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TODAY--18TH OF JULY 2013 AT--1330-WAS THE FINAL DIVORCE SETTLEMENT BRIEF;--
I FILL OVERWHELMED WITH A GREAT SENSE OF RELIEF:
FOR ME ITS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THIS 36-YEAR MARRIAGE HAS NOW COME TO A FINAL END:
NOW I WILL BE ON THE MEND;
FOR THREE HOURS WE FACED OFF IN THE FINAL SETTLEMENT HEARING CONFERANCE ROOM:
I KNEW FROM THE GET GO A YEAR AND A HALF AGO THAT AS THE BREAD WINNER AND THE RESPONDENT I WOULD BE DOOMED:
SO I GUESS THAT SHE WALKED AWAY THE WINNER AND EVERY PAYDAY HER I WILL HAVE TO PAY:
SO THINGS WENT WELL FOR HER IN COURT TODAY:
SO EVERY PAYDAY I WILL SEND HER WHAT THE COURT HAS ORDERED ME TO PAY HER:
SO AT LEAST SHE WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF FOR SURE:

SO I CAN DEAL WITH THE LOSS OF MY MONEY AND PAY:
AS WE NOW DEPART OUR OWN SEPARATE WAY:
STILL HERE ARE SEVEN GROWN UP CHILDREN THAT ARE MISGUIDED:'
FOUR KIDS ARE FOR HER AND THREE ARE FOR ME--THE LINE IN THE SAND HAS BEEN DECIDED:
IM HAPPY FOR HER THAT FOUR KIDS TAKE HER SIDE:
IN 1977 JUNE 12 --SHE WAS MY BRIDE;

I FEEL THAT AS A MAN I HAVE DEEPLY FAILED;
THAT MY WIFE DIVORCED ME AND MY MARRIAGE AFTER 36 YEARS DID NOT PREVAIL:
THE PRESIDING JUDGE IN FINALLITY ASKED HER BEFORE I RULE THIS DIVORCE FINAL IS THERE ANYTHING THAT THE COURT CAN DO:
SHE QUICKLY REPLIED NO AND ACKNOWLEDGED THAT SHE WAS DONE OVER AND THROUGH:

SO THATS IT MY MARRIAGE IS HISTORY AND OVER AND DONE:
WHEN YOU HAVE LEFT A BROKEN FAMILY DIVIDED WHO REALLY WON:
I WANTED TO SO MANY THINGS IN COURT AS MY DEFENSE:
FOR THREE HOURS OF FINANCIAL NEGOTIATIONS IT WAS HEATED AND INTENSE:
IN THE END I KNOW THAT I JUST HAD TO PAY;
SO I CONSIDED AND NEGOTIATED EVERY PAYDAY WHAT I NEED TO PAY:
ITS GOING TO BE HARD FOR ME TO WORK AND JUST HAND MY MONEY OVER HER TO PAY:
BUT I KNOW BY LAW FOR THE MAN HE JUST HAS TO SUCK IT UP AND PAY:
SO MY MARINE CORPS RETIREMENT I WILL BY LAW HAVE TO GIVE UP TO HER HALF OF MY PAY:
SO ALSO MY WAGES MONTHLY SHE WILL GET A GOOD CHUNK OUT OF MY BI-WEEKLY PAY--SO ID SAY HER AND HER LAWYER HAD A GREAT DAY:

ALL MY FAMILY I WILL VOW TO MYSELF TO HOLD THEN TOGETHER;
RIGHT NOW WE ALL ARE FACING STORMY WEATHER:
THE FOUR THAT ARE NOT BY MY SIDE;
ONE DAY I KNOW THAT THEY WILL NEED ME TO COMMUNICATE AND CONFIDE:
LET GO LET GOD FIGHT THY BATTLES BIG AND SMALL:
I KNOW I NEED YOU GOD AS I HAVE TAKEN A GREAT FALL:
ONE DAY ALL MY CHILDREN WILL COME TO KNOW AND UNDERSTAND THAT MY HEART INTENTIONS WERE ALWAYS HOLLISTIC GODLY AND TRUE:
BUT RIGHT NOW THAT DOESNT HELP MY SADDNESS AND BLUE:
I WANT MY FAMILY TO STAND TOGETHER IN LOVE KINDNESS AND SUPPORT:
EVEN THOUGH THIS MARRIAGE HAS BECOME ABORT:

SOMEHOW THIS FAMILY MUST STAND TOGETHER AS ONE;
TO ME IM A FAMILY MAN ALWAYS SECOND TO NONE:
I WILL SET THE EXAMPLE TO ALL:
TO BE FAITHFUL PRAYERFUL HOPEFUL AND WITH GOD HOLLISTICALLY STAND PROUD AND STRONG:

SO A NEW BEGINNING IS NOW IN PLACE:
I WILL SHOW THIS FAMILY THE EXAMPLE OF LOVE HONOR RESPECT FORGIVENESS AND GRACE:
I WILL FORGIVE MYSELF FOR ALL OF MY SHORTCOMINGS AS A HUSBAND A FATHER AND A MAN:
I WILL FORGIVE HER AND WILL SHOW LOVE PATIENCE UNDERSTANDING AND KNOW THAT FOR US ALL THAT GOD HAS THE MASTER PLAN;

Written--16-july-2013
by john d jungers



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