tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post3934740121937586685..comments2023-10-15T09:36:12.013+01:00Comments on Countercultural Father: Ant hits 21!Ben Trovatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-86922917910721052842011-12-06T16:48:41.956+00:002011-12-06T16:48:41.956+00:00RC yes, I am under no illusions that that's th...RC yes, I am under no illusions that that's the end of it....<br /><br />L: and most of the credit is hers: she still had free will and every opportunity to go off the rails.<br /><br />Thanks, both, for good wishes.Ben Trovatohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15299230935468606845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-51027197970578744872011-12-06T12:25:55.739+00:002011-12-06T12:25:55.739+00:00I meant 'ahead of you' as being in years.....I meant 'ahead of you' as being in years...sorry.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-30136374063431641912011-12-06T08:49:58.988+00:002011-12-06T08:49:58.988+00:00Many congratulations to your entire family and A! ...Many congratulations to your entire family and A! As I read your list of what you did, I counted off the ones we'd done (hoorah!) and the ones we'd like to have done and (mostly through our own ineptness) didn't. Producing flourishing adult children -and that means flourishing as practising Catholics as well as the other stuff- is really the central duty of a parent's life. It may be a duty that (as with other duties) we don't always fulfil (not always through our own fault) but it sounds as though you and your wife have done a really excellent, countercultural job!Lazarushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09716412032074416331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-253865779660854699.post-5753669598936142132011-12-06T08:30:05.831+00:002011-12-06T08:30:05.831+00:00And many congratulations to Antonia (and to her pa...And many congratulations to Antonia (and to her parents).<br />The trouble is Ben, being a few years ahead of you in this game,children continue to be a worry even after they are happily married.<br />And then.....horrors! You have the grandchildren to worry about!<br />Thank God for our faith.Richard Collinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10826907710570316952noreply@blogger.com