This is the weekend I celebrate the birthday of my first son. In this blog he is known as Gialdron, Patron of Passion, Rage and Food. I love this young man with all my heart and soul even at the times he is full on berserk. In the old world Gialdron would be a true Berserker (Bear Warrior) taking upon him the fury of Odin and Thor to defend and provide for the tribe and destroy our enemies. I bring this up because in today's modern time we see these traits as "defective" or a "mental illness". The reason for this is that we no longer have to go to war against a local tribe to gain the necessities of life so the traits that have genetically evolved over thousands of years of existence are misunderstood. Gialdron is a High Functioning Autistic by today's terms, he is brilliant but lacks the ability to recognize emotions in others and also lacks the ability to process his own emotions without a great deal of effort. This causes a number of problems in his life but he is forever fighting the war to stay in control and I have seen such amazing progress over the years that he has lived with this. Now I am grateful that we live in the modern world for if this were the old world I would not have been able to enjoy the last 3 to 5 years with my son. The reason for this is that the life expectancy of a front line warrior was 16 to 22 years due to the incredibly violent nature of their lives. 
Gialdron has gone on to live his passion, he works in a high end kitchen and enjoys this, he has slowly developed close friends that are loyal to him. He is loved by The Lords of Kalehalla and we honor him by naming his birth month after his passion for food. I hope to have many more years with my son. So join me in saying Happy Birthday!!His actual birthday was Dia 13 but we are celebrating this Sunday Dia 19 at Piper Down for an amazing brunch.
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