03-13-2006 NEWSLETTER



NEWS LETTER


Hello, I am Pat O'Mahony and this is my newsletter.

Over the past few months I have promised to write to so many people I can not possibly write individually to each one. So I am taking the cowards way out and writing a general newsletter.

Of course, I know that when you try to do a "one size fits all" attempt, it really fits none, but at least this will give me a starting point to go forward.

If some of this information does not interest you, just ignore that section, which is probably meant for someone else. If any of this is a surprise to you, please let me know.

Since this is my first deep newsletter I am going to go to extremes with it.
Maybe I should start a blog ???? Hmmmmmm.

(I started this newsletter on 3-13-2006 and today is 3-18-2006 and the idea of a blog s appleals to me more and more. Stay tuned!)



1. Who am I?
2. My family.
3. What am I doing.
1. Who am I?

1A. I am Pat O'Mahony. 61 years old, a grandfather.

1B. Psychologically.
I am about 60% happy with the person I have turned out to be.
There are a lot of things that I wish I had done differently when I was younger.
There are things about me and within me that I would like to change (not a make over, but more of a change of course, like a ship)

1C. Success and money-wise.
I would give myself a grade of "F".
As Kiran Kocher says, I should be more of a mawabe.
I am broke and looking for employment.

1D. Physically.
I am way over weight and fat.
For deep psychological reasons I say that this is not my fault (it really is) but due to my circumstances. Under "other" circumstances, I would be a lot thinner.

I would like to be in better physical shape.

Currently, I do not have any long lasting diseases or impairments, for which I am really grateful.
(Thank You GOD!)

In January, '06 I collapsed and broke a bone in my right foot. It is healing up just fine. I can wear regular shoes for a short time, but I prefer a flat sole "boot" the doctors gave me. I also use the cane when I go walking for long stretches (time/distance). The foot twinges now and then, but it is well inside the "acceptable" range of ailments.

As always, I have skiN problems, eruptions and bad reactions to sunlight. Again, this is under control, I have medicine, but not cured, but also in the "acceptable" range of ailments.

I am grateful that these minor problems are all that is bothering me.

1E. Family wise.
I am about 50% happy with the results.
Hey, we made it this far, which is a lot more than many people. Maybe our ideas, of what is a "happy family" are skewed in the direction of early TV shows. Maybe people aren't meant to be happy with families.


2. My family.

By the words, "MY family" it usually sounds like ownership.
To me, more and more the term "my family" is coming to mean inclusion.


I have a wonderful wife, 3 sons and 3 grandchildren


Son # 1 Sean O'Mahony
Sean is married to a very lovely lady and together they have 2 wonderful daughters.
I even got to hold the youngest, the other day.
I am just in awe of these two little girls.
It is amazing, that something this precious and good, is in "my family".

Sean lives in Plano, TX, has a house and appears to be successful.
I am not all together sure of exactly all what he is currently does.
I know he is in Real Estate and ....


Son # 2. Pat O'Mahony (jr.)
We call him "little pat" He is bigger and stronger than me now.
The little was when he was five years old.
He is the father of Chaz, an eight year old angle or monster, depending upon which day it is.
Pat's wife and mother of Chaz left us a long, long time ago.
Although I have been told that I did every thing possible to help her, I often wonder if maybe...
The mother also had 2 other children, so Chaz has a half-brother and half sister.
Chan's other Grandmother (me-me(Jo Ann)) is great.
She gives Chaz a lot of love.
She lets him meet and play with his half-brother and half-sister.
I do not know what to make of all the relationships that Chaz has.
He (Chaz) seems to take it in stride.

Son # 3. Neal O'Mahony
Neal is living in Austin, with friends and seems to be doing very well.


Wife # 1. Marilyn
Marilyn is a Cherokee Indian (Native American).
Once you know that and operate from that principle, every thing makes sense.
We have been married over 40 years (40th = Feb 05, 2006)
I love and respect her very much.
She stuck with me, when every thing else turned against me, so....
Right now she is moody and very worried about the lack of money and the fact that I do not have a job. It worries her very much. She carries the worry, a lot heaver than I do. It is her nature.
The worry makes her moody and often times withdrawn.
She doesn't smile or laugh the way she used to. I miss that.
The worry also interferes with her health, she is now way, way over weight, and fat, often very sick and now she is a "diabetic" with daily insulin shots.
The worry makes her eat more, sit down more, worry more, and her health goes down. It is a very depressing downward spiral, which I can not bring her out of. Being an Indian, she keeps much of the worry and frustration to her self, which increases the downward spiral.



3. What am I doing.


3A. My main occupation is finding employment.
Right now this is priority number one. But some days, I am so sick of it, I get up from the computer and either lay down in bed or vacuum the house again.

3B. I also do homework with my Grandson "Chaz"/

3C. I am "still" trying to memorize the periodic table of the elements. This is really way down on my list comparred to finding emplloyment.

3-18-2006 end of first blog