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tavalon

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5. I am the person I am because I rejected the lessons of my father, my stepmother

Reply to Warpy (Reply #2)

Sun Mar 23, 2014, 08:06 PM

Mar 2014

and some of the lessons of my maternal grandfather. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as it might seem. Living a life against is no life. Finding a new path is the hard and less traveled road.

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The Lessons of My Father – Nathan Phelps Speaks Out on Fred Phelps’ Death [View all] kpete Mar 2014 OP

Thanks for sharing, yes tomorrow is another day, a day for growth, to work Thinkingabout Mar 2014 #1

Kudos to Nathan for learning his father's greatest lesson Warpy Mar 2014 #2

I am the person I am because I rejected the lessons of my father, my stepmother tavalon Mar 2014 #5

amen kpete Mar 2014 #9

That took a lot of guts for him. Curmudgeoness Mar 2014 #3

Thank you Nathan tavalon Mar 2014 #4

I regain a little bit of hope that the Human Race AuntPatsy Mar 2014 #6

well the best thing Rev Phelps did is, imthevicar Mar 2014 #7

Nathan is amazing. I hope he finds the happiness his evil father stole from him. nt SunSeeker Mar 2014 #8

Sorry, but I really hate the idea skepticscott Mar 2014 #10

His son deserves to find a place to have a father... Raine1967 Mar 2014 #12

No, sorry..we don't need Fred Phelps' "legacy" skepticscott Mar 2014 #14

MEh. No one is endorsing a legacy... Raine1967 Mar 2014 #15

Try some empathy please. roody Mar 2014 #17

Powerful statement of an age old lesson, Love and compassion bluestate10 Mar 2014 #11

Thank god my family has finally found some peace. Both LBGTs are now in their 50s. It's about time. cr8tvlde Mar 2014 #13

Thanks for sharing this gopiscrap Mar 2014 #16

Fred's truest legacy is with the children he corrupted with hate pipoman Mar 2014 #18