Hoosier Dad

I’m not ashamed to admit that I've been divorced three times.  The reason I’m not ashamed to admit it, is because each one of them gave me my children, but also because each one taught me something.  They taught me something important about life, relationships and an awful lot about myself.  Like marriage is not really something I’m good at, for example.  But you can’t go through that much change, pain and damage without stopping to at least do an inventory.  Well, I suppose you could, but I don’t recommend it.  One of the things you do at a time like that is go back through all of your relationships and look for patterns.  Where did I go wrong?  What did I do wrong?  Why did I do that?  It’s really a lot like hitting a dead end in a murder investigation and going back through the coroner reports of every dead relationship you've ever encountered.  During these relationship autopsies one of the many patterns I noticed was t...

IAWC vs Mooresville Town Council: Summary of Events 07-03-2012: President Watkins stated that it has been brought to the Council' s attention that Indiana American Water Co. has raised their rates with the average increase to residential customers of 17%, business customers between 30- 35%, and high end industrial users will receive a 40% increase. He is asking the Council for a motion to investigate options to slow down or stop future large water increases. A motion was made by Councilman Langley and second by Councilman Mathis to investigate these options. Motion carried 5- 0. 08-07-2012: Next was the public hearing for consideration of an ordinance establishing a municipally owned water utility. Council President stated this was not a question and answer, just public comments and for convenience and necessity people who signed up to speak will have five minutes to speak and any utility that signed up will have 30 minutes to give their presentation. There were three ...

Last night I had a dream.  I was in this old Victorian house with one of those stylish marble staircases that descended below ground.  I had a business partner with me (female, plain looking, no one I know) and old man that stood behind a podium much like a host at fancy restaurant.  We were talking to this nice older woman who was requesting a tour and asking if the experience was really real.  We were in the business of giving ghost tours.  The many spirits who resided in the house enjoyed talking to people and making themselves known and I had figured out a way to match curious believers with these oddly social spirits.  I assured her the ghosts were quite real.  I walked over the long staircase and called down to two of my more friendly ghosts to join us.  As I did so, I caught the faintest glimpse, out of the corner of my eye, of a shadow that moved and was gone.  I thought nothing of it as the old house cast many strange shadows th...

It’s hard to believe it’s been a whole year since I last made a blog post.  2013 was eventful, though in hindsight it feels like it wasn’t.  Most of my personal goals for 2013 involved creating stability in my life and reducing my debt.  I lost my cat, Ralph, in the summer of 2013.  He was a good friend, always there waiting for me when I got home and always there to see me off in the morning.  I simply wasn't prepared for how much his loss would mean to me.  He was young, it was sudden, and 6 months later I still miss him dearly.   My two middle kids agreed to have dinner with me.  It has been more than a year since they talked to me and we have begun what I hope is the start of rebuilding our relationship.  I spent a great deal of time this year educating myself about Parental Alienation.  When it was happening to my family there was not a lot of information on the subject.  I didn’t even know that’s what it was called....