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The Question and Answers Session
Copyright (c) 1994, Joe DeRouen
All rights reserved
Each month, we'll ask a (hopefully) interesting question to users on
various nets and BBS's across the world and include the best answers
we get in this column.
This month's question: "What do you most admire about your father?"
The original message and responses are reproduced here in their
entirety, (Minus some quoting of the original question) with the
permission of the people involved.
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<PUBLIC><RECEIVED>
Number : 132 of 132 Date : 05/16/94 05:18
Reply To: 131
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : William Nall Jr.
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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The older I get the smather my dad gets.
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<PRIVATE><RECEIVED>
Number : 133 of 133 Date : 05/17/94 12:59
Reply To: 131
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : James Pearson
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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nothing.
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<PRIVATE><RECEIVED>
Number : 134 of 134 Date : 05/18/94 12:35
Reply To: 131
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Weber Baker
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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In response to the characteristic about my father, I can think of many
things. But the one that sticks in my mind is his non complaining
nature. He had severe rhuematoid arthritis that caused him great pain.
Yet, he never complainmed, cursed his lot in life or allowed it to stop
him.
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<PUBLIC><RECEIVED>
Number : 135 of 136 Date : 05/18/94 22:47
Reply To: 131
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Donna Kinsey
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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The most thing I admire abpout my father, is that he is my step father.
He married my mother one week before I turned seven years old. And when
I turned nine years old he adopted me. See he married in to a instant
family. And took over where my real father did not give a DARN if I
lived or died. When I was seven years old I was really messed up. My
real father abused me and my mother and tried to kill me. So I did not
think no one loved me but my mother. When my Father now step into the
picture he got me to turn around. He even asked me if he could adopt me
and of course I said YES.. Now that I am 25 and a seven year old
daughter of my own. He has never changed. He has been there for me when
I was down and things were not going right and there for me when I was
up and going strong. Even though he is my step father by marriage and
adopted father by papers. He will always be my real father is my
heart. For he as done for me and my mother I admired him then and even
more now!!
Donna Kinsey
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<PRIVATE><RECEIVED>
Number : 136 of 136 Date : 05/19/94 00:29
Reply To: 131
Confer : STTS On-Line Magazine
From : Mary S
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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Ahhhhh, Dad. Thinking of Dad conjures up memories of walking hand and
hand down a railroad track, horsebackriding for the first time,
sparklers on the 4th and most importantly the feeling of being safe,
secure and very loved. What do I admire? I admire my dad for staying
with the same company for 21 years and providing for his family. I
admire my dad for loving my mom for 45 years. I admire my dad for his
conviction in his religious beliefs. I especially admire my dad for
giving me, even now that I'm 34, the feeling of being safe, secure and
very loved. I love you Dad....Mary
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Number : 1209 of 1209 Date: 05/23/94 18:57
Confer : Poetry & Prose <WME>
From : Amanda Wright
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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What do i like best about my father?
He has a big head of thick curly hair and he is very tall and he gives
the biggest , warmest hugs in the world!!!
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Number : 19442 of 19456 Date: 05/16/94 08:23
Confer : NetChat <WME>
From : Holly Fee
To : Joe Derouen
Subject : June
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Joe, a comment first... although I do not have anything against father's
day (or mother's day for that matter) I sometimes get bothered by the
flurry of how wonderful father/mother was/is... hearing that sort of
thing all over the place is really tough on those of us who did not have
"good" parents... my (age 14) son's father died January of last year,
drunk. He was, the last few years, verbally and emotionally abusive,
both before and after we divorced. My son has a few good memories of him
but still, father's day and its flood of wonderful father talk is hard.
Not everyone, in fact many people, have had one or both parents who were
awful... no consideration is given to this
As to my father... he too was an alcoholic (the odds are if you have an
alcoholic parent you will either be one or marry one, I did both). He
did sober up for the last six years of his life and I think what I
admire most about him is that in the spring of 1974, when he was
informed that he was dying of pancreatic cancer and had only months to
live, he spent his time helping his family and friends accept this and
by his own acceptance helped us all through those last months.
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Each month, I usually try to answer my own question. I'm going to do
that now, but in a non-direct way; via answering Ms. Fee, the last
respondent above.
Holly, I certainly didn't mean to cause you annoyance or pain by my
question. If I did so, I apologise.
To be perfectly honest, my life growing up was rather similar to your
son's. My father was an alcoholic for as long as I can remember, and
was both emotionally, verbally, *and* physically abusive to both myself
and my mother.
He died of lymphoma cancer when I was 11 and I wasn't the least bit
sorry to see him go. Over the years, some of the wounds have healed and
I've wished that he'd stayed around and given me the chance to know him
as an adult. C'est la vie. Life goes on.
At any rate, Father's Day doesn't mean much to me. However, it does to
a lot of other people out there, which is why we asked the question.
Thanks for reading, and see you next month!