Just reading about Ted Cruzs daughter..

[Peacetrain]

What an awful thing to happen to anyone..

EDIT: Looks as if it is just Cruz's daughter. The breaking story I read had two girls.. but looking at other stories it is just her

[Quakerfriend]

1. I just heard that his daughter went to the

hospital. Someone died??

[Peacetrain]

3. Just corrected my op.. the story I read when I signed on was a breaking story

and it had two girls..But following stories have only one child involved

[Lovie777]

2. Prayers ......

[malaise]

4. If this was an Obama or Clinton

It would have been the first news item

[Peacetrain]

5. No doubt.. but truth is we are better than they are..

[malaise]

6. Ted Cruz allowed the Slobfather to insult his wife

I have nothing but pity for his poor children

[malaise]

7. Ted Cruz allowed the Slobfather to insult his wife

I have nothing but pity for his poor children

[marble falls]

8. Another non sequitor OP. Who, what, when, where, why??????????

Edit. After looking it up: This is a serious story. It needs to be posted.

[blueinredohio]

11. I haven't heard or read anything on it.

What happened?

[marble falls]

13. The daughter who has identified as bi and not supportive of most of his policy, attempted ...

... suicide.

I understand the sensitivity about how to present this. Some might be tempted to use this in a mean spirited way.

This is one of the very, very few times I have sympathy for Cruz.

[blueinredohio]

15. Thanks

I feel sorry for her. Being a teenager is hard enough much less having parents who don't understand what you're going through.

[marble falls]

16. I was a single custosdial dad of two daughters. My oldest tried an overdose of Tylenol at 16 ...

... she crawled to my bedroom door and knocked, and I barely heard her.

I took her to the ER and found out Tylenol will not kill immediately, it destroys the liver first.

We were lucky.

My ex showed up at the Hospital and security had to escort her out: she was screaming she'd show her how "to do it right".

At a family therapy session, she had to be escorted out, again.

It was a rough year and a half. Both daughters graduated HS with a 4.0 and graduated Summa Cum Laude from Texas A&M and St Edwards in Austin.

I know there is a way out of the darkness. I hope Cruz can separate himself from RW activism enough to be part of the healing.

[blueinredohio]

17. You must have been a super dad.

Glad your girls turned out so well. Bless you and well said.

[marble falls]

21. Being a dad is the only thing in my life I am inordinately proud of ...

All of my children have done wonderfully.

They've been to every summer camp and after school sport or class. They went to circus school in Evanston (learned slack wire walking, tumbling, unicycle), riding camps, Girl Scout Camps, gymnastics, played softball and basketball, did theater in high school.

The summer before the 'event', the girls and I decided to deliver papers to save for a trip to Disneyland. I think that getting up so early seven days a week for three months completely shot her sleep cycles. I think this contributed to her attempt. I think the divorce was harder on her than I would have thought.

But that was more than 20 years ago, and life is good.

[blueinredohio]

23. Some times divorce is harder on the kids than the parents.

But congratulations on raising such good kids. I'm sure they know how lucky they are. Wishing you and your family well.

[marble falls]

24. I wish us all well. Thanks for the kind, kind words.

[Skittles]

29. you must be so proud of them

[marble falls]

33. All three of them, my son who is 12 years older has done very well, too ...

... he has his MA from George Washington University, was the Christmas Catalog editor at American Greetings until around 2004. His best benefit was something I'd have worked all year with no salary for: he got into the Chicago Toy Show. Getting into this is harder than getting into Fort Knox, if you aren't an insider. The gimme bag was freaking amazing.

He opened a bee keeping supply company called Blue Sky Bees.

This not a spam, but if you're interested: https://blueskybeesupply.com/


I've been blessed by them and with them, they've all done things I always want to do and never got to. Did I mention, my youngest is an archeologist?

[Skittles]

34. I have to say

I am more impressed by bee keeping than archeology!

[marble falls]

37. I wanted to do both!

One of the important things she did, something I am just not emotionally able to do, was in the aftermath of Katrina.

She'd been working with a group for the Feds surveying islands sinking in the Delta because of the silt being held up by dams and locks on the Mississippi. They were looking for Native American sites that are being lost by this sinking and documenting them.

After the storm, they also became involved with gathering remains of New Orleanians that were washed into the gulf and caught up in these little islands.

I'm a vet. That I could not handle. But it was important work that obtained closure for hundreds of families. She has the ability to separate her emotions from the science. She still has a tender heart.

When she was still pretty young, I did secret shopping. One of the stores I shopped weekly was a large chain that had a landscaping department. One of the things I had to do was to buy something from that department. She came along, usually as a sort of daddy/daughter date. She always chose the one plant on the sale cart that was the deadest, with no hope. And we almost always had success with them. When we shopped a restaurant or hamburger joint, they were in hog heaven and both became valuable assistants. Nobody expected a male shopper with a kid or two. And they helped gather information for the report. I miss those days.

[Skittles]

40. when you say vet, do you mean veteran or veterinarian

you all sound awesome!

[marble falls]

41. US Navy. Sally wanted to be a vetinarian. One of her jobs at A&M-Corpus was at the aquarium ...

... my little 5 ft in stocking feet youngest would scuba into the shark tank to hand-feed the sharks, because the big females did not like human males in the tank with them.

Because of scuba diving wrecks around Corpus, she became interested in ocean archeology, and she transferred to A&M at College Station.


My kids have done everything I've ever wanted to do. I'm all beat up and old, but I am as happy as hell with my kids and grandkids.

[Dorian Gray]

31. Absolutely

It's tragic and she needs love and support. My heart is torn for her, and this is the one thing that makes me feel full sympathy for Cruz himself.

I truly hope his daughter finds the love and support she needs. I pray that he is able to give that to her. If he isn't, then I hope she finds it from other people close to her.

And that is all I'll say about Ted Cruz.

[marble falls]

32. We stand together. I can keep Cruz the dad completely separate from Cruz my jackass Senator.

[Skittles]

36. it's part of what makes us Democrats

empathy.......

[John Ludi]

9. Poor kid.

I come from a profoundly dysfunctional family background, yet I can't even BEGIN to imagine what it must be like to be in that dynamic. Hope she gets better and gets the help she needs.

[marble falls]

35. Then you and I both know:

"It gets better" is not a motto, it's a truth. I just hope Cruz tries to facilitate and not attempt control.

[Upthevibe]

10. Peacetrain..........

I hope she gets the help she needs....

[MineralMan]

12. How about a link to whatever it was you were reading?

Since there isn't any context in your OP, we could go and find out for ourselves.

[iemanja]

14. Cruz's daughter attempted suicide.

[Prairie_Seagull]

18. Remember we are the good guys, now we know the highlights.

Let them be.

"highlights" is clearly wrong but you know what i mean.

[LymphocyteLover]

19. Tiedrich has a good take

Link to tweet

[Paladin]

22. Dead bang perfect, as usual. (nt)

[Skittles]

28. he really has a way with words

[Notek]

20. Sad.

My heart goes out to Ted Cruz and his daughter; especially his daughter.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

25. For this thread

Link to tweet

[Skittles]

26. I feel very bad for her

it's all so public, and her dad supports a party that views LGBTQ like freaks

[Kennah]

27. Reports that the daughter is ok, physically

[Hermit-The-Prog]

30. Thanks. That's a necessary first step.

[JuJuChen]

38. it's a direct response to his actions, I feel for the kid not Ted

[Mr. Sparkle]

39. Im sure the republicans will reciprocate with Hunter Biden