"[M]y children are like a tech startup: they’re years away from being profitable, and I’m not sure they have a plan to make money at all." Let me know when that turns around for you. (My kids are 25 and 23.)
The more serious comment: Our college years and young adulthood in this country are very much about stepping out as the sole protagonist in your own life and making your way into the world. It's exhilarating and fun but, for most of us, also somewhat incomplete. Marriage and kids help you realize that you don't have to be the sole -- or even main -- protagonist in your own life, and it's frequently more rewarding if you're not. You haven't lost your sense of self; you've blended it into a greater whole.
you’ve gone and written something that feels like it’s beamed from my brain, but something I both could not enunciate and was afraid to say or even think about. incredible stuff.
This one is really great. I'm that dork who always wanted a family and now finally has one. So fun to see once hypothesized possibilities becoming reality as I get to share remnants of past eras with my favorite people who know nothing of those times.
And do I have a photo of my baby girl in a "do crimes" beanie? Yes, I do.
My wife and I have both lost our childhood stuffed animals to our daughter. They've become reading friends who sit our laps with her during reading time.
I believe there is a certain time in life when the realization that life is not meant to be a solo act but an ensemble takes hold and it's how you assemble and orchestrate that ensemble leads to happiness.
"[M]y children are like a tech startup: they’re years away from being profitable, and I’m not sure they have a plan to make money at all." Let me know when that turns around for you. (My kids are 25 and 23.)
The more serious comment: Our college years and young adulthood in this country are very much about stepping out as the sole protagonist in your own life and making your way into the world. It's exhilarating and fun but, for most of us, also somewhat incomplete. Marriage and kids help you realize that you don't have to be the sole -- or even main -- protagonist in your own life, and it's frequently more rewarding if you're not. You haven't lost your sense of self; you've blended it into a greater whole.
you’ve gone and written something that feels like it’s beamed from my brain, but something I both could not enunciate and was afraid to say or even think about. incredible stuff.
This one is really great. I'm that dork who always wanted a family and now finally has one. So fun to see once hypothesized possibilities becoming reality as I get to share remnants of past eras with my favorite people who know nothing of those times.
And do I have a photo of my baby girl in a "do crimes" beanie? Yes, I do.
My wife and I have both lost our childhood stuffed animals to our daughter. They've become reading friends who sit our laps with her during reading time.
I believe there is a certain time in life when the realization that life is not meant to be a solo act but an ensemble takes hold and it's how you assemble and orchestrate that ensemble leads to happiness.
We're theoretically past the point of blankets as soothing talismans but with 2 teenaged daughters no hoodie or flannel shirt is safe
As someone who just deployed his old UGA fleece blanket for this purpose yesterday, I am right here. Thank you.