I, like millions of others, am going through the process of pregnancy with my wife. Its so interesting to see how individual I feel when i'm alone with my wife and I'm experiencing the emotions and feelings of being an expecting father but sometimes i also experience the contrasting emotions of being "just like everyone else" who's ever had a baby. Its silly really.
I find myself constantly trying to better things about myself on a minute level. Here's a list:
1. My sugar intake
2. Nail biting
3. Spending money
4. Being lazy at work
5. Finding motivation to finish projects at home
6. Increasing happiness in my family relationships.
7. Being more consistent in praying.
It's so obvious to me as I watch other couples that children emulate the parents behaviors extensively. I can't have my kids doing all the lame things I do. Its drives me crazy that some parents swear in front of their kids. I don't mind swearing all that much but that doesn't mean its good. and that doesn't mean my children should gain the bad habit.
When I look at some kids I also realize that many have not had the same opportunity for experience as I have had. One kid came to over to my dads house and my dad talked him into washing my dads car because he had NEVER WASHED A CAR BEFORE. He is eleven years old. It isn't that that is such a huge deal, its simply a foreign idea to me that an eleven year old has never washed a car. I can understand not going camping or not going to other countries but the simple experience of having never washed a car before.
