Those of you who have known me for any length of time, are familiar with my disappearing acts.  *Poof* I’m gone, sometimes for a week or two, sometimes for a lot longer.  Most of the time, however, I haven’t really gone anywhere at all, and of course those of you who have known me for a long time realize that I’ve never stopped thinking about you, and that nothing’s changed.
Images of a crazy mad scientist’s lab might have crossed your mind, or some nutty idea that I’d like to run …

I know eventually that my son and I will grow apart.  It’s an inevitable part of growth that I both look forward to and dread with equal parts of my heart.
He will become more and more independent, the hugs will be fewer and he will stop thinking that I’m the coolest thing since Legos.
But for now, I am cherishing the fact that he follows me everywhere I go!  I love the fact that when he wants to watch tv, he has to be either on my lap or so close …

If you’re not familiar with Fatherhood Friday,  check it out over at  Dad-Blogs.com!    Every  Friday, daddy bloggers from all over the  web put  together  some thoughts on  Fatherhood.  Relax  and see what’s on the minds   of  the cyber-dad!  I  mean, c’mon, it’s Friday.  You’re only  pretending to work anyhow…

This will be our first Christmas without my mom. For those of you who don’t already know, my mother passed away in the beginning of January, 2008, only having spent seven months with the Little Bug, which they both …

If you’re not familiar with Fatherhood Friday,  check it out over at  Dad-Blogs.com!    Every  Friday, daddy bloggers from all over the  web put  together  some thoughts on  Fatherhood.  Relax  and see what’s on the minds   of  the cyber-dad!  I  mean, c’mon, it’s Friday.  You’re only  pretending to work anyhow…
Let me begin by apologizing that I’ve been absent from the FF roundup every Friday, and that my blogging has been sporadic in general.   (Insert all kinds of excuses here)
For those of you who watch Heroes, no doubt you are …

My Dearest Boy:
I can’t believe you are almost fifteen months old!  Despite the cliche, let me say that it seems like just yesterday I watched you enter this world, brand new.  Delivered to us helpless and fragile, drawing your first breath.  You weren’t scared though.  You were so full of courage that day, my little warrior.  Our eyes met, you saw into my soul and etched a permanent smile onto my heart that makes my every breath a laugh.
Let’s see, what has happened your first year?  Quite a lot actually, …