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Teaching the birds and the bees.
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Daniel Pinna
I want to build a place where my son can meet his great-grandparents. My grandmother Marian Joyce (Benning) Kroetch always wanted to meet her great-grandchildren, but she died just a handful of years before my son's birth.
So while she didn't have the opportunity to meet him, at least he will be able to know her.
For more information about what we're building see About AncientFaces. For information on the folks who build and support the community see Daniel - Founder & Creator.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
My father's side is full blood Sicilian and my mother's side is a combination of Welsh, Scottish, German and a few other European cultures. One of my more colorful (ahem black sheep) family members came over on the Mayflower. He was among the first to be hanged in the New World for a criminal offense he made while onboard the ship.
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William raised his children like Darth Vader of “Star Wars”. He never attempted to earn respect other than through social and institutional appearances. He wore those false appearances like Vader wore his helmet and cape to conceal the ugliness underneath. He never cared to give his children a reason to want to grow up to be like him. He demanded respect with an iron fist and got fear and intimidation instead. When discipline is presented by a tyrant, it is received as oppression. He taught his son that discipline amounted to nothing more than having your joy stolen in order to feed the ego of a powerful monster.
William Manelski
William Manelski
Some people say that sometimes when people fail at fulfilling roles in relationships it is not because they chose to, but rather, because that was all they were capable of offering. I believe William possessed the capacity to fulfill his role as a family man and made the conscious choice not to. He chose to put his own convenience and comfort above the welfare of a family he also chose to create. He chose to act in a manner, through commission or omission, that resulted in the damage and suffering of his family. He willingly and purposely caused a situation which obliged him to provide for the needs of others, needs that could only be fulfilled by him, and chose not to provide for those needs. He specifically made a choice to be a neglectful and hurtful person, to use the time and resources he had at his disposal when he was alive toward making this world worse rather than better. I cannot think of more valid qualifications for labeling someone as evil.
As much as I have tried, I cannot fabricate any feasible excuse for this man’s actions. I cannot forgive him.
It gives me consolation in knowing that a certain amount of evil is gone from this earth and buried under his tombstone, restrained inside a sealed box and unable to hurt or damage anyone anymore. It is at home now in the cold, damp darkness; the kind he brought into every room he entered.
His story is over now. We have survived. It is time to heal and to grow strong. We can now emerge from our shelters, plant flowers, and watch them reach to the sun without fear of his heavy heal trampling them.
William was anathema to love, laughter, joy and happiness. Now that he is gone let us take advantage of our freedom to love, laugh, and be joyful and happy. If I may quote Rodney Dangerfield: “So what? So let’s dance!”
William Manelski
William Manelski
When William told his son about the birds and the bees, he left a few things out. He told his son that bees get pollen on themselves when they fly into flowers and spread it to other flowers. That’s all. Somehow, he presumed that that would provide sufficient information to prepare his son for the ensuing complexities of human sexuality. When William’s father-in-law learned of this, he assumed William’s responsibility to tell William’s son the correct way. This was one more disclosure of William’s refusal to play a role in the family he purposely chose to create. It was more evidence of his miserable failure at fatherhood; of his reptilian nature of rejecting his own offspring.
William Manelski
William Manelski
In all the years I knew Gary, I never once saw him angry. During situations in which others would have become angry, Gary remained cool, calm, and even tempered. He may have understood how anger was a response to pain or threat. In accordance with his strength, he never showed evidence of physical pain. So, it makes sense that he wouldn’t show evidence of psychological pain or any admission that he felt threatened either. Gary was too busy being happy and making others happy to be bothered with anger. When I feel myself getting angry, I remember Gary and try to be more like him.
Gary Bingham
Gary Bingham
William was ascetic. He engaged in sex with his wife every Sunday night and only on Sunday night strictly for the purpose of procreation until, after bearing four children, his wife ceased sexual relations in order to avoid another pregnancy. Then, they began sleeping in separate, twin beds. William offered no protest since, without pregnancy, he had no reason to have sex.
William Manelski
William Manelski
William’s wife encountered a harmless garter snake while gardening. Instead of dealing with the problem himself, William searched for his son and ordered him to catch the snake and cut off its head with a shovel as he stood nearby and watched. There was no need for this elaborate production as he could have simply moved the harmless creature across the street into the park himself. It is unknown whether William was motivated by cowardice, some sick need to play out a fantasy of being the leader of a death squad overseeing an execution, or the twisted delight of teaching his son how to kill. Either way; the theatrics, time, and energy invested in this event was much more than a typical, rational man of sound mind would have done.
William Manelski
William Manelski
William would order his son to do laborious tasks without advance notice. He had no concern, interest, or regard as to whether his son had had previous plans. Given his reluctance to provide for his family, I suppose William believed that his children owed him restitution and took advantage of every opportunity to collect. For William, raising a family was not an altruistic act in which sharing love and care was an end in itself. It was a selfish act of winning passage into heaven for himself. If he could subrogate the costs to his children in some way, that would mean all the more gain for himself. And so he did. These slave labor events were curtailed only by his annoyance of being in close proximity to his children.
William Manelski
William Manelski
Gary L Bingham of Daytona Beach, Volusia County, FL was born on December 1, 1957, and died at age 44 years old on November 18, 2002. Gary Bingham was buried at Seiling, OK, USA in Seiling, Dewey County, Oklahoma United States.
William’s son was involved in a motorcycle accident. The insurance company sent a check. Unbeknownst to anyone in the family, William took the money and bought his sister’s car, which she happened to be selling. The car was a fuddy-duddy, church lady car William knew would not appeal to his son. Clearly, it was not done in the interest of making his son happy, but rather, as a favor to his sister. If he cared at all about his son’s happiness he would have collaborated with him, bought something that appealed to him, or better yet given him the money to buy the car he wanted. This was yet another forfeited chance to bond with his son and create a cherished memory. But instead, William seized the opportunity to exert his power and authority, further alienating himself from his family. William made decisions as an autocrat. Collaboration or consideration for anyone’s interests other than his own never crossed his mind. If there is an afterlife, I’m certain William is sharing company with Adolf, Joseph, and Saddam.
P.S. William’s son sold the car and bought a bright yellow Corvette.
William Manelski
William Manelski
With the exception of one patronizing letter to his oldest child, William never initiated communication with his family after his divorce. Is that any surprise, given his lack of communication before his divorce? I imagine he considered the time he withstood living with his family a success. He did what he believed God required of him in order to win passage into heaven, albeit under protest the entire duration. For him, raising a family was about the endurance of suffering rather than the manifestation of love. William’s family was his cross to bear in life. Like many who bring evil to this world, I am certain that William was oblivious that he had done anything wrong and would blame others. He never showed any remorse or admitted fault before his divorce. I doubt he was any different after. From the beginning, he didn’t want his family nor did he care about his family, so why would he value his success as a father? He did what he intended to do: he married a woman he didn’t love and impregnated her as many times as she would allow, supporting them financially so as to remain in the good graces of his Catholic Church. Why should he care that he left behind a train wreck? He got his ticket to heaven.
William Manelski
William Manelski
When his wife struggled to raise four young children and one would cry, rather than offering any kind of help with his own family, William would scold his wife. He would say often, “If you can’t do your job then just say so!” Apparently, according to his aristocratic, agrarian aged thinking, he didn’t think interaction with his children was part of his job description as father. For him, even the sounds of his own children were expected to be kept from his ears. When he had a command to give to his children, he would pass the command through his wife rather than communicate with his own children directly.
William Manelski
William Manelski
Early in his marriage William made a gold-leafed plaster bust of his wife. Years later, after a marital disagreement, he took the bust into the back yard and destroyed it, hacking it into pieces with a hatchet. His wife was stricken with terror and feared for her life. She knew then, despite her efforts to keep her family together, that it was time to divorce him.
William Manelski
William Manelski
William’s son had gotten caught in some kind of riptide during a family outing at the beach. As his son was visibly drowning in plain sight, William’s daughters ran to rescue him. William remained seated comfortably under the shade of his umbrella, unmoved. When his son was brought back to the family’s spot on the beach and he desperately tried to recover, William turned away and shook his head, wearing an expression of abject disgust. Even during a moment calling for compassion for your own offspring, William opted for rejection, shaming, and contempt.
William Manelski
William Manelski
