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On-the_road_again 
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 Topic: Saw my daughter today for first time in 6 years!
Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 10:17am |
I saw my daughter last night for the first time in over 6 years!
She is 25 & living in Portland, OR
Working & going to school .....
This morning I am sitting in downtown Portland
at the restaurant where she works doing my computer work ...
It is a beautiful day!
Jim
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Ron(WA)
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 11:52am |
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Tongue in cheek here, but something the matter with transportation where you live?
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ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 12:13pm |
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Ron, everyone's situations are different. I work with a guy who has a 5 yr. old son that he hasn't seen since he was one month old. Story goes, he was engaged to this girl who had gotten a divorce from her husband. She had the baby, got cold feet or something and skipped town 1 month after having the baby and went back to her exhusband in Pennsylvania. My buddy didn't even know where she was for the first couple years. It has at least gotten to the point where his boy knows he has a different daddy and has talked to him a couple times in the last couple months, but he still hasn't seen him. It's not my buddies fault, and when he talks about it, it really tears him up that he has a son, and doesn't have the opportunity to be a dad to him.
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ChuckLuedtkeSEWI
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 12:13pm |
And by the way Jim, congrats on getting to see your daughter. Must have alot to talk about!
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 12:58pm |
6 years is a long time ....
It wasn't what I wanted, but that is in the past.
She gave me a big hug & made my favorite meal
(beans & wieners) later in the evening.
Nothing more important than your kids,
sometimes you have to wait for them to realize that.
Jim
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JoeM(GA)
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 1:21pm |
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AMEN!! Jim glad you got together, can't imagine not hugging my baby every day!
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 2:15pm |
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Congratulations Jim, glad it worked out!
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Bob D. (La)
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 4:15pm |
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That is great news Jim. I know you have been looking forward to this for some time now. The feelings you must have had when she said hello and then the big hug. You've got to be floating on cloud nine about now. Glad the reunion was happy. God Bless.
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Doug northern IL
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Posted: 13 Feb 2010 at 5:45pm |
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sounds like a great day jim glad you had the time with her. mine is off at collage boy do i miss them.
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 5:20am |
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Congrats on re-uniting with your daughter.
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On-the_road_again
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 7:38am |
Thank you guys for the replies .....
I took this picture of my daughter Sarah at work yesterday
She is my oldest of four girls
Jim
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 8:08am |
Jim,
Congrats and best wishes to you and your daughter on being able to re-connect. She is a beautiful young lady and you have to be immensely proud and so happy to have her in your life again. Happy Valentine's Day.
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 8:12am |
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Is she an AC fan like her daddy? If so can I get her number?...lol
Edited by Andrew(southernIL) - 14 Feb 2010 at 8:12am
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If fishing is a sport your looking at an athlete
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 9:09am |
Jim,
Congradulations on seeing your daughter. Stay safe on the road!
Anthony
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 10:11am |
 Andrew(southernIL) wrote:
Is she an AC fan like her daddy? If so can I get her number?...lol |
Hi Andrew,
I guess that depends on how good of a fisherman
you really are ....
Jim
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 11:54am |
Jim:I had tears. My youngest daughter was estranged for 6 years we did see her 2 times in 3 years then suddenly she came home to see Mom before she died. All of this goes back
to high school but she's calling again and answering calls. She also is on the west coastal area. Redmond, Wash. My name is also Jim. I'm a long way from Wa. near Terre Haute, Ind. God Blesses us all.
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 12:31pm |
The nice thing is that I get to spend Valentines Day with her
after many years of not being able to be with her.
Truly there are days when a parent is blessed and
it more than makes up for the lost years ....
Happy Valentines Day to eveyone!
Jim
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 5:12pm |
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Congradulations, blood is a bond that never goes away. Best wishes for the future.
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GT in Indiana
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 6:52pm |
Good Job Jim!
Life is too short to look back with regret. Look forward to a bright future which will be what you make of it...
God bless you and your family!
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 7:03pm |
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Congrats! enjoy the moments!
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LouSWPA
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 8:17pm |
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That's fantastic! I've always tried to teach my kids, family before the rest of the world
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 9:12pm |
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A-men Lou. At the family christmas party this year from my grandparents 10 children there are 204 members, there were 191 present. Ain't family great...Harvey
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Posted: 14 Feb 2010 at 9:16pm |
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Lost my train of thought & hit post before I said congradulations Jim. Both my daughters live close by & I cannot go more than a day or two without seeing them & grandkids. Bless you...Harvey
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Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 9:54am |
I know this is way late but CONGRATULATIONS!!! I can only imagine what it would be like.
Best wishes to the both of you.
Good Luck!
Bill Long
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 15 Feb 2010 at 10:20am |
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Congratulations, Jim. Judging from the picture she seems to be quite a lovely young lady. I would not want to have to endure not seeing my daughter on a regular basis. Hope you two have many more wonderful days together.
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