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July 2, 2005

10 years ago today I found out I was going to be a father. I remember it like it was yesterday — the anticipation, the nerves, the hope that it was indeed going to happen, that it wasn’t a cruel joke being played on me by God. And yet it seemed like God was on … Continue reading July 2, 2005

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The Waiting

As Tom Petty so adequately put it, “the waiting is the hardest part.” And it’s definitely true when you’re a parent waiting for your child to go into surgery, especially when that child is 6 years old and doesn’t understand what’s going to happen. In fact, to this point Madeline is soaking in the fact … Continue reading The Waiting

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Expecting the World

“The boy who expects every morning to open into a new world finds that today is like yesterday, but he believes tomorrow will be different.” ~Charles Dudley Warner I always felt inferior to my sister, for one reason or another, throughout those early, formative, years. It was never her fault, of course, but you couldn’t … Continue reading Expecting the World

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Married to Fate

“We make our own fortunes and we call them fate.” ~Benjamin Disraeli How is it that opportunities seem to happen more when we least expect them? I’ve noticed that when we finally give up on something is usually when it happens for us, and sometimes it’s too late to truly change anything, but on occasion … Continue reading Married to Fate

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Brevity of Life

Why do you think it takes someone dying for us to finally realize the brevity of life? I mean, we can be blissfully ignorant most times, can’t we? Someone we’ve known for our entire lives is someone we’ll know for the entire rest of our lives, or so we think without consciously thinking it. It’s … Continue reading Brevity of Life