:Intentions:

We begin each day with Intentions. These Intentions my be good-natured, such as the Intentions to reach a goal, to try new things, complete an assignment, be a better human, have a more positive outlook, or overcome a fear. Other Intentions aren’t so good, but we’ll have time to reflect on these during the weeks, months and years to come. Some Intentions are conscious while others begin as small blinks of thoughts that manifest into action that continues to fuel a burning desire to see it through. Completed.  It is my Intention that this be simply a place that you can find advice, comfort and love from someone who has come before you. Sure there will be challenges and obstacles that I won’t fully understand, you can be rest assured that I sought the expertise of those that love you very much.

It is my Intention to be here for you each and every day of your life.

I am beginning this before you have taken your first steps, before your first breath and it is my Intention for this to develop into a collection of thoughts that will help guide you through life. Make no mistake, I am no scholar, no philosopher, no poet, far from a writer, and on many occasions been accused of not thinking at all. You will eventually find out that I don’t know everything, that I don’t have all the answers, and that I, just like everyone you will meet, am not perfect. I am just a father, your father, like many in this world that want the best for their daughter.

In a week or so from now you will be born into a family that loves and cares about you deeply, to two people who have thought about your arrival long before you were conceived. One day you’ll understand (you are going to hear that a lot from now on) what we have looked forward to the last nine months. So it is my Intention to see this through, to consistently provide you with my thoughts and perspective on many things. God, life, death, politics, relationships, ice cream, classic movies, patriotism, money and any other topics I think may be of some help. Sure there we’ll some deep thoughts express here, but it’s my Intention to make you laugh as well and more importantly think for a few moments, (that will be important for you to remember in your teen years), and ultimately walk away knowing that I love you. My Intention is to capture all the good that life can show you if you are willing to look for it but also make you aware of the certain evil that exists in those not so good Intentions.  I will do my best to capture all the good times so your children and your children’s children will know the life you had and where you experienced the love that was the basis for the love you’ll pass along to them.  With the good also comes the not so good, the times where I will in doubly demonstrate my fatherly authority and throughout this process capture both of our experiences and perspectives.

It is my whole-hearted Intention to be here each and every day for you. However, something you will come to learn and understand is that while one my have the best Intentions, life has unpredictable variables that impact the end results of one’s Intentions. So if this is my first and last thought I share with you, I hope that you’ll think I succeeded, succeeded in giving you a glimps of your father and knowing that I love you.