Halloween is for me, not my kid

I was chatting with my new boss the other day about Halloween plans and among other things he mentioned some interesting things.  One was that kids happen to you, you don't happen to your kids.  He talked about how while they grow up with you, once they're old enough they leave and its just back to you and the wifey.  He also likened them and enjoying them to renting a nice Maserati for a day.  For the time that you have that thing you of course are gonna go all around town (vacations, little league games, church, halloween costumes, etc) and you're gonna flaunt it, take videos of you in it, and pictures with you in it.  At the end of the day though you have to return said Maserati to the store and the fun is over and you're left with the memories.  Same for the kids.  You have them for a few years on borrowed time and then when its time you have to let them go and that's that.  Full time of course.  Its not lost on me that family get togethers, reunions, and grand kids aren't also part of the transition.

I thought it was an excellent analogy and made a good impact.  Especially since it was brought up that while I'm dressed up as the man in the yellow hat today and london is curious george, London won't appreciate it.  My boss though said it doesn't matter.  Its about Me and the Wifey and a little bit about London.  Same goes for Disneyland/world.  He said for the most part they're not gonna remember it, even at 5-10 years old, but you will and you'll remember how fun it was for them and THAT is why you go.  Fun paradigm shift the conversation I had and thought I'd share it with the world as they contemplate the hassle and work that is prepping for Halloween today and tomorrow.

Squirrel!!

I know these days people think everyone else has no attention span.  Then I was thinking why that might be.  I think we get it from, in part, our parents.  How do you say?  I was just thinking about how this afternoon my wife came with our daughter to visit me during lunch and as they were going to drop me off and I illegally had London in my lap who was doing whatever she was doing we blurted out "Look ducks!"  So next time you complain about people being so distracted and have a short attention span just remember, "Squirrel!"

Ah-ha moment?

Sometimes you think about things and you have an "Ah-ha" moment.  I was reading an article by a Navy Seal and he quotes MLK Jr.  He then asks, "If you're not moving forward, what's the point?"  What that made me think of was Heavenly Father.  If mormon doctrine is applied to him then He grew and learned things along the way until He became perfect.  Once perfect and Lord overall, i.e. owning and knowing EVERYTHING, then what is the next logical step to "moving forward?"  It is helping His kids do the same and hence the scripture found in D&C...to bring to pass the immortality and eternal life of His children.

There you have it, my brief "Ah-ha" moment that I had today.