Thoughts, Philosophy, Life and Love
It’s strange how things work out. How you plan something, working out what you think are important details, then when you are actually at the point where the thing you had hoped and planned for, actually comes to pass… nothing you planned actually survives first contact with reality. This is like the old saying, “No … Read more
I smile when I hear people tell me about how much my life is going to change with a baby on the way. Not because I do not believe them, I have no doubt at all that things are going to be turned asunder for us. but because our life has already changed in more … Read more
Throughout this journey, we have been plagued by fear. It has been, as a poet might say, our constant companion. Not fear of having the new addition in our lives, but the fears that come with a baby in the making in general. Things that go beyond the control of mankind, things that, you might … Read more
Something that I am looking forward to, with the coming of our child, are the conversations. Granted, at first those conversations are going to be mostly grunts, squeals and crying, with occasional laughing and “Baby Talk”. But before you know it, and I am sure most parents reading this will agree, they will start talking. … Read more
Decisions… The process of preparing for the arrival of a child is something new to us. We walk through the stores, look at the goods that are being offered and just get lost. There are so many things out there that we need or want, but are not sure which way to go. Luckily there … Read more
Dad…
I have thought about this a lot over the years. Most of the time, though, it has been from the point of view of a child that never really KNEW his father that well, except as the guy that would occasionally show up for the errant birthday or take me off for the obligatory weekend visitation.
At the time this will publish, there are about ten weeks remaining before my wife’s due date, so I will take the next ten weeks to talk about my feelings of parenting, what my parents were like and how I will use their, and other people’s parents, influences on me, to raise this child.
Shortly after I finished the last piece on illegal immigration, it occurred to me that I forgot something important. While it is an established fact that illegal immigration does cause a burden on the resources of the state in which they have invaded as well as a burden on the country in whole. There are … Read more
I know… I know… about this time most people are tired of hearing about Arizona. But that is precisely why I decided to write this piece. I am not trying to get in on the action and promote more traffic to my site by this, though I will have to admit that more traffic would … Read more
First off, let me apologize to those of you that might be regular readers. I have been lazy lately and have not posted anything for some time. While I would love to have a better excuse, like the Obama administration kidnapped me and attempted to brainwash me into being “Samurai the Insane for Obama”, I … Read more
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