A Fathers Moment of Pride.

This Friday was Tori's school talent show. She has been looking forward to this for weeks. When they first announced it she knew right away she wanted to be part of it. She has been practicing one of her most favorite songs, "Tomorrow", from Annie. She looked amazing and so confident. If she was nervous, I could not tell. When she got up on the stage they started playing the wrong song from Annie. They played it for a whole minute. Tori however, was so composed and stood there and tried to sing along to the song that she only knew somewhat. Her aunt Mayra had made there way up to the front and let them know and they finally changed it to the correct song. The videos you are seeing was taken from my camera while simultaneously holding my son Johnny. The first one shows the wrong song being played as well as the fact the wireless microphone wasn't working so they switched her to a wired mic. The second one shows the end of the wrong song and the transition into the correct one. You can hear me and if you listen closely you can hear Johnny singing along with tori as well >.< .

I was soooo proud of my daughter. As a father I looked at her and I got a wonderful feeling. I got the feeling of comfort and pride knowing that my daughter is better than I was when I was her age. I felt like that all the parenting I have been doing showed it's self in the creation of this little being up on that stage. Someone who is not afraid, who is talented, who is composed. It's wonderful being a dad. ^.^

New Perspectives

It seems that the last couple of days have been about seeing new perspectives. I think I have ended it with rearranging my new room. ^.^ There are wonders about rearranging rooms. You get rid of things you don't really need, find lil treasures, make more space, and balance out a living area in your life that in turn really helps balance out your own inner space. And all just with moving a few pieces of furniture, cleaning off a lil dust, and sweeping up a lil dirt.