An Open Letter

At night, I bend down and kiss your head,
I breath you in, but feeling like it's not enough.
As you sleep, I see the peaceful face of an angel,
I pray wherever you are in your dreams, you are surrounded by happiness, laughter, and love.
My heart swells at the mere thought of you,
Memories of yesterday and before bring an instant smile to my face.
I watch you, and I am still amazed,
That someone so perfect, innocent, full of wonder, is the biggest part of my life.
I think of the future, not as a singular entity,
But as someone with a greater purpose.
You are the very best of what is in me,
And for that, I am forever grateful.

Where is my Mind?

It's amazing how the human psyche works, and how fragile our little minds operate. I believe most of us are one or two synapses away from total insanity, or at minimum, a complete mental breakdown. If I were to use a simile for life, and in this case, I will opt for one instead of a metaphor, life is like a roller coaster. The highs are high, the lows are low, the ride itself is scary, exhilarating, shit your pants fun, or absolute terror. You'll either want to get off or want to go again and again. At the end of the day, most of us would like to look back and say "shit, that was a damn good ride. Let's do it again."

First, let me make something very clear - I LOVE ROLLER COASTERS! If I were to measure my life to date, I'd say I've had a good share of my peaks and valleys, and I know damn well there's plenty more on the horizon. I won't shirk them in any way - in fact, the older I get, the more I embrace the low ends, knowing that for every dip, there's a steep climb out, a fast turn of the corner, and off again to another highlight.

Lately, despite hitting a valley right after the holidays, I knew I was beginning another ascent in my life. This one seems to be a longer ride up, and I'm not complaining one bit. I just hope the drop on the other side isn't so deep!

So getting back to my original point - I believe there are a ton of mitigating factors as to why we don't all fall off the deep end. The saying "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" is so overused, but couldn't be more true. Life is but a series of little tests that either strengthen our resolve or weaken us to vegetable soup. It's how we choose to surround ourselves with things that make us happy, that helps us cope with the hiccups of human existence.

I consider myself very lucky. And if life were an amusement park, consider me a season pass holder.

Okay, that's my cerebral post for the year. Next up, what's up with the Sens????

The Never-ending Winter of Content

Hi! Okay, it's been awhile...a very looong while, but who has time to blog? Well, I do. Today anyway. Maybe tomorrow. I'll try to be more diligent.
My wife, Lisa, has started to blog. I'm going to wait until she populates it more (and until she gives me the green light) and then I'll link to it. But I wish her well. It'll be a nice way to document not only Baby Numero Deux, but our ever-growing family and the roller coaster ride that seems to be our life.

Oh, and by the way, can I tell you how FRIGGIN' awesome this winter has been so far? This, on the eve of yet another snow storm to hit the Ottawa area. For those of you pining away, waiting for Spring, tough crap! It ain't happing till May 24 weekend! Go blame it on a groundhog or something. Me? I'm skiing till my birthday, baby :)