I think it’s a bit of all three. I can’t do it every time, but I try to make as many of the WD and CI posts as I can really truly matter.

Thanks for everything!

I sure can pluck the truest statement in my life and put it down on paper and it will not be as you write it. What strange alchemy is this, Sean?

Shall I put it down to tone? Rhythm? Alliteration? It doesn’t sound like a post to me. More like music that tears at the soft skin of my consciousness. It’s that or poetry.

Such a shame I’m relatively old, but what the hell. I so want to write like you when I grow up.

Dan Miranda: I moved to twice a week so people could soak the words when published. It’s my pleasure to share, and to have you Dan.

Chania Girl: My pleasure, I’m glad you thought it was special. I try my best to be “living happiness.” : > )

Stephen: You can always call me Sean, Stephen. I can only imagine all the various versions of these feelings I’m going to have as time keeps on marching. I’m just glad I’m trying to understand the emotions now, rather than waiting until I’m older and swimming in regret. I liked your Living Now piece the other day. Similar theme, I could easily relate.

Vered: The book I wrote, and will eventually return to, is swimming in time and the lament of time, etc. It’s one of the reasons I love LOST as much as I do. We cannot escape it or change it, but if we learn to respect it, we will be able to pull infinitely more from all we are given.

Randi: LOL, my humble apologies for all the smeared mascara. One of my favorite terrible television shows of all time was “Out of This World,” because the lead character could freeze time whenever she wanted. Can you imagine if that power was granted to those of us parents who could truly appreciate it? Best superhero power EVER!

Sandra: I know your words are true, and so I do my best to chew the juice from each moment before the pending seconds force me to swallow.

Last Sunday I watched as my 1st baby graduated from High School at (Luckily I remembered tissue and water-proof mascara) – so to all of you who still have little ones and are probably sick of the rest of us telling you how fast it goes…
don’t blink, because it will be over.

And next week Max and all the other little ones whose parents are reading Writer Dad will be graduating from High School – trust me, it will feel like that. So enjoy your parenthood journey, just remember to do it now because the scenery will be very different tomorrow!

The passing of time is strange. Who will ever know how to make it stand still? Many times while speaking to my son, or playing with him, he will say, “Mom, pause.” (I don’t think I ever used the word pause at his age–it’s a sign of the DVD/computer generation.) He will only know when he has his own kids how much I would really LOVE to hit that “pause” button and freeze time for a moment. He crossed a rope bridge last week symbolizing his transition from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. I almost cried as he wobbled across that rope suspended in air, thinking that it was only last year that he was wobbling across the floor as a toddler.

Dang it, Sean. You ruin my makeup more than anyone I know.

Bud: My thoughts are with you. The only occasion when time seems to stand still is when there is agony involved. Then the days drag on and on…Keep up with the writing about it though. Your comments, though filled with pain, were eloquent.

What a beautiful moment. I can relate. I still get to watch my kids once in a while without them realizing I’m watching them. It’s a pleasure and a thrill that only a parent can understand.