It is now no longer Tuesday. And something must have happened to Wednesday because from the looks of the calendar on the wall today the day is Thursday.
But how do I know that?
If I knew what day it was then I wouldn’t need to look at the calendar and even if I didn’t know then how would I know what day to look for when looking at the calendar if I didn’t know what day it was in the first place?; or what day yesterday was?; or what day tomorrow will be?
It is so frustratingly confusing and I am so frustratingly confused. That’s normal I guess.
I see from the computer though that it is the 17th of April and if that is true then I may just have the information I need to be able to use the calendar to determine the day of the week. Give me a moment please.
Ok, ok. It is indeed Thursday. It is the 17th of April. Tomorrow is Friday. Yesterday was Wednesday but something still must have happened to it because I sure as hell don’t remember it much if at all.
So now that it is Thursday and I know that what will I do with it?
It is Easter weekend this coming weekend. I know that from my recent visit to the calendar. My sons have several baseball games coming up and the weather is improving.
What have I learned in my life and how much have I forgotten? I don’t know.
I do know that I still like to read and I still like to learn. My memory fails me from time to time but then I just do something simple like look at the calendar, somehow figure out what day, and perhaps date, it is and it is all then okay. At least it is better.
I try to instill the desire to learn in my kids and, you know, it seems to work. They are bright and inquisitive and are doing pretty darn well. I am proud of them and will continue to help in any and every way I can to make them successful in life. Still, it is challenging…
But there I learn also. By the time I finally learn to be the parent I want to be I’m sure my kids will be much, much older. Probably way too old to listen to me anymore.
Unless I keep on trying and unless I keep on learning. Maybe that’s the ticket.
You see boys, I have a huge head start on you and I plan to maintain that lead for as long as I can. I know that you may catch me someday but by making that as challenging as I possibly can I have accomplished two things.
I will have made myself a smarter and better person, I trust. And I will have done the same for each of you.
Doesn’t that make me a pretty good parent even right now?
Go ahead, you can say it. The answer is yes and, yes, you are welcome…indeed.
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