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Just a few days ago a former boss of mine died. I stumbled onto the obit accidentally. Boy I used to hate that man. I was his mold tech and we had difficulties. Finally he ended up firing me and I was really glad to go. Now I feel bad. His obit revealed that early in his life his mother abandoned him and he was then raised by his father who died when he was 12 years old. With no other family around a church arranged for him to live with another family. He was smart and graduated his schooling and went on into life.

He got married and had a son, then his wife left him and his son the same way his own mother left him years ago. Before long the son had cancer and died the same way his grandfather did. My former boss was given a life that would have broken most men. He never complained and did not tell others about his life. Now that he has passed and I know his history I have nothing but respect for this man. A lot of others could not have done what he did.

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DenoPenno 9 May 20
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I had a sister-in-law who lived in Vietnam. Her father abandoned her when she was young and later the mother left so she was raised by an older brother. She got a job in a bank and learned English. Then the war came and she was living in Saigon and caught in the middle. The new Netflix video about that war showed me what was going on and why the military was after me to get drafted. I see the route in 1967, I took dodged that missile. She managed to get helicoptered out and ended up in Hawaii where she met another traumatized Vietnamese man. They got married but two traumatized people did not work out so she left and ended up in Huston where she met my brother. She had two daughters and constantly harassed them. My brother said she liked to burn her bridges but often tried to do so with him. I think John McCain might have made a bad president due to his imprisonment and torture. People that have been traumatized need a lot of therapy to become normal.

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His life didn’t sound so bad to me. I guess it’s about perspective. I took my first ambulance ride at 1 1/2 years old, after my sperm donor tried to suffocate me. The ER doctor diagnosed it as a case of SIDS. When I was 2 1/2 my 4 year old brother burnt the house down, and told everyone I started the fire. My younger brother and I both suffered 3rd degree burns over much of our bodies. Against all odds, we both survived after a 6 month visit to a burn unit at Buffalo children’s hospital. I would return to this very hospital at 4 years old to have reconstructive surgery on my left elbow to repair the damage. I’ll stop here and share more of my good times another day…..☺️

I guess all of us can have some bad experiences. Had a few myself but nothing like this former boss. He never told anyone about his past as it only came out in his obit. By the time he had retired he had completely revamped the factory's Industrial Products division that he was head of.

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