I stand by my last comment.
you impress me and, more than ever, I am proud to call myself your friend.

I just needed to say thank you for the beautiful post! It is something I needed to hear.

beautifully put and taken to heart by this reader, thank you

everyone and everything i have loved in my life has made me who I am today. each person or animal or thing leaves it's mark, the happiness, the sadness, the pain create us. we all must learn to better appreciate what we have when we have it. regrets are hard to live with.

I found you in the dating group (or dating sucks or..something like that) responding to the "dating someone with kids" thread. I thought you were insightful and came by to check out what else you had to say about this that and the other.

I'm sorry your days are heavy, but its good to see someone with healthy perspectives. I do my best to live a full life and appreciatte even the tough days with those that I love. Being that we are both 36/single males we probably have some experiences in common to relate to.

I'm not gonna walk the path with you out right on my hello email...but I think your a pretty cool guy. Do you belong to any other "blog" sights. I think you might find a place on one sight in particular. Write me if you care to know more. I'm gonna drop a friend request on you as well........

Your entry was beautiful and inspiring. Hairy times make us all philosophers... so here's my 2 cents...
People come into your life for a reason, a season or for life. They will all affect you in some way and make an impression on you, if not change your path even in the slightest bit. Cherish every moment with everyone, even if its just a moment.

i'm just glad that your journal is available for viewing online. in addition to being well written, it seems that you have a calm and centered perspective. this is an admirable trait. i'm glad that you are able to find the positive in such situations. personally, i often wallow, but you provide life lessons. how does he do it......

Wow. You know I read your journal and enjoy reading your journal, but your entry today actually made me cry....(so did the one from last night too, but that's another story).

"I have no regret for loving those that have passed from me. If there is anything I regret, it is that often I have taken for granted the presence of love in my life. If I could only have back a day of my last relationship before it became angry and hateful; I would treasure it more knowing what I know now. But the past is past, and I can no more bring back that love then I can take Annie to the Park." That is just so beautiful.

Yes, people tell me things happen for a reason, and people enter your life for a purpose, but when you put it like that, it makes you realize how true that really is.

Thank you, for making my night!

... oh no, I'm completely right. You just didn't realize it was worth the effort. If someone else reached out, and had to take the first step, then I'm glad they did.

Tall, do me a favor. Here's a nickel. Go buy a sense of humor, okay? I'm trying to interact with you, here, but you seem to insist that people only interact with you on your own terms. I'm a smartass and a verbal fencer. It's in the profile. That ain't gonna change, and if you don't like it, then you won't like me. I regularly treat lots of folks like human beings, and that's one of the reasons I've brought a lot of people into the group. It sounds like SGNY is a bunch of way cool folks. But then again, you got off your ass and made the effort to meet them at ... an open event? Wow. So you basically did exactly what we told you to do in Portland, right? Of course my attitude effects your responses. But you need to realize that the reverse is true, as well. You take me too seriously. Hopefully, after you meet me, you'll see the smirk behind the prose.

The thing is, Tall, you never put your sword down. I've never seen you NOT reply to someone who argues with you. So if you don't know how to back off, yourself, then it's a little hypocritical to ask other people to do what you can't do, yourself. I am a good and decent guy. You can take other people's word for it, or not. But if you argue with me, I will argue with you. That's who I am.

Being able to laugh at yourself is a gift.

We'll have that beer at the Horse Brass next week.

Well Said Tall : ) .. off topic, I havent been keeping up these days, did you go to the SGNJ event, if so Im sorry I missed you

I hope you are feeling good today....and didn't eat too much pizza in your drunken state!! And don't worry, they made me cry in a good way. Helped me realize that while I can't control everything, the things are going to happen no matter what I say or do. I can control myself, the way I feel, and the way I act, and that people are going to respond the way they feel necessary. I can't force someone to fall in love with me....although I'm not sure why they would need forced to begin with!!

In all seriousness though, I am trying to let things happen. I am working on myself and the things I can control, and let the other chips fall where they may.

I hope you are having a great day!

you are a deep human being. I love when one random thought leads to another and another and boom...epiphany!!!!

Love is a strangely unappreciated thing. It is so easy to overlook all the good stuff and remember only the bad. Taking love for granted is so dishartening and disappointing.

I make a point to tell those I love that I do love and appreciate them. with that, little miss schoolgirl spawn jr is about to get a sneak attack hug and kiss.

Hope you have a good time with pool and drinks in NY. are you going to be available on the 5th of feb? there is another event and you so have to come!

You said: "Nothing good can come of reading anothers joyrnal- ask me how I know."
so... shall i take the other entries as a hint on why? I kept my last post for SG viewers only because I don't feel like explaining myself. But i'm sure you knew that already. Thanks for the sweet words. I know he's there, but the problem is... i'm not.
Back to the question at hand, tell me how you know?

Too bad I just read this entry! Hope you all had a blast!
(I'm just stopping by!)
Catch you around

Too bad I just read this entry! Hope you all had a blast!
(I'm just stopping by!)
Catch you around