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An amazing week. Though it was touch and go, life is good in the Rags clan.

I have not shared this previously but now that we are past the crisis here it is.

My bride had her annual lady Doc check up in Nov. Part of that was a breast exam .. of course. Because a good friend of hers has been battling breast cancer she requested a mammogram. They did a mammogram and an ultrasound exam and found some suspicious micro crystallizations. The did an MRI which was not conclusive. This was at our local hospital in KSA where we live.

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BREAKING NEWS!!! Congrats Rags, it is a 22yo 155lb boy!!

So, the kid picked up my bride from the airport in a few minutes ago. I called to check in just as they were leaving the airport. We had a nice talk.

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Happy belated birthday kid!!

My son (SS) turned 22 last week. He was with his mom and I and the extended family for our 20th anniversary and vow renewal celebration the week before his birthday. I am definitely a proud dad. He is a young man of character and is learning his way to viable adulthood.

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Our vow renewal stuff.

These are the vows we wrote for each other on our 20th/vow renewal and the first draft of what the kid wrote. He changed some of what he originally wrote but this is his original stuff.

We had a great day at a beautiful venue with friends and family not to mention some amazing food, wine, and cocktails.

Now I have to go back to work to pay for it.

Fun, fun, run.

Kid:

Just got back from 2 weeks of vacation, renewing vows with my best friend and beautiful bride of 20 years, seeing the kid, etc..

I am an incredibly fortunate man. I just had the absolute amazing pleasure and blessing of renewing vows with my incredible scary/wicked smart bride of 20 years. The kid officiated and did a great job. 20 years ago he cried for his mom during our wedding. He was one happy kid when we stopped the ceremony and brought him up to the alter with us. He was an amazing 2yo and is just as amazing at 22. He truly is the most incredible gift my wife has given me. Being his dad for the past 20 years has been the a truly awesome blessing.

Brat-ocracy, Interesting article on the end result of coddling and lack of behavioral consequences.

Very interesting article.

http://news.yahoo.com/fears-brat-ocracy-child-centred-sweden-032211025.html

This is why government has absolutely no business in parenting or in families. Some of the behavioral examples in this article would be resolved with a paddle hanging on the teacher's desk.

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To put my perspective on the spanking of Kids/Skidsin less incendiary wording and a bit of a peace offering.

Every child has the right to effective parents and some parents fail in that duty by failing to discipline effectively or provide adequate behavioral guidlines with appropriate consequences for failure to comply with those behavioral expectations.

Corporal punishment may be an effective option for discipline.

No child regardless of age should be abused..... ever.

It looks like SS is keeping the SpermClan in his rear view mirror - for the most part.

It has been a while since I last blogged on STalk. As a quick refresher .... I met my DW when SS was 15mos old and we married a week before he turned 2yo. SS is an only child in our family. DW was 16 when she had SS and the SpermIdiot was 23. She went on to graduate with her HS class with honors, a BS with honors, an MBA with honors and is now a CPA.