Thanks big brother. 🤝 (I say this out of respect. You are my senior and I appreciate you.) I shall try get on Discord for a bit.

Honestly, I have been fighting a lot of the stress of my situation on my own. I can't talk to my dad about these things. That's a whole other situation and he is incredibly negative. I know that opening up to him would just bring a lot of "I told you so" and "I knew everything would get fucked in the end" But he also has been saying so for decades.

Speaking negatively and not actually preparing for reality has led him, and me, to a lot of the valleys. I actually want to do an article on one of your Weekend Topics "What has been the worst advice you've received or given?" Which would be one of the things he said.

And don't get me wrong, my old man taught me MANY great things... but he became broken by his own fall and after that... we was mentally never quite the same.

Anyway... long story...

Meanwhile, I focus on my own life. I do not sit around and bemoan the life he set me up for, I am responsible for what comes next. Yeah... things aren't pretty right now... but it is not the end and it is not the worst... I shall not give up. Despite the shit I had to go through I have raised some fine kids. So I feel like all the bruises and pain and hardship is worth it. They stand on my shoulders and can reach greater heights.