Spoiled children don’t respect their parents. Just as God has to tell us “no” at times, we have to tell our children the same. Always remind her that you love her and she will grow up to respect your authority as well as God’s.

Thank you so much for this comment. I love when someone is real and raw. That seems to be your thing.

Spelling it out like that impacts my mind, my motives and my priorities. Thank you.

That made all the difference in the world!!

So, again, congrats on the news of having a daughter.

When did it sink in for me? Wow. That has been so long ago but I do remember feeling the weight fall on me when I recognized that my life was not my own anymore. I…. uh, we were going to have a child that would be totally dependent on us. It wouldn’t be able to talk for a while and it didn’t come with a great book full of information on the best way to handle it.

Yeah.. totally sunk in then.. and it continues to sink in. My daughters a re a long way from being babies now but they have different needs that take different types of energies.

I still can’t believe I am a father some days…. and I am always wishing that I had more time to spend with them in cool ways.. not just the day-to-day monotony of fulfilling the duties but the in-your-face-we-are-family kind of ways.

Be careful of what you commit to outside of the home… it will rob you of the time that could be spent with your new one. Time goes by soooo fast.