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This is a great idea. I've always thought that New Testament directions on treatment of widows should be extended to Single Parents. They are the ones who have it hardest in our society.
It's a tough "job" to raise a kid(s) alone. I'm glad I'll have been married to someone, better than I happen to be, for 29 years in a few days. Kudos to those parents who tough the job out alone. Since the majority are women, it'd be nice if they were paid the same as men for the same work (they aren't), and given more time off with pay to raise those kids, so they can grow up to contribute to society at their potential, buying more products and services from the companies their single partents work at, but I digress.
What a great idea! I like it even more that it is a group effort and involves some real training for the parents (teach them to fish not just give them fish). I would be curious to hear how it turns out.
it's the brainchild of one of my closest friends. i'm very proud of him putting this together. this is the 3rd year, and every year it's just amazing. wes -- i agree entirely.
Great...ANOTHER card I have to buy... Where the heck is "Married people with no children but two dogs that might as well be their children" day?
I won't be able to attend but as a single father, my son lives with me and his mom is not in his life, I think this is a wonderful event that has been put together. Props to your friend for organizing this. Man if I were able to go I wonder if I would be the only male? Hmmmmmm I bet the ratio of guys to girls for me would be pretty good.
so i took my sister and her kid there and i volunteered myself. i thought it was a phenomenal event, from the classes to the pampering to the free bags of groceries. i thought it was well organized. i was expecting more people though. i think at last count there were 45 families. i met a lot of wonderful people there too. i'm hoping to see them again next year. Madmax, was your friend a guy named Jason?
Jason it is. My closest friend who isn't my wife! where were you? what were you helping with? attendance was down from last year. i attribute that to it changing locations from the previous years. we had like 70 or so register online...last year it was the opposite..we had fewer register and then many more showed up. last year we had closer to 70 families, i believe.
I was doing registration. i was the only asian guy there so i'm sure he didn't miss me. i only uttered about a couple sentences to him though. he looked kind of busy. i just took a guess as to who was your friend. everyone was asking me how did i hear about it. i mentioned it was a "friend" online, who's name i don't even know, just posted a thread about it. they kind of gave that "oh, weird" look.
registration where the kids were??? i registered my kids...i think i saw you there. my wife and i both dropped off our boys..she went to help with child care and i went to help with legal advice.
what was your wife's name? i met Lane, Margaret, Lisa. that's all i remember for now. how was the legal classroom? i heard the financial classes were pretty much empty.
i didn't teach a class. we set up a table for legal advice...so people would come up and ask questions of me and a couple of others. i think we probably saw 10 people overall. Kim
can't recall meeting anyone by that name. i didn't think you'd be there yourself. i'm sure we ran passed one another a couple of times.
