I hope..

No excuses.  I haven't posted in a while.  My wife and I are expecting our first child any day now.  I've had a hard time focusing on miniscule events like sports and TV with such a monumental event approaching.  I find myself wondering if I'm going to be a good father.  I can be short-tempered, hot-headed, long-winded, overbearing and outright mean at times.  My son will learn how to be a man from me.  I was watching Superman The Movie and Jor-El says one of the most profound things I have ever heard about life.  Before launching his son into space and facing his own death Jor-El says "You will travel far, my little Kal-El. But we will never leave you... even in the face of our death. The richness of our lives shall be yours. All that I have, all that I've learned, everything I feel... all this, and more, I... I bequeath you, my son. You will carry me inside you, all the days of your life. You will make my strength your own, and see my life through your eyes, as your life will be seen through mine. The son becomes the father, and the father the son. This is all I... all I can send you, Kal-El." I hope in the years to come that I can become a better man, and that my son Brayden will make my strength his own.  I hope he will shed my weaknesses.  I hope that he will always see the world as full of possibilities and opportunities.  I hope that I can learn to once again see the world with a sense of wonder as he will. I hope that he knows without questions that I love him and will do anything for him.  I hope he grows up without a chip on his shoulder like his dad did...  There are so many more things I could say here.. but for now I will end this relatively short post with this last thought...  I hope he gets here soon.