Ozarkshillbilly

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I take her recipes, not much else

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Some of the best cooks are a bit crazy, so I understand.

My wife and I started out marriage thinking "no kids ever". But we changed our minds when our niece came along. Now I couldn't imagine not having kids.

The times when you see them succeed is better than any success I've had (son getting his first wrestling match win, daughter being chair of her section...doesn't have to be big). Their excitement is worth any tough time.

The times when they scare you and you get to guide them through it (daughter's first car accident). Helping them through the pain to see it will get better, who else could do that for them.

All of it is scary and exciting...keeps me young.

Not in front of very many people. I've lost all my grandparents, plenty of aunts and uncles too. I've lost it when brothers died in uniform but not infront of others. I thought only my wife seen me cry when my grandma passed and later when grandpa died.

But after Mammaw's funeral, my son said, "I saw you had a tear." (He was 8). I thought about it and told him how I feel about men crying. I think it's ok for men to cry for certain things. Loss of a loved one is one of those times. But we cannot let our emotions get the better of us and I'll never judge a man who tears up every once in a while. Now if it's a weekly occurrence....that's different

I wrote letters to my wife, daughter and son on each deployment. Just in case, I wanted them to know how I feel about them. Not easy to write, but seems easier than saying it.

Took the kids there when they were young. We went to Magic Kingdom for a day last year and will probably do it again in a couple of weeks. I didn't think it was that bad, but we do get the military price on tickets.

At what point will our children have to liberate Britain?

Remember last year when every week they rallied on and on with "Pete Hegseth is about to be fired" lines?

Yep

They just finished taking the SAT....they scored a 960

Where I'm from the most famous crime has to be the Springfield Three. Three women disappeared in 1992 after some graduation parties. They vanished.

In northern Missouri, it's got to be the murder of Ken McElroy the bully of Skidmore, Mo. Town had enough of him and he was shot at least twice with over 40 witnesses...who didn't see a thing. FBI called in and still, nobody saw the shooter. Many years later in the same small town, a woman killed a pregnant woman and took her baby. The place is cursed.

Pretty bad