Sadly, the current place of employment, I'll get 2 maybe if I'm lucky 3 days, luckily enough my in laws are 0.9 miles away so they have very little excuse not to help. I might try and string something together but I know it would be terrible, I'd probably wait to play it until the wife and baby are home from the hospital and rested a bit. The day my son is born will be the best day ever though. The things we will do together, I imagine grand things, I know that kids have their own ideas about things and their own interests so my dreams will in all likely hood be shattered but its fun to dream. I like that about kids they are nothing but raw potential, they can literally be anything they want within reason. Its a wonder to watch inspiring really. If I didn't have kids I probably never would have gotten around to buying a guitar, One of my thoughts on the subject was well if my daughter is going to learn things she thinks is hard I'll show her I can learn hard things too we can do it together. Not that its worked out that way but there is still hope.
As you know, in the past year I took a couple of kids under my wing - one more so than the other. The youngest is still very much a mama's boy, but the eldest is pretty much attached at my hip. She and I spent an insane amount of time together.
One of the things that brings me the most joy is when she asks questions. She has a thirst for knowledge and she's still very much just a kid. It's awesome when you can see them learn something - when you can see that moment when they actually do understand the subject matter. It's great if you can get them to reason their way to the correct answer, such as by asking questions like, "Well, how you think it works?"
It's just so awesome seeing empty heads being filled with knowledge and, hopefully, some insight about where the knowledge applies. We only get so many chances to right the wrongs we ourselves made - and one of those chances is in influencing the next generation of young people and teaching them.
I do recall that, and as I’ve said in the past i think you are doing something good. I’m not so much as trying to correct the mistakes I made, god knows my six year old is going to make all the same ones I did, she seems to always have to learn the hard way just like dear old dad. I know this will cause her a lot of pain in her life so I do hope she grows out of it but I don’t think she will. My point being I’m not trying to correct my mistakes I just want my kids to know they are loved and cared for, That would be the biggest mistake I’d like to correct but that one I don’t really consider my mistake.
If your offline persona is anything like your online persona, I'm pretty damned sure your kids will know full well that they're loved and loved a great deal.
Another thing to remember, seeing as your eldest is going to do things the hard way, is that kids are remarkably resilient. They can go through some pretty tough places and come out better on the other side. Hell, I was a mess and my own kids grew up to be happy, healthy, and productive. I can't really ask for more - and I absolutely didn't do the best job raising them.
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