Posts Tagged ‘fatherhood’
Future Father Fever
While secretly reading the internet at work (I had reached my Stupidity limit and needed to take time out) I came across this article about How To Focus On What Truly Matters which is becoming more and more important to me these days. The clarity of the announcement moment has worn off slightly and while I still view the world differently, I realise that my actions have not changed all that much.
I am able to choose what is important to me right now and that is a good thing, but I haven’t put any thought into what my life will be like in 10 years.
In 10 years time, I’ll have a 9 year old! Maybe an 8 year old too!
The gravity of the situation is only now starting to sink in. The joy and excitement too.
It feels strange to be making decisions about another person’s life when I have only recently learned how to do it for myself though. So, for the next week, I will spend the first 30 minutes of each day thinking about what truly matters and then do something about it. I’ll post up the results and the end of the week and revise them monthly, to keep things current.
It seems like the least I can do for my kid(s).
Image by Chris Runoff (Flickr).
And then she meekly says, “I think I’m pregnant”.
A little part of me went BOOM!
And it felt GREAT. All of a sudden I’m feeling giddy. There’s this little switch in side of me (about exactly where I think my heart is) that is suddenly on and I can feel a steady flow of excitement being released from it. Werid. I’ve never had that happen before.
So I think something important just happened… oh yeah… but I’m already grinning like an idiot and there’s not much more to say, other than, “Coooool” (I have to admit that now that I am trying to commit this to text, I can’t exactly remember what I said, but the overall feeling was: Ahhhhhh, now I get it, this is what I have been waiting for!)
So this is really great! I’m gonna be a Father.
HOLY CRAP! I’M GONNA BE A FATHER!
BOOM!
Somehow, I’m grinning more now. I think I will need a new face before the end of today and it’s 10:30pm already.
