The other night driving home from my parents house it struck me...All innocence seems to be gone. Seriously.
While at my 'rents house my son was trying everything in his power to catch lightning bugs, completely in awe from his new found insect friends. On the way home he was still staring out the window into the fields that were full of thousands of those bugs...And for a moment, I was there with him completely lost, but then the usual thoughts of bills, work and other grown-up nonsense came into my head and ruined it all.
Knowing what I have worried about over the years, and what I worry about now, it makes me really wonder what I will be worrying about in 10 years! I mean growing up there is the typical worries; friends, girls, sports, not getting caught by your parents...Now there is bills, my job, my fiance and son, and the future. I didn't worry about the future before. It never even crossed my mind to be concerned with where I'd be in 10 years, and that is probably why I am where I am.
The point is that it breaks my heart knowing someday my kids will be faced with the same harsh reality that is life, and I just pray that I can help soften the blow...
While at my 'rents house my son was trying everything in his power to catch lightning bugs, completely in awe from his new found insect friends. On the way home he was still staring out the window into the fields that were full of thousands of those bugs...And for a moment, I was there with him completely lost, but then the usual thoughts of bills, work and other grown-up nonsense came into my head and ruined it all.
Knowing what I have worried about over the years, and what I worry about now, it makes me really wonder what I will be worrying about in 10 years! I mean growing up there is the typical worries; friends, girls, sports, not getting caught by your parents...Now there is bills, my job, my fiance and son, and the future. I didn't worry about the future before. It never even crossed my mind to be concerned with where I'd be in 10 years, and that is probably why I am where I am.
The point is that it breaks my heart knowing someday my kids will be faced with the same harsh reality that is life, and I just pray that I can help soften the blow...
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