Random facts about me

I’m stealing this idea from a friend….helluva friend, aren’t I? 🙂  He had 25 facts about himself.  I don’t know how many I’ll be able to think of, but let’s find out, shall we?

1.  I am the most over-protective person alive.  Mess with my family or loved ones and I just might rip you to shreds!

2.  Even though I rant and rave on here, I try really hard to be the person who will say something NICE (or at least constructive) to someone.

3.  Flattery will get you everywhere, with me.  Well, okay, not any places that are reserved for the special person who wears the match to my wedding band!

4.  There are times I wish I could shed my "family man" image and just not give a fuck.  Luckily, that’s not too often.

5.  When someone calls someone else "stupid", my blood boils.  Never EVER make the mistake of telling your child that he or she is stupid!

6.  Where children are concerned, my philosophy is that the fewer "rules", the better.  It seems like it should be more about guidelines than rules.  Which leads to #7….. 

7.  Rules were made to be broken! 🙂

8.  There are times I long to "fit in" somewhere, in life, but mostly I am happy to be myself.  

9.  No big secret here….I have a really explosive temper.  I must be the most acid-tongued person alive, when I’m angry.

10.  I finally realized that my father, a somewhat abusive man, honestly never believed he WAS abusive.  Believe it or not, this has helped me enormously.  I feel as if I understand him better now, and I miss him.

11.  I’m an extremely empathetic person.  I cry at the drop of a hat, and I love with all my heart.  It gets me teased and sometimes ridiculed, but I wouldn’t change it at all, if I could.

12.  I’m smart enough to know that, especially where friends and family are concerned, you just have to take the rough with the smooth.  Either love them all the way or none.  No fair-weather bullshit!

13.  In addendum to #12, I must say that it is fine to be angry with others and vent your spleen, but keep on loving them, anyway!

14.  I realized a very long time ago that my parents were right about so many things.  I guess that happens earlier for those of us who lose a parent early in life.

15.  I’d rather be what my grandmother termed "stoopid" (pronounce the "oo" like you would in "book") – meaning generous, kind, and forgiving – than be bitter and hateful. 

16.  My favorite thing in the world is making people laugh…..or holding a baby on my shoulder.  They’re both great!

17.  I DO worry what people think about my attachment to children, but not enough to remove it.  I know (and the children and God know) that it is not a bad thing.  If I withdrew my love and support, what might happen to them?  I know how desperate I was always to feel like SOMEBODY loved me unconditionally….that’s what I feel MY purpose in this life is.  To BE what I rarely felt I had in this life.

18.  My overall outlook in life, especially since becoming a parent and grandparent, is that if you fuck your kids up, nothing else you ever do really matters.  I’m not stupid enough to think parents never make mistakes.  I’m also not goofy enough to think anyone can raise a flawless child.  Our kids are very special gifts, not to be taken for granted, but to be cherished and loved UNCONDITIONALLY!

19.  I’ve always felt that if someone can’t accept me at my worst, they really have no business accepting me at my best.  See #12 to know that it works both ways.

20.  If I ever lose my temper with something you do, say, believe, express….it only means that you matter to me, and I want what is best for you.  That may sound messed up, but frustration always brings out that fiery ole temper in me, and why would I get frustrated with someone if I didn’t give a damn?

21.  More than anything in this world, I want to be someone that SOMEBODY can remember and say, "I wish I could be more like him!" rather than, "Oh, thank God I’m not like him!"  However, if the only purpose I ever serve is as a warning of what NOT to be like, at least some purpose is served, and my life has not been pointless.

22.  I believe in God, and I believe Jesus was sent as God’s sacrifice for all of us, that our sins could be forgiven and we could dwell with God forever. 

23.  I really hate the idea of anyone – ANYONE – going to Hell.  I know there are people in this world who do plenty of evil, nasty things, but I can’t find it in my heart to wish ETERNAL suffering on them.  Temporary suffering, maybe, but forever and ever?!

24.  Says "I love you" as often as possible.  I never miss an opportunity to say it to "my babies", especially.  

25.  I always say I’m the world’s Uncle Hermy, but if I had my say in it, I’d rather be everyone’s mother.  Odd, huh?

26.  I believe having a sense of humor (and laughing a lot) is VERY important in life.  By that token, I admire people who have the ability to laugh at themselves, too.  GOTTA be able to laugh at yourself!

 

 

 

 

Herman Forstmann

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