"Cheri" > wrote in message
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> "cshenk" > wrote in message
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>> Thats what I am talking about Gary. No one calls a stay at hom Mom a
>> lazy bum. A man however, especially 20 years ago, was in for some
>> serious crap.
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> Nah, maybe 50 years ago, but certainly not 20 years ago.

I actually know a single dad whose daughter is a year younger than Angela.
He has raised his daughter since birth. I never asked what became of her
mother as he seems not to want to talk about it.

And when we lived in NY, we had neighbors whose mom had died. The boy was a
year older than Angela and the girl was old enough to babysit. Still, the
grandma came to live with them because the dad often had to leave town for
his job with the Coast Guard.

Theirs was an interesting story. The grandma had a very unusual name.
Willadean. She was from OK like my dad. She told me that adoption in those
days was pretty unheard of. She was so thankful for being adopted that she
decided she would adopt. And she did. The other son lives in Seattle and
they were very much hoping to get stationed here so they could be together
as a family again. But that didn't happen. I should imagine he would be
reaching retirement soon if he hasn't already. Perhaps he did come here.
Would be nice to see Willadean again. We did all sorts of crafts together
and she loved to cook.