I have witnessed within myself I inherited that trait from you. I realized though it caused me trouble after the fact. People were able to use it against me but I wouldn’t give it up. It’s good!  The hope you had for me and the hope you have for my future is obvious. I’m really amazed by your actions and chances you took. How many Fathers and ( Read more... )

Journal Page: 1A

Dear Dad, Mom, Family and whoever that may care,

What I have wrote here is the experiences from 7/30/78, as I saw them, experienced them and related to them. I am not out for a finger pointing episode but just relaying my experience and feelings that have affected the whole "family" and me. I have ( Read more... )

LISTEN

When I ask you to listen to me,
And you start giving me advice,
You have not done what I asked.

When I ask you to listen to me,
And you begin to tell me why
Shouldn’t feel that way
You are trampling on my feelings.

When I ask you to listen to me,
And you feel you have to do
something to solve my problems,
You have failed me, strange as that may seem ( Read more... )

You now if I were physically dependant-paralyzed or disabled or limited in some physical way, I would need your help. If I were psychologically a child, my sense of worth and safety would come from your view of me. If you didn't like me, it could be demoralizing.

If I were emotionally dependant, I would count on you to do my thinking for me, to ( Read more... )

Opening Salutation:

Lee J. Reardon

The Trial and Tribulations

I pondered for months, going on years if this should ever be shared. This is a paper I needed to write for my own benefit. I enjoyed writing it! Up until the day I spoke with my Psychiatrist, I wondered. I spoke with Pastor’s, Chaplin’s and other trusted, available Parents if this should ( Read more... )

Bloggers,

I am now going to go into the Journal: Trails and Tribulations. The remainder of the letter to Sue White of the Saginaw News are excerpts from the Journal and to avoid repeating I'll just post the journal now. This is the last paragraph in Sue White's letter from me:

Well Sue, that’s apart of story that I thought you would at least believe ( Read more... )

I finally realized I needed to read chapters 3 or 4 times to be able to retain them. I ended up doing fairly well at Central Piedmont, I think I finished about a year and a half worth of college credits. I decide to move back to Saginaw.

I am getting jobs but losing them quickly. The Unemployment Security Commission had wondered why I kept losing ( Read more... )

I wasn’t ready for something of this caliber. I’m 27 at the time but really only have the experience and knowledge of an immature, young teenager. This reminds me how I found out how old I was. I was at the Rock N’ Round Up with both of my parents. For some reason I was asked if I knew how old I was and I said “I’m 21.” It was then that Mom said “ ( Read more... )

I’ve always wanted to run a Night Club. School wasn’t too much fun but I did enjoy learning new things, just couldn’t remember them for to long. Well then Dad decides to buy this bar, a 385-seat entertainment nightclub and told me to run it (at the time I had the mentality basically of a child).

I was learning how to purchase liquor, bartend, clean ( Read more... )

I enrolled in night classes but I wasn’t ready. I was at this for 2 semesters and then out of the blue, Dorothy (Mom) suggested I move to Muskegon to live with my brother and attend Muskegon Community College. I was really interested in an education. I know I needed it and I thought this might work. I liked the idea of concentrating on one project ( Read more... )