What do I wanna be when I grow up?  That's kinda a toughie because in many respects I already have captured my dreams.  How? Well....

I am a father to two wonderful children.  This is a job that has become more and more difficult as the years have passed by.  Never did I think I would be a divorced dad.  Never did I think I would be in a different state than my children.  Never did I think that I wouldn't get to tuck them into bed every night.  Never did I think I would be able to kiss them good night.  But all that has happened and more.  My job has changed.  Now I talk to them as much as I can and spend as much time as I can with them.  I have to be the best dad I can from hundreds of miles away.  It is still a dream job.

I am a writer.  I have always wanted to be a fiction writer since I was about 10 years old.  One of the first stories I ever wrote (The Pond) was written for my english class in 4th grade - I do not think the teacher knew exactly what to think of it.  I love exploring the deep recesses of my mind and taking readers on that journey.  I try to write in such a minimalist manner that the reader can almost make-up their own stories and characters.  I thoughly love writing and wish I could devote more time to it.

So...what more do I want to be; what more is there for me to aspire to? Well, I would have to say that it would be the job that I have been the least successful at - husband.  I have been married and summarily divorced twice.  Both times the loves of my life have found men they much prefered to live their lives with than me.  If it had happened only once I could probably blame it on the woman.  But twice?  The exact same thing?  There MUST be something wrong in the way I approach husbandry.  You would think that after two kicks to the curb I would swear off the whole marriage thing all together.  But, I guess I am just a glutten for punishment because at some point I would like to give the thing another try.  I am determined to get it right.  So, my dream job right now would be to be that best goddamn husband this world has ever seen; to have my wife so enthralled with my husbandry skills that she never even gives a passing thought as to what life would be like with Rob Lowe or George Clooney or that dude down the street with the six-pack abs.  Ah.....dreams.

Is it wrong that I believe that being a husband is a job? hmmmmm...... 

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