And you pray they turn out right...

Thank God for kids.



(What, we don't like the Oak Ridge Boys?)
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Never explain. Your friends don't need it; your enemies won't believe you anyway.

Friends provide support for Foley
By Brian E. Crowley
Palm Beach Post Political Editor

Saturday, November 18, 2006

WEST PALM BEACH — Mark Foley, standing at the head of his father's open casket, hugged old friends, wept openly and kept glancing toward his dad, Ed Foley, as hundreds passed through Quattlebaum Funeral Home on Friday to pay their respects.

As he always did in life, Ed Foley was once again helping his son. This painful moment for the family also was a homecoming for Mark Foley, whose once-promising political career was shattered in September when scandal forced him to resign from Congress.

As his father, who died Tuesday at age 85, lay wearing a blue cap embroidered with the symbol of his beloved U.S. Marine Corps, Foley waited for the judgment of his community. He had not made a public appearance since entering treatment for alcoholism in Arizona on Oct. 1.

When the first mourners arrived, Foley broke down as friends reached for his hand, hugged him and whispered not only their condolences for the loss of his father but their support for Mark.