Quote Originally Posted by LitTrog View Post
We're poor as hell right now................We all three simply are who we are, and love ourselves and each other because of it. The phrase "in spite of..." just doesn't come into play.
Those last lines make you richer than the proverbial king, my friend Been in a pseudo similar situation myself, the details of which aren't for the public, but.. there it is





I would be a lost soul without my wife, TurboKittie. This year will be our 20th anniversary. She's stuck with me through thick and thin, the good and the very rough.

Like hkjrb623, we have a child with autism, though at the very low end of the spectrum. She will doubtfully ever be functional. TK though, as well as our son, CGR, has been instrumental in teaching me the rudimentary sign language that our daughter is slowly learning in school, as somewhere about 15 years ago I lost all gifts of other languages that I ever knew. She does this while holding down the house as well as a part time job to get out of the house for adult conversation. (lord knows she doesn't get any from me).

If it weren't for her, I wouldn't be in a kilt. If it weren't for her, I would have but one kilt. If it weren't for her, I would NEVER have thought that red or purple socks look awesome. Even for normal work dress, she is mortified when I come home and she she's that I'm wearing a polo shirt with a frayed cuff, or a small hole that I haven't noticed, and immediately throws them out. She feels that this is a reflection on her, and would prefer that the world knows that somebody actually cares enough about me to not go out in public looking like a bum.

And, as much as it irks me, I have to say that her talents in the kitchen have surpassed my own, to my great aggravation. Anytime I'm actually better at something that she is, it doesn't take her much time or effort to leave me in the dust. It's very irritating. But how can I complain?

We've had money and nice homes, had no money and not so nice homes. We've lived a very wild and exotic lifestyle, we've lived the most mundane existence known to the human race. It has been a very exciting ride, and the best part is, we haven't even gotten to the first hill of the roller coaster, in my mind. The best is yet to come as I see it.

Not sure where I'd be without her and very sure that I don't want to know. Just too scary.