Avery is here!
In case you didn’t know, Avery arrived about 6 weeks early! He is a preemie weighing all of 5lbs, but absolutely precious. Tomorrow he will be a month old, I can’t believe how time is just flying! Last weekend, our close friends Rich & Heather came over for a little photo shoot for Avery. Rich is an amazing photographer. We were so excited to have him photograph Avery, especially while he is so tiny. Rich & Heather put the pictures of Avery up on their blog, and even included a slide show. Go check out their site and see our precious boy! And, be sure to check out Rich’s photography site, his pictures are awesome!
On Being a Father, Husband, Employee & Businessman
Many of you who know me will agree that I am a very ambitious person. I set goals (many of them), and I do whatever I can to reach those goals. But to whose benefit are these goals set? Is my desire for a certain house on St. Elmo Avenue a desire to please my wife, and provide a place of stability and comfort for her, Avery, and future kids…or is it just a bigger version of the house we already have, another project that can provide me with accomplishment? How can I determine whether my goal is self-serving or self-sacrificing? Is my desire to provide my wife with a nice car a genuine desire to provide her with the best luxuries I can afford, or is it a vain attempt to make myself look good? Is the time I spend developing my company really an investment in the future, or is it a trend-setting mindset that will turn me into a work-a-holic that doesn’t have time for his wife and kids? Is the sacrifice I make now going to pay off in the long run, or are the long term rewards negated by the short term neglect?{MORE}
I suppose that my answers lie in the future. Will I be happy and content once I reach my goals, or will I quickly lose interest and set loftier goals. Am I succumbing to the material-driven mindset that pervades our culture, or am I trying to break out of middle class living so that my family doesn’t have to constantly have to worry about debt and the future, or is there even a difference?
Who is wiser. The man who enjoys small luxuries in his life but has nothing when he gets old, or the man who sacrifices time or money in his life and has time and wealth when he’s old. The first man chose to enjoy life while he was young, while always wishing he had more time and luxury, and the second man chose to enjoy life when he was older, always wishing he could have spent his younger years differently.