Biochemistry, Bi-racial (Anglo, Mexican), Bilingual (English, Spanish), Human Nutrition, Sports, Husband to the AMAZING Kathleen & father of 4 AMAZING kids
@FiredUpCoug We had a good conversation later that evening and she shared more about her reservations. Some of which were real and others unfounded. In the end, I was proud she talked to him in person and did so in a respectful manner. Hope the kid isn't resentful and they can both move on
@FiredUpCoug A quick update. She responded to the young man last night. Brought his treats and his favorite drink. Went to the door and politely told thanks but no thanks. She didn't love doing it but felt relieved after the experience.
@FiredUpCoug answer him with the same amount of effort that he put in to asking her and that she do so in a manner that was respectful. It's easy to write this off as a nothing burger but it's important to me and my wife that she understand how to do difficult things with respect.
@FiredUpCoug Great thread. Timely for me and my family. My daughter was asked to homecoming by a guy that she doesn't want to go with. In fact, she doesn't want to go to homecoming period. We took time to discuss this thoroughly and support her decision. We are insisting that she 1/2
@daren_collins The PE company that bought my father’s company helped them scale it to 10x growth before flipping it to another firm. My father made out quite handsomely as a result.
Ben Sasse:
"One of the weird lines @timkellernyc used to say is, 'I hate this, but I would never want to go back to the prayer life I had before pancreatic cancer,' which I thought sounded pretty weird. . .But then I felt, what a blessing that I'm saying, 'Lord, come quickly, Maranatha. Thank you for all of the different things that I used to cling to that right now seem really, really trivial because they're actually really trivial.'"
@BenSasse