Having A Baby Dragged Me,

Why Do You Think People Close Their Eyes When They Kiss? Think About It. In The Real World, If You Saw Someone An-inch-and-a-half Away, Coming At You With Their Eyes Open And Their Lips Puckered, You'd Scream. It's Alarming.

I've Come To Realize That Making It Your Life's Work To Be Different Than Your Parents Is Not Only Hard To Do, It's A Dumb Idea. Not Everything We Found Fault With Was Necessarily Wrong; We Were Right, For Example, To Resent, As Kids, Being Told When To Go To Bed. We'd Be Equally Wrong, As Parents, To Let Our Kids Stay Up All Night. To Throw Out All The Tools Of Parenting Just Because Our Parents Used Them Would Be Like Making Yourself Speak English Without Using Ten Letters Of The Alphabet; It's Hard To Do.

The Biggest Thing I Remember Is That There Was Just No Transition. You Hit The Ground Diapering.

It Turns Out Most Of The Conclusions That I've Come To In Life Have Equally Valid Contradictions. I Think It's True You Need To Make A Plan, Set A Goal And Stick To It, But I Would Also Advise: Don't Keep Your Eyes So Fixed On Your Goal That You Miss What Sneaks Up To Surprise You, Because Magic Will Come From Unexpected Places.

You Know What? The Obvious Is Obvious For A Reason.