markers coincide with the exit numbers for example if you want to get off at the Crawfordsville exit at U.S. 231 it would be exit number 34 so if you are traveling west and you see mile marker 38 you know that you have 4 more miles to go until you get to exit 34.
State highways work in the same way except you don’t have exit numbers, but you do still have mile markers that are little blue signs instead of little green signs. And they are numbered from the North and East and get bigger as you travel south and West. Just the opposite of the Interstates.
Now we have the county road system it is a little bit different. What they do is split the county in fourths straight down the middle north and south the straight across east and west. For example in Montgomery county they split it north and south by using U.S 231 then they spit it east and west by using U.S. 32 on the east side of U.S. 231and Base line road on the west side of U.S. 231.Then they number the county roads in increments of miles away from these three different roads for example if you were at the intersection of 150N and 650W you would be one and one half mile north of Base line road and six and one half miles west of U.S. 231.
So as you can see it is really a pretty simple system. Just remember the numbering systems, mile markers, and exit numbers, on the interstates. Remember the numbering system and mile markers on state highways. And remember the numbering system and which direction you are going on county roads and you should not get lost if you do you should be able to look at a map and figure out pretty quick were you are. I hope this information will be very useful to you in your travels. And I thank you for your time. Now please keep these maps in your car because lost is not were you wont to be.
Blog 8
Hello everyone. How are you doing today? Has anyone here ever been lost? Well after today that may not happen again. Were going to discuss the interstate, highway, and county road systems and how you can use this information to keep from getting lost and if you do it wont be for long. I’m going to give you a few historical facts then show you on two different maps how you can easily keep from getting lost.
The interstate system according to wikipedia.org in 1921 when the Bureau of Public Roads ask the Army to provide a list of roads it considered necessary for national defense. The Interstate Highway system was authorized by the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 it had been lobbied by major U.S. automobile manufacturers and championed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. As of 2006 $425 billion has been spent on the original plan that is projected for completion in 2009.Which will be comprised of 160,000 miles of interstate and highway.
So how do we utilize this system for us? Well we need to know how the system works. First is the numbering system it is really quite simple. The Interstate numbers start on the west and using odd numbers get bigger as you travel toward the east. Then they start in the south and get larger as you travel north. There are little green signs on the side of the interstates that are called mile markers they start at the west and south side of each state and get larger toward the east and north side of each state. Very helpfully these mile markers coincide with the exit numbers for example if you want to get off at the Crawfordsville exit at U.S. 231 it would be exit number 34 so if you are traveling west and you see mile marker 38 you know that you have 4 more miles to go until you get to exit 34.
State highways work in the same way except you don’t have exit numbers, but you do still have mile markers that are little blue signs instead of little green signs. And they are numbered from the North and East and get bigger as you travel south and West. Just the opposite of the Interstates.
Now we have the county road system it is a little bit different. What they do is split the county in fourths straight down the middle north and south the straight across east and west. For example in Montgomery county they split it north and south by using U.S 231 then they spit it east and west by using U.S. 32 on the east side of U.S. 231and Base line road on the west side of U.S. 231.Then they number the county roads in increments of miles away from these three different roads for example if you were at the intersection of 150N and 650W you would be one and one half mile north of Base line road and six and one half miles west of U.S. 231.
So as you can see it is really a pretty simple system. Just remember the numbering systems, mile markers, and exit numbers, on the interstates. Remember the numbering system and mile markers on state highways. And remember the numbering system and which direction you are going on county roads and you should not get lost if you do you should be able to look at a map and figure out pretty quick were you are. I hope this information will be very useful to you in your travels. And I thank you for your time. Now please keep these maps in your car because lost is not were you wont to be.
Abraham Lincoln
Blog 7
Today I am going to give you information about a man that most people know as the 16th president of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln. I am also going to give you information about a man that most people don’t know, one of the greatest public speakers of all times Abraham Lincoln.
MR. Lincoln was born on 2-12-1809 to a poor family in Laurue Kentucky. In 1816 his family relocated to southern Indiana, which at that time was a harsh, desolate, frontier. In 1830 they relocated again to Illinois just south of Decatur. In 1831 at the age of 21 MR. Lincoln had grown to be a tall man 6’4” to be exact, and very powerful in upper body, but also very awkward. At this time he set out to live his own life in New Salem, Illinois. In 1834 he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly. IN 1836 he received his license to practice law.In 1842 he married Mary Todd. In 1846 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. On November 6th 1860 he was electected the 16th President of the United States of America.
Now this is regarded by millions of people including me as proof that Democracy offers all men the best hope for a full , and free life.
This brings us to President Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest public speakers of all times. On 4-12-1861 the civil war started, and lasted until 4-9-1865. Thus President Lincoln had to hold this Country, and our Democracy together through public speeches, and letters of which he wrote all of personally. Through roughly four years of war between what was now a country split in two parts ,the Union, and the Confederacy. In doing so he proved to the world that Democracy could be a lasting form of Government through the worst of times.
The Gettysberg Address ,and many of his other speeches, and writings are still classic statements of Democratic beliefs, and goals.
One part of his success was his character he was a noble man with great merits, and insight. President Lincoln’s insight on the civil war was that at any cost the Union must be saved, and that Democracy would not be destroyed by a minority of the American people. The other factor of his success was his ability to express his convictions so clearly, and with such force. He simply wanted to be convincing, and understood. He didn’t realize that he was writing words that would set the frame of the U.S. Government , and the Americans beliefs for years to come.
So let’s talk about the Gettysberg address as an example shall we. A two minute speech in which he defined his beliefs, and remorse for the fallen lives of both side of the great battle, and that they had not died in vein. But and I quote “THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THIS EARTH”. This two minute speech given at Gettysberg, Pennsylvania on 11-19-1863 is now carved on a stone plaque in the Lincoln Memorial. There were five copies of this speech written only one of which President Lincoln signed, and according to THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA were I got all of this information none were written on an old brown envelope with a pencil on the train ride to Gettysberg.
Some of President Lincoln’s speeches, and writings have come to be honored as great pieces of literature. Wouldn’t he be amazed?
On 1-1-1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation another great writing by President Lincoln. On 11-8-1864 he was re-elected as President of the United States of America.
So in closing Abraham Lincoln was not only the 16th president , who held this country, and democracy together through one of the nations’ worst moments. He was also one of this countries greatest public speakers, and writers. So this young boy who grew up in worse than what we now consider poverty stricken conditions, and rose to fulfill one of the most powerful, and responsible positions in the world. Had his extraordinary live shortened by John Wilkes Booth at forde’s theatre on 4-14-1865. When Booth shot him in the head with a pistol. President Lincoln died on 4-15 1865 at 7:22 AM in Washington D.C. with his family, and high Government officials watching over him. Not to leave you in suspense MR. Booth was hunted down ,and killed by the U.S. army on 4-26-1865 near Port Royal Virginia. President Lincoln was buried on 5-4-1865 at Springfield, Illinois the monument on his grave is a place of universal pilgrimage.
Blog 7
Today I am going to give you information about a man that most people know as the 16th president of the United States of America Abraham Lincoln. I am also going to give you information about a man that most people don’t know, one of the greatest public speakers of all times Abraham Lincoln.
MR. Lincoln was born on 2-12-1809 to a poor family in Laurue Kentucky. In 1816 his family relocated to southern Indiana, which at that time was a harsh, desolate, frontier. In 1830 they relocated again to Illinois just south of Decatur. In 1831 at the age of 21 MR. Lincoln had grown to be a tall man 6’4” to be exact, and very powerful in upper body, but also very awkward. At this time he set out to live his own life in New Salem, Illinois. In 1834 he was elected to the Illinois General Assembly. IN 1836 he received his license to practice law.In 1842 he married Mary Todd. In 1846 he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. On November 6th 1860 he was electected the 16th President of the United States of America.
Now this is regarded by millions of people including me as proof that Democracy offers all men the best hope for a full , and free life.
This brings us to President Abraham Lincoln, one of the greatest public speakers of all times. On 4-12-1861 the civil war started, and lasted until 4-9-1865. Thus President Lincoln had to hold this Country, and our Democracy together through public speeches, and letters of which he wrote all of personally. Through roughly four years of war between what was now a country split in two parts ,the Union, and the Confederacy. In doing so he proved to the world that Democracy could be a lasting form of Government through the worst of times.
The Gettysberg Address ,and many of his other speeches, and writings are still classic statements of Democratic beliefs, and goals.
One part of his success was his character he was a noble man with great merits, and insight. President Lincoln’s insight on the civil war was that at any cost the Union must be saved, and that Democracy would not be destroyed by a minority of the American people. The other factor of his success was his ability to express his convictions so clearly, and with such force. He simply wanted to be convincing, and understood. He didn’t realize that he was writing words that would set the frame of the U.S. Government , and the Americans beliefs for years to come.
So let’s talk about the Gettysberg address as an example shall we. A two minute speech in which he defined his beliefs, and remorse for the fallen lives of both side of the great battle, and that they had not died in vein. But and I quote “THAT THIS NATION UNDER GOD SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE,FOR THE PEOPLE SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THIS EARTH”. This two minute speech given at Gettysberg, Pennsylvania on 11-19-1863 is now carved on a stone plaque in the Lincoln Memorial. There were five copies of this speech written only one of which President Lincoln signed, and according to THE WORLD BOOK ENCYCLOPEDIA were I got all of this information none were written on an old brown envelope with a pencil on the train ride to Gettysberg.
Some of President Lincoln’s speeches, and writings have come to be honored as great pieces of literature. Wouldn’t he be amazed?
On 1-1-1863 he issued the Emancipation Proclamation another great writing by President Lincoln. On 11-8-1864 he was re-elected as President of the United States of America.
So in closing Abraham Lincoln was not only the 16th president , who held this country, and democracy together through one of the nations’ worst moments. He was also one of this countries greatest public speakers, and writers. So this young boy who grew up in worse than what we now consider poverty stricken conditions, and rose to fulfill one of the most powerful, and responsible positions in the world. Had his extraordinary live shortened by John Wilkes Booth at forde’s theatre on 4-14-1865. When Booth shot him in the head with a pistol. President Lincoln died on 4-15 1865 at 7:22 AM in Washington D.C. with his family, and high Government officials watching over him. Not to leave you in suspense MR. Booth was hunted down ,and killed by the U.S. army on 4-26-1865 near Port Royal Virginia. President Lincoln was buried on 5-4-1865 at Springfield, Illinois the monument on his grave is a place of universal pilgrimage.
My Youngest Daughter
Blog 6
Well the first thing I have to say about her is she is a blonde, not literally, but she acts goofy all the time. She is smart she gets good grades, and is involved with school functions. She is active in sports basketball and softball, and she pretty good at both of them. She lived with my son and I for years then about 4 years ago she decided she was going to go live with her mother. Which I thought was a bad idea, but at her age I figured it was up to her, so away she went.
One day when her mom was mad at me she was running her mouth about me, and my daughter told her not to talk about me like that, and her mom blurted out in rage that she had been adopted my me when she was 3 years old. That’s wrong on so many levels, and then my daughter went into meltdown emotionally. It took her about 6 months to get over it but she finally did, and I am glad it would kill me to loose her. Now we are ok not as close as we were before, but ok.
Now she comes down almost every weekend and we try to have a good time, but classes keep me pretty busy so we usually just hang around the house but that will be different after this week. I’m only taking 2 classes in the summer so hopefully we can start having some fun like we used to.
One thing a little strange about her that I never did figure out about her is, that the whole time I was on chemo she hardly ever came to visit. I think it scared her that there was a chance I might die, and I think she thought she might accidently be here when it happened, but I am really not sure what it was.
She is not quite as self motivated as my son but she is a pretty good worker when she wants to be. She is 4 years younger than my son, but she can hold her own when they start wrestling around, she is a big girl not obese but big and pretty athletic. She likes to talk on the phone a lot, and chat on the internet. She never reads for entertainment which I think is strange because my son reads a lot. She likes to go camping, fishing, swimming, and canoeing, she likes it outside she goes hunting with me, she likes to watch TV which I don’t do much of, but from time to time I’ll watch a movie with her and we both enjoy that especially scary movies. Ok that’s all I’m going to say about her for now.
Blog 6
Well the first thing I have to say about her is she is a blonde, not literally, but she acts goofy all the time. She is smart she gets good grades, and is involved with school functions. She is active in sports basketball and softball, and she pretty good at both of them. She lived with my son and I for years then about 4 years ago she decided she was going to go live with her mother. Which I thought was a bad idea, but at her age I figured it was up to her, so away she went.
One day when her mom was mad at me she was running her mouth about me, and my daughter told her not to talk about me like that, and her mom blurted out in rage that she had been adopted my me when she was 3 years old. That’s wrong on so many levels, and then my daughter went into meltdown emotionally. It took her about 6 months to get over it but she finally did, and I am glad it would kill me to loose her. Now we are ok not as close as we were before, but ok.
Now she comes down almost every weekend and we try to have a good time, but classes keep me pretty busy so we usually just hang around the house but that will be different after this week. I’m only taking 2 classes in the summer so hopefully we can start having some fun like we used to.
One thing a little strange about her that I never did figure out about her is, that the whole time I was on chemo she hardly ever came to visit. I think it scared her that there was a chance I might die, and I think she thought she might accidently be here when it happened, but I am really not sure what it was.
She is not quite as self motivated as my son but she is a pretty good worker when she wants to be. She is 4 years younger than my son, but she can hold her own when they start wrestling around, she is a big girl not obese but big and pretty athletic. She likes to talk on the phone a lot, and chat on the internet. She never reads for entertainment which I think is strange because my son reads a lot. She likes to go camping, fishing, swimming, and canoeing, she likes it outside she goes hunting with me, she likes to watch TV which I don’t do much of, but from time to time I’ll watch a movie with her and we both enjoy that especially scary movies. Ok that’s all I’m going to say about her for now.
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