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Favor to ask from the guys in Grand Forks
1/2/2011 2:59:32 AM
I just received an Email from my Daughter. Her mother and I split up shortly after she was born ( pressure from her family based on religious beliefs). She moved on got married and had several more children the last time a saw her was the day her mother left. Anyway back on topic My Daughter graduated from High school last year and is now in Grand forks going to school and is the bass player for a local band called FireWise. Has anybody heard of them or seen them perform? are they any good?
If you do see them and you have the opportunity, tell her that her father in Montana says hello and that her grandpa would be proud. He was a professional musician in the early seventies and played in the house band at the Las Vegas Hilton. He stood in with some of the Big names in the Business as a back up music.
ETA
Here is the Link to the Bands Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireWise/130276650368229 If you could be so kind to hit the like button it might give a needed boost. I would be extremely happy for her if they were to actually make it to the big league.
If you do see them and you have the opportunity, tell her that her father in Montana says hello and that her grandpa would be proud. He was a professional musician in the early seventies and played in the house band at the Las Vegas Hilton. He stood in with some of the Big names in the Business as a back up music.
ETA
Here is the Link to the Bands Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/FireWise/130276650368229 If you could be so kind to hit the like button it might give a needed boost. I would be extremely happy for her if they were to actually make it to the big league.
1/2/2011 11:09:21 AM
With all due respect, sir, that sounds like something you need to go do for yourself. I'm certain she'd be happy to see you if she's e-mailing you. 
1/2/2011 12:08:54 PM
Originally Posted By Surly:
With all due respect, sir, that sounds like something you need to go do for yourself. I'm certain she'd be happy to see you if she's e-mailing you.
With all due respect, sir, that sounds like something you need to go do for yourself. I'm certain she'd be happy to see you if she's e-mailing you.
As much as I would like to it just isn't possible, Have you heard of her band?
1/2/2011 1:11:25 PM
Originally Posted By m1awolf:
As much as I would like to it just isn't possible, Have you heard of her band?
Originally Posted By Surly:
With all due respect, sir, that sounds like something you need to go do for yourself. I'm certain she'd be happy to see you if she's e-mailing you.
With all due respect, sir, that sounds like something you need to go do for yourself. I'm certain she'd be happy to see you if she's e-mailing you.
As much as I would like to it just isn't possible, Have you heard of her band?
Sorry, but I haven't been to see a band for nearly a decade.
1/2/2011 7:00:20 PM
Haven't heard of them until now, but if I ever see them performing, I'll stop by if I get a chance.
1/2/2011 11:54:08 PM
Originally Posted By MrGreg:
Haven't heard of them until now, but if I ever see them performing, I'll stop by if I get a chance.
Haven't heard of them until now, but if I ever see them performing, I'll stop by if I get a chance.
Thanks
1/4/2011 11:33:45 PM
As a father of four, with one more on the way in April I am going to speak up here. You haven't seen your kid in how long? Every once in awhile an old radio commercial runs through my head. the line goes lilke this "it takes a MAN to be a dad". You need to right this wrong.
1/5/2011 1:39:39 AM
Originally Posted By infantryman:
As a father of four, with one more on the way in April I am going to speak up here. You haven't seen your kid in how long? Every once in awhile an old radio commercial runs through my head. the line goes lilke this "it takes a MAN to be a dad". You need to right this wrong.
As a father of four, with one more on the way in April I am going to speak up here. You haven't seen your kid in how long? Every once in awhile an old radio commercial runs through my head. the line goes lilke this "it takes a MAN to be a dad". You need to right this wrong.
Trust me it was not my choice. Her mother and I had been living together for a little over a year when she became pregnant. About three weeks after our Daughter was born, her Mother and sister who lived three states away in Utah show up unannounced. It was a surprise I could have gone without.
I wasn't home ten minutes and her mother not so nicely asks me when we are going to get married, I told her that we hadn't even discussed it, as we were both quite happy the way things were.
Well that is when all hell broke loose, she informed me that HER DAUGHTER was going to go to hell because of me. I said what do you mean by that, her reply; " the Mormon church will excommunicate her and she will lose her promised place in heaven".
WTF when did she become Mormon I am thinking, she never said anything to me about being Mormon. Anyway it was a very long night as they invited themselves to stay with us in our two bedroom apt. They stayed there two weeks and didn't offer to help with food or anything. I was the only one working so that was a LOT of pressure. Every night it was the same old thing, when are you getting married,she's going to hell, BLAH BLAH BLAH.
Well it must have been worse on her, when I was at work.
I came home one day and she was gone there was a note on the table saying she was so sorry ( I could see the tear stains on the note) but she could never see or speak to me again and that I would never see my daughter again.
Knowing the court system, I knew I had zero chance of gaining custody, especially with her family involved, and I couldn't afford a lawyer anyway. So I spent the next several years withdrawn in depression and alcohol abuse. I finally heard from her about 2 years later she was getting married and needed me to sign the adoption papers, at that point I had given up anyway, so I signed the papers.
Well that was 18 years ago and I am going on 48 and met a great gal 13 years ago that came from an abusive relationship that had three children. They are all grown up now and I am a grandfather two times over.
Imagine my surprise when my Daughter finds me on face book 6 months ago and would like to get to know me. I hope to make it right but geographically and financially it's not an option at this point. So all we can do is email each other.
The reason for the original post was just requesting a surprise hello sent from her father.
Sorry about unloading my life story.
1/8/2011 7:15:36 PM
I usually don't hit up the band scene, but ill keep my eye out.
