Hello Friends,
Recently, our oldest grandson returned from California and boasted about how he would help us. That offer faltered quickly and I do not hold that against him he has had a struggle to find his way in this world.
He had a list of things he would help me with, but a job opportunity changed that. What he tried to do ist patch a rift between his uncle and I who has not visited his mom since 2022 and blasted me with profanity and a wish that I would die alone. He has made no attempt to reconcile that, and I have enough challenges already and do not want to rehash all that.
In the country song (Collin Raye - Little Rock ), a sentiment is expressed when an alcoholic son-in-law abused a father's daughter:
" . . . . I don't know why I held it all inside
You must've thought I never even tried
You know your daddy told me when I left
Jesus would forgive, but a daddy don't forget . . . "
Yes I can forgive but the insults and profanity was uncalled for because some one assume I was rich and would share money with him instead of using it to care for my wife. So I can forgive but on the streets of NYC as a teen I learned not to give an offender another chance to abuse you.
Besides, the stepson has made no effort to correct this or visit his mom and I never would prevent him from visiting her.