By: Don Scooler

Don Scooler — Wed, 01 May 2024 12:02:27 +0000

Now You made me cry. Damn it.

By: Jeff Scooler

Jeff Scooler — Wed, 01 May 2024 02:17:05 +0000

Ummm….I don’t think I understood the assignment, or I was not thinking. If you think you just made me happy by taking me to the Football Hall of Fame, you are grossly underselling yourself. Dad, I can spend all day and then some sharing all that you did to make me happy. You made me happy when you would hang with me at the Pope AFB pool and let me climb all over you and carrying me on your shoulders as you walked to the deeper end, you made me happy by showing up to most if not all of my baseball and football games even when I rode the bench for the duration…I always spotted you and was super happy that you showed (Mom did too by showing up to all my school plays in elementary school…I still can see her peering into the gym to make sure she was in the right place), you made me happy by just spending time with me whether it be doing something special like seeing the Bears play the Cardinals a week after Walter Payton broke Jim Brown’s rushing record or going to see that stupid movie, “Runaway” with Tom Selleck and Gene Simmons of Kiss or by taking me out for a drive when you can tell I was not in a good space, or reassuring me that there were “plenty of pebbles on the beach” when my heart was broken by a girlfriend breaking up with me. But, really you made me happy by acknowledging the struggle that Angela, Apollo, and I faced with Angela’s disability as our lives were turned upside down and then some. You made me super happy when you told me that I was a better father than you could be. As flattered and happy as that made me, I must say you are vastly wrong because you are the best father I could have ever thought of. You continue to make me happy with your unwavering support of me and my seemingly endless struggle with depression. Thank you for everything. I know that in my heart of hearts, I would not be here without your support. I have been in very dark places in the space between my ears, and whether I consciously or unconsciously sought it out, you reaching out to me…along with Mom (even though it destroyed me to know that Mom knew of my struggle as I tried to keep her from it as I did not want her to worry)…you both saved me. You have always been there for me and continue to do so, and I can never ever forget that and want everyone to know and understand that. I just wanted to let you know that you have done way way way way…..way more than simply taking me to the Pro Football Hall of Fame that made me happy. Just thought you ought to know. Thank you, and I love you…….and Mom.

By: Don Scooler

Don Scooler — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 23:19:00 +0000

It’s nice to be put in great company. Thank you, Jim.

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 30 Apr 2024 21:17:45 +0000

I just heard the following quote, attributed to Pope Francis, but truer words have not been spoken.
“Rivers do not drink their own water; trees do not eat their own fruit; the sun does not shine on itself and flowers do not spread their fragrance for themsters is a inge of nature. We are all born to help each other. No matter how difficult it is…Life is good when you are happy; but much better when others are happy because of you.” -Pope Francis

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