Well now seems like a good time to share a bit of a tale, In advance warning it may be a bit long winded, but hopefully it will help to explain some things about my personality in the future.
Grab a Drink, Smoke 'em if you got 'em and bear with me for a while.
Might as well start at the beginning, No not 4 and a half billion years ago or in a galaxy far far away.
I was born in the mid 80s to a 16 year old 'disabled' single mom and spent my childhood bouncing from Slum to slum. We sometimes had a roof and sometimes we didn't. I would definitely say she did the best she could and I am grateful.
Not sympathy fishing its just for context, and to be fair the facts are the facts.
As I mentioned before her disability was a technicality she had 4 fingers on each hand but played bass in a heavy metal band, Raised kids and begged borrowed or stole what we needed to get by. Basically One Bad Ass Momma.
Now for the point of this story, Last Night after a few drinks and a fatty, Me and My missus got on the topic of father figures so here goes.
Now when I was about 6 or 7 My Aunt married this dude. His Nickname was Mouse because he was 5'4, stocky and surprisingly fast on his feet. He was a group home boy who was bounced around foster care and the system left, right and center.
He took a shine to me, and to be honest at that age having a father figure in my life was a huge deal. Over the years he taught me to fight, play ball, Boxing, how to look after myself. At the same time he taught me to boost car stereos and hubcaps in seconds and just as quickly get out of dodge. How to Roll a joint, Pack a bowl, and how to avoid drawing attention to myself, or attract it all in one quick outburst.
Most Importantly He taught me to laugh. Now Mouse had shitty Luck. He had his arm damaged by a forklift accident at work, He was arrested and pulled more times than I can count for his buddies, and to be fair he did the time without once ratting anyone out. His marriage with My aunt, and every relationship with any girlfriend after was a mess. If The dude bought a lottery ticket he somehow would manage to lose more than the ticket cost. The list goes on...
Most Importantly no matter how bad his luck he would always smile, Laugh, when possible skin up, and take it on the chin. Everything was a joke and that's something I inherited from him. No matter how bad the situation he would find something funny about it.
As I said the whole point of this is something he told me when I was about 10 years old, I was struggling at school, getting beat up on the way home, same ol shit just a different day. I went to his place and in his own crazy way he gave me the best advice of my life.
'Hurts doesn't it? Just to let you know its still gonna hurt tomorrow. Good news is its only pain, and all that matters is that you grin, bear it and dust your ass off.'
Now I am definitely not recommending my choice here to other people, But to be fair I don't think I would be alive today without it. Over the last 7 Years I have had steel bars in my hand, Had an excavator topple and crush my foot bad enough they wanted to amputate, Been diagnosed with Primary Progressive MS, Suffered from constant pain in one form or another. Realistically Life has been less than amusing at times.
More Importantly I've become a father, a good husband, a good friend and I've made the best friends of my life. I kept a foot they wanted to cut off, I can annoy metal detectors at every airport,I have Started a business and I am damn sure still laughing and smiling.
So If I laugh at something you might not see the humor in I'm not laughing at you, I am definitely laughing with you.
I've rambled on enough for now I guess, Mouse sadly finally cashed out a few years ago without hitting 50, I missed his funeral. His Obit in the paper was shit and contained less content than a MacDonald's coffee cup.
But the point of this is he changed my life, Helped make both the good and bad parts of my personality, and stood by me through his actions and never once turned me away.
So Here's to you Uncle Mike 'The Mouse' Wherever they got you now I hope there's plenty of Beer, Wild Turkey and endless Bud. RIP.
Nice to meet you rubido. I caught this post rebloged by @edprivat.
Growing up in a less than ideal situation, having Uncle Mike around seemed like it was a life saver.
With you being a father now, I'm sure you have a clear picture of what you want for your kids in the way of a stable situation.
Having four children of our own, mistakes were made along the way, but unconditional love and support has paid big dividends as we beam with pride seeing how they matured and turned out to be productive, moral, and compassionate members of society.
Putting in the time now has worked for us.
Keep in touch and welcome aboard.
You've got a great guy @edprivat in your corner to show you the ropes.
Cheers and nice to meet you too, yeah @edprivat is a good egg, soon to be a producer of good eggs and is father of 3 Good eggs, Too many good eggs?
Uncle Mike was definitely a life saver for me, not a great role model by conventional standards but everything he gave me growing up was no strings attached.
Congrats on the 4,Sound like a great group. My boy makes me proud every day, So I understand the pride, and thanks for the warm welcome!
The pleasure is all mine!
Man that was touching, and a little bit of yourself on that blockchain. It's tough isn't it?
To leave all apprehensions at the door and press that "publish" button. There's something special about it, when you are like "Fuck it, I pressed it now".
I am asking a lot, but in a near future I want more details. How about a link of your mum's metal band?
I've never heard you bitching once since I met you, and is true that the other day when we were (I say "we" but I was just holding the pipe) digging some literal shit up the sceptic tank, you cracked a laugh, I never enjoyed shit so much at that very specific moment.
Me I am just gonna start ordering some posts from you. I want one about your boxing journey also, but this time at least 3000 words, with pictures, and some fucking Markdown.
Oh shit you don't know Markdown...Hold on...
https://github.com/adam-p/markdown-here/wiki/Markdown-Cheatsheet
Holy shit Thats some texting tools,beats the old school BBcodes. I've been using the internet for porn and stuck making cock and balls emojis too long... welcome to 2021... 😁
Make some NFT's out of'em ballz haha
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STOPCheck out the last post from @hivebuzz:
I don't know if you meant to leave good out when you mentioned you're a father or not but I caught that shit. What did you mean by that?
I think you're two for two around here and worthy of a follow. Now don't make me go droppin you like a bad foot.
@dandays Thanks for that one, I left the good out on the father bit as that one wont be up for me to decide, When the boy's grown up he will have to make his mind up. Hopefully I'll get full marks. Thanks for the follow, I will be doing my best to improve my posts.
@edprivat The NFTS are coming sooner than you think, and not just Ballz!
I caught it for all the right reasons—dope!
Ed, Jethro, and a few others are hip to NFT's, if you can help me understand them in 5 words or less I'm all eyes.