A Warrior Looks At 50 and Beyond

Because I Have a Daughter

I know both girls are watching me....waiting for the time "where my actions do not match my rules".  I take that very serious.

Today, I read an article by Max Lucado.  In that article he talked about decency, specifically about decency in the Presidency.  I could not agree more.  Often our anger spills out, the venom flows and words cut.  I am not saying the anger is not justified.  I am not saying each of us does not have a right to express that anger. Since all of us are not extremely wealthy, nor are we all built like we could start at middle linebacker for the 60's Packers, we tend to use personal attack words to cut/rip/insult others.  I will admit some get back what they dish out, but ...and there is always a but...I don't, because I have a daughter, two in fact. 

So...you won't see any profanity in any post I make.  Not because I am a saint....saints do not come from how I grew up...from years in the U.S. Infantry....from years in a testosterone filled consulting firm and from the last 16 years in a warehouse environment where my 5'11'', two donuts shy of 200 pounds,  frame looks like a 2nd grader lined up against the varsity.  No you won't see any profanity on my page, because I have a daughter, two in fact.

So...you won't see any gossip in any post I make.  Not because I do not realize that often there is some truth in every story. I realize there is.  I like to be truthful and I like to show off that I can decipher fact from fiction. A good reason I will not is because gossip hurts. I have seen it make a shell of people for no reason other than the gloat of others - an ever popular trait in pre-teen girls.  Gossip hurts deeper than my right cross did when I was in my prime.  There is a better reason though.  No, you won't see any gossip on my page, because I have a daughter, two in fact.

So...you won't see alcohol and drugs in any post I make.  Not because I haven't or even because I am opposed to it.  I will defer to the religious zealots on one side and the liberty torch "professors" on the other to debate the issue.  Sure, I have an opinion.  That does not mean I need to blast it.  No, you won't see any alcohol/drug opinions/mentions on my page, because I have a daughter, two in fact.

So...you won't see me post/talk about a lot of things that some do.  Not because I haven't done many of them---because I am certain I have.  Not because I have "turned my life around" (I so despise that phrase) and the fact that you had to turn your life around is not praise worthy.  Not because I am looking for accolades.  Not because of anything really, but because I have TWO daughters and that is not just a fact....it is a life...mine.