It Was the Best of Times

Day 364:

Conor my boy, when you look at the whole of each and every year you have to weigh the good and the bad... The low points and the high points... The positives and the negatives...  And in the end what you really must come to realize is, the good will ALWAYS outweigh the bad.  And it's so easy to focus on the bad, Boy'O.  Those times seem exponentially larger than the string of good days that precede it or the great days that follow.  The bad always seems heavier.  But it's not, Son.  It's not at all...  In fact, those days or periods of time are designed to do one thing; provide a lesson, Son.  You learn how to manage the bad times, you learn how to move through the tough times, you learn how to navigate the seas of emotions that can so easily drag you down if you let them... And then you think about the good times, Son.

Today was one of the good days, Son.  Today your Grandpa K9 and Memeow offered to take over Conor duties for the night and give Mommy and me the night out for the first time in I can't remember how long.  And you know, Son, we could have done something epic!  We could have gone someplace we've never been before!  We had Carte Blanche!!  But we decided we'd head to a local steak house, Ruth's Chris, to see my dear friend of 25 years, Pete Maxwell...  Always a good call.  Pete takes such excellent care of us and is sure to suggest the best of what they offer while providing exceptional service to compliment the finest steaks and wines...  A great night indeed, and an opportunity to catch up with your mother on all the things we otherwise miss through the day to day trials...

Now home and punching away on this keyboard, watching a bit of a live concert being provided for the victims of Hurricane Sandy... Bands like The Who, and the Foo Fighters... Bands that will long since be extinct around your coming of age, but rest assured Son, you'll know about them if your dear old Dad has anything to say about it...

I bid you goodnight, Boy'O... Time to turn in.  And tomorrow's a very big day.

I love you, Conor.
-Dad