Comments on: Afraid? http://www.midlifecelebration.com/peace/afraid/ Rethink. Reprioritize. Recommit. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:57:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jeff http://www.midlifecelebration.com/peace/afraid/#comment-1970 jeff Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:15:52 +0000 http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=4955#comment-1970 Skip, being a Father (or head of a household unit) sure enough makes you think differently. Some don't accept the responsibility of adulthood. Most do. It has changed the way I look at <strong>everything</strong>. You sometimes hear me say, "These five blogs are to leave a trail for our son (9)". Give them roots and give them wings. Same thing happens in nature. Wonder if wild animals have a serenity prayer.... Skip, being a Father (or head of a household unit) sure enough makes you think differently. Some don’t accept the responsibility of adulthood. Most do.

It has changed the way I look at everything.

You sometimes hear me say, “These five blogs are to leave a trail for our son (9)”.

Give them roots and give them wings. Same thing happens in nature.

Wonder if wild animals have a serenity prayer….

]]> By: Skip Gaskill http://www.midlifecelebration.com/peace/afraid/#comment-1969 Skip Gaskill Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:05:23 +0000 http://MidLifeCelebration.com/?p=4955#comment-1969 Jeff, when I was a young Lieutenant I was invincible...we all were. Then I created a family and all of a sudden I was mortal and while I wasn't worried about my own safety for my own sake I was very worried about what would happen to my wife and 4 daughters if I wasn't there to take care of them. After all, I was their provider, their protector, their leader. As my family grows up and leaves the nest I'm less worried about it. They will all survive without me but I don't want to put them through that challenge until they are all on their own two feet. It makes sense to me...how about you? Jeff, when I was a young Lieutenant I was invincible…we all were.

Then I created a family and all of a sudden I was mortal and while I wasn’t worried about my own safety for my own sake I was very worried about what would happen to my wife and 4 daughters if I wasn’t there to take care of them.

After all, I was their provider, their protector, their leader.

As my family grows up and leaves the nest I’m less worried about it. They will all survive without me but I don’t want to put them through that challenge until they are all on their own two feet.

It makes sense to me…how about you?

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