Real

I just had a conversation with a new dad..
My advice..be a good dad...
It has been my goal.
A goal for the last 22 years..
We are the examples they either learn to love or the example to never be...
I have always tried to be like my father..an example to emulate.. And share. If I am half the dad he was... It will be more than enough to prod a young adult to excel, And make the planet a better place.. It is our responsibility...

In all the ..planning for their future.. We ..you..I.. Need to make sure we do not forget we need to be responsible.. But we need to find a way to be happy for ourselves too... While we structure their lives to be easier than ours.. That is what we want ultimately... But in reality..
They have to learn from our struggle..and not repeat....but solve the new challenges... And thrive.. Be in a better place..than we have struggled to climb to....that..is what we wish for our offspring.
All that is left is for us to find...that place..person..that makes us happy to be here now... It once..we ..find that.. We should go after it.. Because.. We deserve to be happy.. To get a reward for all we do for others...
We need to accept those we need in our lives.  .. The ones that keep us smiling.. The ones we
Talk to..that we find.. Makes us.. Grin..even when we are sad..
The ones..that always make us feel better..the ones we find..that we miss if we don't connect.. The 'you'..
I will always miss you... If we do not connect..

So..here I am.

Miss you.

R 2/7/18