This Daddy Is NOT Perfect, Either!

Before I came downstairs to work on a few web site projects to earn us a little extra cash, my wife, Cathy, said, “Hey, you haven’t blogged in a quiet a while.” I was thinking the very same thing just yesterday. Sorry, I just haven’t found the ‘extra’ time to do so (if anyone has one of those fancy time stopping devices, please let me know.) I feel bad about not being able to write. I’ve missed it.

I’ve been trying to think up ways that I can post more stories and real life events that I deal with and hopefully can get back into the swing of things now that summer is long gone! I want to be able to share MORE about ME and what I SEE in my kids as they grow up.

Also…

I read a great post by Kim at Jogging in Circles just this evening that really inspired me to write this post. Read Kim’s Post about not being perfect.

I’m Not a Perfect Person, Either!

As Kim wrote in her post, “My life is not perfect. I do not live in an a fairy tale.” Well I don’t live in a fairy tale either. And I’m not perfect. And that doesn’t really matter. What matters is that I can sit here and think about things that are going on right now and blog about them. Blogging makes me stop and think. The MORE I blog, the more I begin to actually change. I don’t want to yell at my kids anymore for the little things they do. I don’t want to argue with my loving wife either. I don’t want to drink beer or get that 60″ Plasma HDTV….wait, wrong post. But what I want to do is be a good daddy. I’m on my way to that….

What I Still Have to Accomplish!

Well I’ve done a lot of different things in my life; a lot of successes!

I learned to crawl, walk, “go potty” sitting down — then standing up, talk, read, write, ride a bike, play soccer, play the trumpet, drive a car, kiss girls, attend college, graduate from college, enjoy wine, travel, have a good career, get married, buy a home, enjoy cooking, watch the birth of our first son in 2004 (very proud Daddy moment). We then had baby #2 in 2006, another proud Daddy moment.

But I am still missing something.

Something that might make me close to being perfect…

Along the way, I don’t think I ever stopped to really enjoy having fun. I mean, I DO have fun, but sometimes it doesn’t come that easy. I feel like I can’t relax when playing with my kids because I’m afraid they might get hurt or something. I don’t know how to laugh out loud, especially when playing with my kids with my wife or parents present. That is probably my insecurities coming out.

But this past weekend my son Logan and I played roll-the-ball out on my parent’s patio and he made me actually laugh. It was a great moment for me! I mean, I was having a great time ROLLING A BALL!!

Once my wife arrived, the kids flock to her (like fruit flies on wine) and don’t let her take a breath. I try and “pull” them off her but they have this weird-clinging-sticky stuff on them that won’t let me pull them off!!It’s like elastic or something, Stretch Armstrong-like. I can pull them off for about 2 minutes and then “ssssnap” they cling back to her.

See, still not perfect, but I try!

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