I found something my “sperm donor aka dead beat” dad posted online.
I bet my step-mom or step-sister posted it for him, but who ever is, cannot spell.
I know I cannot spell much either, but man…

My mom and dad got a divorce when I was around 5 or 6.
My dad rarely came to see my sister and I.
He rarely even paid Child Support too.

I knew he got remarried and had another child.
Reading this thing about him just makes glad I am a better man then he will ever be!

I see from it my half-sister is married and in college.
I wish her the best of luck in her marriage and education at college.
But, he only mentions having my half-sister, no mention of me or my sister.
But, he does mention he was married twice. But like I stated, no mention of any other children.

According to someone else, I do believe I have another brother, who is older then me.
I know his last name too. But it is not confirmed or been proven or such.
I won’t mention who it is and such either, just because.
I wouldn’t doubt if there was a few others.
I remember dad taking my sister and I to a local bar when he had visitation when we
were very young.

I believe it was closer to our preteen years is when he totally stopped seeing us.
I believe it was the same time he got remarried. Let’s see 20 years getting married.
Say, this was posted in 2007, making it 1987… I was 11 then, so preteen years.

If you want to peek you can here: http://robichaud.alumz.com/dirbio.asp?userid=28571.
I made a pdf of that page, so I can put it with my family history.
My father was in the USN (United States Navy).
I knew that much info, I also knew his father (My Papaw), was in the USN too.
I did learn somewhat of my father’s past. This way I can have it set aside when
I can do some Genealogy on my family.

If you are reading this, Clinton “SONNY aka Red aka Red Beard” Donald Patterson, Jr.
From Dearborn, MI, who was born in (Wyandotte, MI), who lives in Andersonville, TN.

May God have mercy on you, on how you have treated your own flesh and blood.
Lord knows I have forgiven you and I would like to thank you for treating us like crap.
I learned how to not treat my family!
I am a better man because you were not in my life!

In 1994,
I remember when I attained my rank of Eagle.
I sent him an invite to my ceremony.
I got a phone call from him, I left my number.
He said sorry he cannot make it. After a few days of having it.
I personally drove to his house, trying to go on memory and somehow after driving about found it.
Left it in a car in his property.

Around 1995-1996 or so…
Then another time, I ran into him.
At a gas station. I heard someone say the name “Red”
I turned and looked and noticed my dad.
I said dad, he didn’t reply. So I yelled, “Hey RED!”
He turned and tried to talk to me secretly, while my step-mom and step-sister
was in his car beside us.

Get this when my papaw passed away, I believe it was in 1998.
My sister and I went to his funeral. My father found out we were there and said,
“You and your sister are not to be here, it is in the will!”
I asked him to furnish and he wouldn’t.

This was sometime around 2002-03 or so.
I even ran into him one day, I went out to eat at Long John Silvers.
I heard this voice, I was like that sounds like my dads.
I then, looked at the guy and said, he seemed like someone I have seen before.
Then, I noticed my Mamaw and then re-looked and noticed it was my dad.
So I turned around and left before he could notice me.
I didn’t want him to start something with me.

I would like to say thanks to my mother for raising me up correctly and
showing me how to be a “REAL MAN.”

I wonder if I will go my father’s funeral if he ever passed away.
I know I would like to for respect and to say my good byes to him.
But, I am sure someone there will say it is in his will that
my sister and I not be there.
Despite how he has treated me, I still love him.
After all he helped give me life.

What brought this on, you ask…
My wife found some papers my mom gave me awhile back.
My birth certificate and my mom and dads marriage certificate.
So I did some googling again to see if I can find something.

Anywho, enough ranting for now.
Makes me wonder if my father will ever see this.
Don’t really care if he does or not.
But, I am sure it will get his way one way or another.
Since my blog is searchable in Web site search engines and blog search engines.

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