Friday Night Video - Where'd You Go by Fort Minor

Warning: This video is rated r for language.

I had kind of a weird night. It was one of those things where a neighbor crosses a boundary regarding your kids. It happens a lot in parenting but this one is a repeat offender. And it's not what I said or how it was handled that bothered me the most. It was the things that were said to me in anger by this person. All else can be taken care of. But the insults I received made me feel a bit slimed.

I'm a faithful man. Yet I've learned that at times it's ok to pray like a saint and drink like an irishman. What I'm trying to say is what you see is what you get with me. No more no less. I will say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done and you need not fear a knife in the back from me.

I came from a broken home, so how I manage my family life is a priority for me. Perhaps you might say I'm overcompensating with 7 kids, but there is enough love to go around. Never have I regretted a single one and there is no hell I wouldn't go through even twice for every one of them. I'm presenting this video to remind myself of the father that I am. And that I will never have to hear my children ask me "Where'd You Go?".

As I consider what is next in this relationship with my neighbor I must remember that things that are said in anger are usually true feelings coming through in a flame. I can forgive but I'm a little slower to forget. I'm not even sure that forgetting is a virtue.

Hat tip to my friend Tony for telling me to "blog it". Thanks friend...I feel better. Really.

Also at my friend's:Woman Honor Thyself, Stop the ACLU, and WizBang.

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