A Matter of Support

There was no titillation factor regarding potential voyeuristic excursions into the detailed sexual histories that he necessarily heard. For him it had all become as exhilarating as watching a tired soap opera struggling for life against characters and plot that had stayed around too long.

As an active witness to thousands of broken relationships, Frank often reminded those suffering heartache that life went on, that the sun could still be seen rising every morning over the bay....
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There was no titillation factor regarding potential voyeuristic excursions into the detailed sexual histories that he necessarily heard. For him it had all become as exhilarating as watching a tired soap opera struggling for life against characters and plot that had stayed around too long.

As an active witness to thousands of broken relationships, Frank often reminded those suffering heartache that life went on, that the sun could still be seen rising every morning over the bay. And for sure when he got up each day and looked out his window and smiled at the majesty of the view afforded him, he felt better. But the hours before that sunrise were a time of terror.

—The thoughts of Frank Mangino, a Child Support Enforcement Agent in Maine who is fighting a personal and professional battle to make sense of who he is and what he does.