Curbelo

Beasts of the East said:
I have a cousin who was a straight arrow little boy who adored his dad, an SJU grad in the mid 60s. His dad died very young, when the boy was about 12. Kid went off the deep end. Drugs, alcohol, graffiti artist, got arrested as an occupant in a stolen car. Had a court mandated long stay in drug rehab. In his mid 20s he was a mess.

Then he got sober and something clicked. He went to st. Francis, got his degree, then an mba in Hofstra. Now he is in his 40s and a hospital administrator with a half dozen departments under him.

I spoke to him about it all a couple of years ago. I made all the excuses for him, about losing his dad at a young sge. He stopped me mid sentence, and said, "No! It was none of that. I was a jerk that's all"

Hopefully Curbelo will have a similar epiphany.

Oh yea, one last thing. He is a huge Johnnies fan, like his late dad. I'll try to get to some games with him this season.
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I applaud your cousin and the fact is he was so on the money. We all make our own decisions and forge our own paths. Does that mean people don’t need help? Of course not, we all do at times; but at the end of the day, as much as we sometimes wish we could, we can’t do it for anyone, everyone has to do it for themselves.
 
logen said:
I applaud your cousin and the fact is he was so on the money. We all make our own decisions and forge our own paths. Does that mean people don’t need help? Of course not, we all do at times; but at the end of the day, as much as we sometimes wish we could, we can’t do it for anyone, everyone has to do it for themselves.
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I don't want to cut Curbelo slack but am aware that he is 21 and has a lot of growing up to do. I hope he gets there.
 
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