Hi, it’s been a while. Life came and went in 2021, and now onto 2022. Of course, my promise to keep this updated and push myself to write has been lax; heard on the grapevine that I’m not the only one either. Lots of changes happened, which one can guess from this post – I’m a father to a beautiful daughter.
Tackling a brief thought, her being my world started midway through 2021. And from processing this, I feel like I couldn’t exactly live before now as I should. See, we’ve been planning on this for as far back as four or five years. What went from anticipation and excitement came a daunting realization that having a family was not in the cards. When you have dreams and wishes that seem to be “stuck,” so does the rest of the world no matter how hard you try. Fast forward to after multiple appointments, locations, and remote meetings with specialists (all while a pandemic was happening), we were ready to travel far to get the help we needed. That was, until, a positive test came along.
A small impact that changed my world.
And so I sit here, typing away as our little mini-me snoozes and squirms. We kept anticipating something to be wrong, but so far, we’re reassured that the diagnosis is we have a healthy, happy, baby girl named Clover. I can’t tell if this is two impacts or one very long one. I suppose it could be both.
After these past two weeks, it has already felt like months. Not to mention the universe points in my direction sufferings that hurt a little deeper: I had a very good friend (also a father and husband) who was laid off and move across states for a new job; I had heard the news of one of my classmates losing her oldest daughter in an accident; another friend who has had doubts of being the best for their children under difficult circumstances.
If at any point you wish to help out, please reach out to me on some of these situations. All of them would appreciate good vibes and prayers.
By the way, for the things that seemed “stuck,” I’m going to try to pick back up shortly in the matter of writing. There’s currently a comic script I’m churning out, little by little, that has been with me for some time now (before this small impact). There’s also another bigger idea that I can’t seem to whittle down into something resembling a scope, but it will come in due time (whether it is another comic script or a full manuscript, I’m toying with the ideas around).
I have friends and family that are rooting for me to completing these ideas into something you can hold in your hands. More importantly, I have a strong and wonderfully supportive wife (who’s now a badass mom) pushing me by asking the simplest question: “Did you write today?”
But most importantly, I have a tiny audience member who one day will hear about his all.
Peace,