Tuesday, March 22, 2005

Lamp posts...

Every now & then I get lost in life and have to find the lamp post...



Probably more things have happened to me over the past few days compared to any other point in my life, especially finding out that I'll become a dad in December. Wow...

Depending on who I hang out with, the reactions range from congratulatory to the usual shaking of heads followed by comments about loss of freedom. After going through an almost screwed up dysfunctional childhood the big challenge ahead is not to repeat mistakes which my abusers care-givers made.

Thankfully G is more than a help meet. She understands children like no other and in a culture that instils fear of having children (I'm sure there's a word for it like "paedophobic" but that would sound rather perverse given the meaning of the opposite) she seems to have them charmed like the Pied Piper. We should give more respect and material rewards to all the overworked and underpaid childcare workers in 1984-ville. The current state-of-affairs is a crying shame and damning indictment on societal values. Maybe we should all stake our money on the success of a casiNO.

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