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Jan 27, 2010, 02:41 AM
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Member Since: Jun 2007
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Posts: 5,518
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Thanks ((Vickie)) and ((Renovation))
Again, really confusing. My husband was born and bred in Phoenix. Why isn't he allowed to celebrate?
When he was a little boy, he dreamed of getting away from it all. He dreamed of moving to the Midwest because of all that green grass. He was absolutely certain no one fought in the midwest because they had beautiful shade trees. He was sure they were always nice and never grumpy. Yeah, uh huh, we all hold hands and sing Kumbaya all day long here in Chicago. Bless his heart. It's a shame he's not even good enough for the kind and peaceful folks of Chicago.
The REAL kicker is my son. He's half white/half black, but my husband adopted him.
We rushed our son to the VA hospital one day because we feared he may have developed another DVT and pulmonary embolism (same initial pain). He almost died on several occasions last spring. I was a nervous wreck, so we figured it would be best if I stayed home this time after the treatment we received when he really was dying last spring.
A man heard the name when they were registering, so he gave my son a nudge and spoke to him in Spanish. My son tried to be nice and said "Sorry dude, I don't speak Spanish."
The man screamed "You're denying your roots!" My son became angry and said "WTF are you talking about?" My husband calmed him down and got him to focus on answering the registration questions.
This "tough guy" really wanted to duke it out with my son. We were all thankful I wasn't in that Emergency Room. I would have GLADLY taken him on for insulting my in-laws. 
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