PLEASE READ MY APOLOGY... I recently had a family tragedy where I publicly humiliated myself, my family and my friends and I would like to take a moment to apologize for the actions that I took which have left family and friends hurt and distraught. When the correct answer is to turn toward family, I turned away and I am to blame. I am 31 years old, by all definitions an adult, but my actions reflected something completely different. My failure on this occasion is a result of a series of small failures over the last several years. Those failures being I did not adequately connect with my relatives near and far and as a result when I was most in need of family to turn to I expressed personal details to the public on Facebook. I am not going to reveal again what was said as it is the very reason I write this apology and I know those who understand this will recognize the situation I am speaking to. I want to explain the lessons learned so that someone else does not make the same mistake in the future. My father explained to me, "You don't hang the dirty laundry out to dry." And I see now why. It is embarrassing to my parents that I did not know better, to have disappointed them after they have raised me so well. I owe it to them to make them proud and certainly what I said and did was not flattering. At work, I have had many successes, I strive to do better so that I can get to a point in my career where I have a senior role with good pay for my family. I evaluate my self on a daily basis and although each day I may not improve, I know I am moving forward to my end goal. Even my job evaluates me through performance appraisals every 6 months to see if I have improved over the past and sets goals for me for the future. I need to start evaluating my relationships with family and friends. It will be awkward in the beginning but if I set realistic relationships goals over the next several years, I know that I can be where I want to as far as family. It will also give my son a foundation in family that he deserves. My political views are unchanged, in fact I believe they are stronger. Almost 4 and 1/2 years ago in 2008, during the presidential elections I believed in a left wing agenda. There were 3 candidates to choose from John McCain, Barack Obama, and Ralph Nader. And out of those 3 candidates I picked the worst, Ralph Nader. I threw away my vote because I didn't know better and today I will not say I know it all but I know so much more. At the time I justified it by saying I was voting with my heart. I should have voted with my brain. I mention my political views because it was those same views that got me into the mess I am apologizing for here and now. I believe in Conservatism and I tried to live by it but I was missing a key ingredient. Strong Conservatives believe in strong family. I have only been a Conservative for a few years, a baby in this regard. And as I mature as a Conservative, I need to mature as an adult. To me this means connecting with relatives that I haven't seen in a while, having conversations with them that I have not had in the past, being a good husband to my wife. This election I will be voting for Mitt Romney because he shows as a role model to me of all these values I speak of as I should be a role model to my son. Mitt Romney has been a success in family, a beautiful wife and 5 amazing boys and 16 grandchildren, he has been a success in his work and in his church, another area I will have to explore at a later time. And he will be a success when he is president, in fact I believe he is our next president already and we need to re-elect President Mitt Romney again on this Nov 6th for our countries sake. I know I have strayed off topic and this shouldn't be about the coming election and it's not it's about what I did wrong by publicly humiliating myself, my family and my friends over an immature act. I want to say Mom, Dad I am truly sorry for what I did, I know you still love me the same and I love you too. I hope that you see that I have grown into a mature young adult and that this experience has taught me the lessons you would like me to have learned. And I ask it from you my family and friends to accept my apology, you can do so by clicking "Like". And I hope to see you in the near future, with Love Always, David. — with Franco Puliti and 2 others.