Friday, June 24, 2011
God, I love being a Dad. Being a single man has many rewards of it's own too, and I admit that I loved every second of it when I was living it, but being a Dad is its own kind of cool that's unlike anything else you'll ever do. Plus, it requires you to add a lot more tools to your tool box, like empathy, understanding, patience and the ability to put together toys that have over 500 moving parts with instructions that were written in Vietnamese.
For me, I knew I was truly immersed in Daddyland when I found myself at a Babies R' Us at 9pm on a Friday night many years ago. My daughter was about 2 years old at the time and was walking down each aisle pulling every toy off the shelf, playing with it for approximately 34 seconds before tiring of it and then throwing it 20 feet away from where it belonged.
I looked at my beautiful wife who was the co-creator of this crazy little person that had stolen my heart and realized that there was no where else I'd rather be at that moment...I was content. Now I've added two more chitlins' to the mix and each day of my life resembles a Gary Busey reality show, as craziness and reckless abandon are the norm...and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world ; )
So give your Dad a hug, tell him you love him and then show him just how much by giving him 20 minutes of uninterrupted time in the bathroom, that'll make his day. (when you have kids, going to the bathroom becomes your one legitamite excuse for getting away from them...it becomes to you what the fortress of solitude is to Superman...trust me on this) Oh, and cut us some slack about our bad haircut, dated wardrobe and our fondness for music that doesn't contain swear words. Believe it or not, before we met your Mom we were all super cool...at least in our minds : 0
WOD
Undeterred
For Time
200 Pushups
6000M Row
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