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4492. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:33:55 PM

I just posted a pic of my great-granddaughter in Arts and Culture...Wonks' grandbaby is there, too!

4493. judithathome - 12/6/2008 5:34:42 PM

Wiz, your story would make an excellent movie....

4494. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:38:40 PM



I took this one of Kinley on the July visit.



4495. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:40:17 PM

Opps, I had realized the image was so big--sorry!

4496. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:43:04 PM

hadn't


4497. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 5:44:49 PM

Lovely Judith! And your granddaughter too! ;?)

4498. alistairconnor - 12/6/2008 6:55:57 PM

No need to apologise Wiz -- the picture is worth it.

4499. wonkers2 - 12/6/2008 10:26:46 PM

Beautiful granddaughter!

4500. magoseph - 12/6/2008 10:41:46 PM

I couldn't open your first two links, Wiz--they froze my computer, so I didn't get to read the letter. Anyway, the subsequent posts and the pictures gave me an idea of what happened. What a sensational turn of events in your life! I’m happy for your all.

4501. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/6/2008 11:57:38 PM

Thanks again! Sorry for the freeze-up, mago!

This is a recent photo of my (estranged-at-this-point) son who's a professsional fisherman and diver. My son is the one in the middle . . . . . . I should add, the fish favor me more than he! However, he does have my stomach! [rolling eyes upward]



4502. judithathome - 12/7/2008 4:56:15 PM

Wiz, I feel certain he will eventually come around. Don't give up hope!

4503. Jenerator - 12/7/2008 6:25:19 PM

Oh Wiz. What a beautiful story. I am so relieved that Kim is such a sweet soul. This is such a wonderful direction for your life; I am truly happy for you. Your daughter has those intense, yet happy eyes like her dad! Your granddaughter is gorgeous. You get to be father and grandfather - this is so exciting!

PS - Your son is like my dream man.

4504. Jenerator - 12/7/2008 6:26:28 PM

Have you been in contact with their mother?

4505. wonkers2 - 12/7/2008 9:28:16 PM

I can tell that he's a pro because of the way he holds the fish for the camera--holding them out closer to the camera makes them look bigger. My dad who was an avid fisherman taught me that many years ago! Not that your son's fish aren't of impressive size. How about a pic of your abs for comparative purposes, Wiz?!

4506. wonkers2 - 12/7/2008 9:36:00 PM

This Chinook Salmon was too heavy for my son to hold out very far in front of him as I instructed. Eric with Chinook

4507. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/7/2008 11:23:49 PM

LOL!

J@H- Have no idea or agenda, Judith. His former girlfriend contacted me in the hope that he might (and maybe get back with him, I think). So I wrote a letter to the girlfriend to show to Tim--he doesn't have a phone and lives with his adoption-mother, an agoraphobic with COPD and not keen on me or their biological mother contacting them. And I should add that the twins didn't learn that they were adopted until their eighteenth birthdays--and that was because Kim inadvertently asked as a joke and the mother broke down in tears, finally admitting it. I let him know that he is welcomed to contact me anytime, on his terms. However, in talking to the former girlfriend and my daughter, I've become aware of some troublesome behaviors that could only be understood if you knew more about their situation and how they were raised. Not being aware of their existence, I wasn't around for them, so I'm not one to judge--sufficed to say, there are issues that are profoundly complex with adopted kids--especially twins.

Jen-Which mother?

wonk- I'm not a fisherman but I am a fish-eater and how I morn for all of the fresh seafood I've missed!

This is as close as you'll get to a picture of my present stomach . . .







4508. wonkers2 - 12/8/2008 12:13:59 AM

We need to see you in a speedo for a valid comparison!

4509. wonkers2 - 12/8/2008 12:22:28 AM

Yours truly circa 1940 with my father's fishing partner, Paul Kramer and barracuda? or mackerel? wonkers, c. 1940, Aruba.

4510. TheWizardOfWhimsy - 12/8/2008 12:34:54 AM

I haven't been in speedos since my lifeguard days. But I still have a buddy (my age) who still wears them on the beach for the sake of being gaped at and ridiculed. He thrives on it.

Wow, what a great set of pictures for comparing time. fish and progeny. Thanks for sharing, wonk.

4511. wonkers2 - 12/8/2008 5:10:49 AM

Judging from the pics, maybe you should do a little DNA testing, Wiz. :-)

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