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Ilsa

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196. It sounds like your time was put to very good use!

Tue Jun 30, 2026, 01:15 AM

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So glad you've dropped in. So glad you've learned from therapy. Really super great to hear that you've been a wonderful dad. Your boys are very lucky.

My updates: Suddenly widowed in 2022. MIL living with us passed away two weeks later. The older of my two labs died. The guy who had been my son's aide passed away after working with us for two years. I miss his friendship and now I'm homebound with my son again. My brother Paul, aka Texas Towelie, passed away May 14. Still miss him terribly. My other Labrador died. My health has been good. It's me and my two sons knocking about our big house enjoying FIFA World Cup and The Vampire Lestat on AMC. Sam Riley is hot as rock star Lestat. And there's my ADD getting out-of-hand.

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