What's this? Mudcat's back!

[Stargazer]

Oh, my, a post out of the blue from @Mudcat !!!

Welcome back, brother! It's been so long, I had feared you had shuffled off this mortal coil. 

So, what have you been up to?

[Mudcat]

Divorced in 17. It was a mess. That's about all I got to say about that... Took me a couple years to pull myself back together. Got out of a lifetime of sales and now I'm a carrier with the post office and really love the job.                   The mudkittens are not kittens anymore but things are good that way and I'm a new grandfather for the first time.        Since the divorce I just haven't had the same sort of momentum towards discussion forums. But for a while this was a big part of my life and I just figured I'd pop in to see what was going on...         I was pretty surprised that the three word story was still rolling.      

[bluebell]

45 minutes ago, Mudcat said:

Divorced in 17. It was a mess. That's about all I got to say about that... Took me a couple years to pull myself back together. Got out of a lifetime of sales and now I'm a carrier with the post office and really love the job.                   The mudkittens are not kittens anymore but things are good that way and I'm a new grandfather for the first time.        Since the divorce I just haven't had the same sort of momentum towards discussion forums. But for a while this was a big part of my life and I just figured I'd pop in to see what was going on...         I was pretty surprised that the three word story was still rolling.      

It so good to hear from you again!

So sorry about the divorce, such a hard thing.

Edited February 26, 2024 by bluebell

[Mudcat]

1 hour ago, bluebell said:

It so good to hear from you again!

So sorry about the divorce, such a hard thing.

Yeah, sure was. I wouldn't wish that on anybody... Appreciate the kind thoughts. Glad to see you're still around. I don't know how much content I will add to the forum but I am glad that I stopped back in.

[Tacenda]

2 hours ago, Mudcat said:

Divorced in 17. It was a mess. That's about all I got to say about that... Took me a couple years to pull myself back together. Got out of a lifetime of sales and now I'm a carrier with the post office and really love the job.                   The mudkittens are not kittens anymore but things are good that way and I'm a new grandfather for the first time.        Since the divorce I just haven't had the same sort of momentum towards discussion forums. But for a while this was a big part of my life and I just figured I'd pop in to see what was going on...         I was pretty surprised that the three word story was still rolling.      

I hope you stick around, I love the "three word story" so much!!

[Calm]

48 minutes ago, Mudcat said:

Yeah, sure was. I wouldn't wish that on anybody... Appreciate the kind thoughts. Glad to see you're still around. I don't know how much content I will add to the forum but I am glad that I stopped back in.

It feels good to see you again. 

[Stargazer]

18 hours ago, Mudcat said:

Divorced in 17. It was a mess. That's about all I got to say about that... Took me a couple years to pull myself back together. Got out of a lifetime of sales and now I'm a carrier with the post office and really love the job.                   The mudkittens are not kittens anymore but things are good that way and I'm a new grandfather for the first time.        Since the divorce I just haven't had the same sort of momentum towards discussion forums. But for a while this was a big part of my life and I just figured I'd pop in to see what was going on...         I was pretty surprised that the three word story was still rolling.      

Yes, that divorce thing can be a real hammer. I've been there (like about 44 years ago), so I can definitely appreciate the pulling oneself back together thing. 

And I am still avoiding getting involved in the three word story!  

[Bill “Papa” Lee]

On 2/25/2024 at 7:28 PM, Mudcat said:

Divorced in 17. It was a mess. That's about all I got to say about that... Took me a couple years to pull myself back together. Got out of a lifetime of sales and now I'm a carrier with the post office and really love the job.                   The mudkittens are not kittens anymore but things are good that way and I'm a new grandfather for the first time.        Since the divorce I just haven't had the same sort of momentum towards discussion forums. But for a while this was a big part of my life and I just figured I'd pop in to see what was going on...         I was pretty surprised that the three word story was still rolling.      

I am so sorry for your troubles, and the heartache that accompanies such situations. However, knowing this, you are and will now be in my prayers. In the past two years, I have suffered with very difficult physical pains, and three surgeries. But any type of physical pain, is nothing compared to emotional pain, God bless you, my sometimes cyber friend, from years gone by. I pray even more for your “mud-kids”, who often suffer so much more when their parents part ways, no matter how it happened. Having lived it as a child, it is confusing, mind numbing, leaving (at least for me) conflicted and insecure. I don’t think I need to tell you this, but you need to move both,  “Heaven and Earth”, to be ever present in the lives of your children. Something my bio-father never did, however my Father in Heaven, sent to my Mother and her three kids, I being the youngest. He was a great man, and a Baptist Minister, who also adopted us, changing my last name to “Lee”, instead of “Nation”. I was truly blessed, and proudly bare his name, as he me with so much, a “strong work ethic”, an a “soul filled with compassion for all”, and what it means to be taught me “good man”. I lost him in June 2006, and still go to his grave, and now since 2014, my Mother as well, to pray, and seek their advice. God Bless You, @Mudcat. 

[Mudcat]

9 hours ago, Bill “Papa” Lee said:

I am so sorry for your troubles, and the heartache that accompanies such situations. However, knowing this, you are and will now be in my prayers. In the past two years, I have suffered with very difficult physical pains, and three surgeries. But any type of physical pain, is nothing compared to emotional pain, God bless you, my sometimes cyber friend, from years gone by. I pray even more for your “mud-kids”, who often suffer so much more when their parents part ways, no matter how it happened. Having lived it as a child, it is confusing, mind numbing, leaving (at least for me) conflicted and insecure. I don’t think I need to tell you this, but you need to move both,  “Heaven and Earth”, to be ever present in the lives of your children. Something my bio-father never did, however my Father in Heaven, sent to my Mother and her three kids, I being the youngest. He was a great man, and a Baptist Minister, who also adopted us, changing my last name to “Lee”, instead of “Nation”. I was truly blessed, and proudly bare his name, as he me with so much, a “strong work ethic”, an a “soul filled with compassion for all”, and what it means to be taught me “good man”. I lost him in June 2006, and still go to his grave, and now since 2014, my Mother as well, to pray, and seek their advice. God Bless You, @Mudcat. 

Thanks Bill. Your words me a lot and it's good hearing from you.

I'm glad God put a good father in your life. Mom has been gone for a dozen years but I've been dad's primary caregiver for the last several years and we finally had to make the decision to transfer to assisted living. I was checking on him when he was at home twice a day everyday, but his conditions got beyond what I could do... However, the loss of mobility and the beginning stages of dementia have put him in a position where he needed more care at hand. 

I invested a lot of myself into keeping dad out of a place like that as long as I could and I know I bought him some time where he was more independent... Still sometimes I feel like I've lost a war..... But nobody beats father time from a mortal perspective. Regardless, again I appreciate your comments brother. 

edit add

Been commenting "semi-successfully"  from my phone with text to speech thus.

 

Edited February 27, 2024 by Mudcat
typos and translation errors

[Kenngo1969]

@Mudcat

Alas, you're probably gone for the foreseeable future, again, already, but ...

Mudcaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!!!

[Mudcat]

@Kenngo1969

 

Well I have been looking at some of the threads and getting a general "feel" of things.

The dynamics of the forum are quite different. Traffic and thread pace isn't as it was when I was posting regularly.  The tone is more subdued... No criticism there, just observationally speaking.

You never know, I may stick around for a bit. 

Occupationally I  don't deal with a keyboard much at all now. My typing skills have atrophied quite a bit I have noticed😅 

....Hoping that sort of thing is like riding a bicycle. 

 

Edited March 6, 2024 by Mudcat

[Kenngo1969]

Welp, if nothing else, it is you who started The Thread That Will Never Die (3-word story)!   Here's hoping you grace us with your august presence at least a little more often, though!

[Calm]

3 hours ago, Kenngo1969 said:

The Thread That Will Never Die (3-word story)!

Never Dying Thread….

[Kenngo1969]

@Mudcat

I should add, too, that I'm sorry to hear about the issues and struggles in your personal life.  As someone who has been ignored by the female of the species in its entirety, I can neither identify nor can I relate.  But ...

 

Edited March 7, 2024 by Kenngo1969

[Mudcat]

On 3/7/2024 at 9:13 AM, Kenngo1969 said:

@Mudcat

I should add, too, that I'm sorry to hear about the issues and struggles in your personal life.  As someone who has been ignored by the female of the species in its entirety, I can neither identify nor can I relate.  But ...

It sure can be. Grateful it isn't always so. James Taylor's song "Fire and Rain" says a lot I think.

 

[MorningStar]

Good to see you! So sorry to hear about your divorce.