On Pre-Fatherhood: getting used to the idea of getting used to the idea

The concept of becoming a father scares me a lot! Not that Case & I are anywhere near the actual "becoming" part, mind you. But we are talking about having kids a heck of a lot more than we used. Well, we talk about the when's, the where's, the how's and why's of it anyway. (And by "how's" I mean finances, so you can just put all those other thoughts out of your little head. Yes, I mean you, Scooter, Mike and Tim!!! I know you guys too well to leave the door swinging wide-open in the breeze.)

Anyway, this talking... Well, it gets me thinking it does. Most of me is thinking that I, in no pickin' way, shape or form, understand what in the H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks I am talking about! I mean, fatherhood?! Isn't that some book that Bill Cosby wrote? Isn't that something for grow-ups to think about. Me? Be a father? Ha, thanks for the laugh.

Still there is that small, tiny little part of me that gets excited when we talk about having kids and longs for that time to come. It reassures me that being a father will move smoothly from the conceptual to the actual just as college graduation and getting married did. It shows me that I will learn to have what it takes and it doesn't really matter that I don't know what I'm doing right now because neither did anyone else at this time in their lives. Most of all it reminds me that I am not alone and that, I think, it the most comforting thought of all.

So, with that said, I came across this article and I hope that I will remember to do all these things when I am a dad.

Now, on the whole topic of what being a husband means, please check out Mike's blog. Mike, I salute you for you nailed it!