This will not be a popular statement or a view shared by many here but, although I do not condone most of his actions or behaviour since the 31st day, I have SOME newfound sympathy for George Anthony.
Earlier posting today re OCA's accusations that GA had molested and raped her as a child and teen, that he had drugged her on the night of 15th and that he had then purposely drowned Caylee while he was molesting her in the pool, prompted me to change my mind a little.
I'm a dad, a dam* proud one, and my eldest is a girl near the age of OCA.
I remember the day my little girl was born. I cried with joy. My chest puffed out with pride each time I walked into the ward to see her over the next couple days.
Little did I know how many times those feelings of joy and pride would be repeated over the years.
The joy of seeing her walk for the first time.
The joy of hearing her say Daddy that first time.
The joy of seeing her take up her desk on her first day of school.
The joy of running her around to dance lessons and sports training.
The joy of seeing her move onto high school.
The joy of seeing her in her first pretty dress.
The anger at not-good-enough-for-her boys turning up on the doorstep.
The joy of seeing her graduate and move onto a life of her own.
But, most of all, the joy of seeing her morph into a beautiful young woman.
My thought today was, did George Anthony have this greatest joy a man can have? If not, in a way I feel sorry for him.
If he did, I cannot BEGIN TO IMAGINE what it has been like for him to see his angel turn and spit venom at him in an attempt to do nothing other than destroy him.
If it were me, I'd die of sadness.