Ups and Downs

I don't want to minimize this day by my brevity, but I also don't want to focus on this day because of the heartache is has caused my wife and I.

En route to work my wife blacked-out on the QE2 and ended up in the ditch. As soon as I found out I frantically drove to the scene where I met her. She was shaking and disoriented. The paramedics took to her to the Royal Alexandra.

After 8 hours of testing we found out that she and the baby were fine and there were no complications or abnormalities caused from the accident.

On the way home from the hospital we were listening to CNN on the radio. There was an earthquake in Haiti. To put it in to perspective. We lost a car that was insured...so many Haitians lost everything and everyone they loved. Looking back on this day, I can honestly say it was the most frightening day of my life...

The Traveler 011110

I received the text from my brother this morning at 11:53:11 AM.

Baby Boy 10:24 AM 7lbs 10 Oz


My 4th nephew arrived today. We'll call him the traveller (the definition of his given names). I thought that I wouldn't be as excited to meet him as I was when I met his brother, but that completely went away once I held him in my arms. He was very alert and seemed to be aware that we were all there to meet him. My wife held him close to her chest and began to sway side to side. This was the first time that I pictured her as motherly. The traveller's mother (my sister-in-law) was in the bed; doing fine, but on the mend. I thought to myself, in 4 1/2 months our visitor will arrive to planet earth.

Realizations and Resolutions

In the 2009, I was focused a lot on satisfying my wants. I had the financial means to, so why not right? Wrong...I realized that the happiest moment in 2009 had nothing to do with material wants. It was the day I married my beautiful wife. Although you could argue that the cost of it was out-of-control, I would say to you that if I was to marry her in my parent's backyard, ordered take-out and listened to iPod tunes, I would have been equally as content. I think that balancing needs with wants is something that I struggle with, but this one of the values I want to instill in my son...Everything that glitters ain't always gold...