I received my first ever Happy Father's Day wish today

[beergut]

It was sent in a text this morning by the 17 YO.

It melted the hard black ice encasing my heart a little bit. 

[Deleted]

I'm glad she (I think the 17-year old was a she) appreciates you, beergut.  Kids with absentee or ineffective fathers need all the father figures they can get.  My own son would not be the wonderful husband and father he is without the influence of my late husband, who entered his life when DS was 12.  I hope that you'll be able to be there for her even though the relationship with her mother is breaking up.

[resolution]

I am sorry that your relationship has ended, and I am glad that the older child appreciates all you have done. I hope you are able to stay in contact with her.

[TheOtherMe]

The 17 year old appreciates you for who you are.  Enjoy it.

[beergut]

Jun 19, 2017 8:02:09 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

I'm glad she (I think the 17-year old was a she) appreciates you, beergut.  Kids with absentee or ineffective fathers need all the father figures they can get.  My own son would not be the wonderful husband and father he is without the influence of my late husband, who entered his life when DS was 12.  I hope that you'll be able to be there for her even though the relationship with her mother is breaking up.

It is a she, she's the middle child.

19 YO female

17 YO female

15 YO male

If you look on the recipe board, you can see a picture of her modeling with a section of a calzone. 

[lund]

Nice! I now really think that gifting the 17-y-o with some (not necessarily the top heirloom ones though) of Beergut's recipes would be a good thing.

[Miss Tequila]

Aww, that is really sweet.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

Jun 19, 2017 8:02:09 GMT -5 @athena53 said:

I'm glad she (I think the 17-year old was a she) appreciates you, beergut.  Kids with absentee or ineffective fathers need all the father figures they can get.  My own son would not be the wonderful husband and father he is without the influence of my late husband, who entered his life when DS was 12.  I hope that you'll be able to be there for her even though the relationship with her mother is breaking up.

Sorry about the break up, beer. I didn't know.

Did I miss a thread?

[beergut]

Jun 19, 2017 13:24:07 GMT -5 lund said:

Nice! I now really think that gifting the 17-y-o with some (not necessarily the top heirloom ones though) of Beergut's recipes would be a good thing.

She's probably going to end up with most of my recipes.

 She often watches me while I cook, and picks up recipes that way. 

She's already mastered the one-pot pasta alfredo without me ever writing it down for her.

[mmhmm]

Sounds like she's a very sweet and thoughtful young lady. I'm so glad she sent you the text.

[lund]

Glad that the 17-y-o is nice, smart, cooking-talented, and fond of Beergut!

[suesinfl]

She seems like a nice young lady. I was going to post in your  heirlooms post about photo copying some for her.