Hindsight Makes Mincemeat of Intention.

Collecting intelligence information is like trying to drink water out of a fire hydrant. You know, in hindsight It’s great. The problem is there’s a million dots at the time.
Louis Freeh

Time is on my side…yes it is.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on. ~Robert Brault

Old LFBA has not died despite the fact that the blogging entries are few and far between these days. The Titan Chronos continues to weave his inevitable tapestries as time moves forward whether I participate willingly or not.  This last holiday season was now the 3rd endured with my family broken.  There is more daily normalcy as this progresses. There remain moments of remorse especially when my son remarks that he does not know what momma was thinking….but we get through.  The big pile of emotional and financial manure left by X is slowly composting and every day I kick a little more grass on it. Maybe one day, it will be the best flower bed in the neighborhood!!

Assumptions

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions.  Don Miguel Ruiz

Fatherhood

A truly rich man is one whose children run into his arms when his hands are
empty. ~Author Unknown

As a younger man, I never could have imagined being a Dad. Fatherhood has found me, and for that I am grateful.

Love and Attachment

The hunger for love is much more difficult to remove than the hunger for bread.  ~Mother Teresa

Time With My Heir

My son Z chose to play baseball this fall instead of soccer.   Of course, I love this. I can coach Baseball….I know virtually nothing about how to play soccer.  If I have to learn this, eventually I will…but right now, I’m digging on baseball with my son. This is our time and nobody can take it away.

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant’s
life, she will choose to save the infant’s life without even considering if
there are men on base.  ~Dave Barry

Random Mental Meanderings

How reluctantly the mind consents to reality!  ~Norman Douglas

Wow…so simple, yet so true.  We live inside our wants and desires. We hold fast to our memories and fantasies. We cling to the safety of what was.