I write, .... a lot. Notes, scribblings, post-it's, journals, legal pads ... you name it. It's part of the makeup and muse of my everyday life. There isn't a blank piece of paper that is safe when there's a pen in my hand. They say the human body compensates for that which it is lacking. In my case, there's no finer truth.
I was born with a
speech impediment that rendered me painfully devoid of full expression and shy of most social situations. I tried to never open my mouth in public. Over the decades, it has subsided for the most part and only shows its tentacles when my mind is light years in front of my body-mechanics ability to put those thoughts into words. Worst things there are in life. This "ailment", believe it or not; was possibly a blessing. I learned to read and write in voracious capacities in order to make up for my deficiency of speech. In time I learned patience, cadence and better oration. As I grew older, I found those "groves" one gets into that makes one flow in communication. Much like singers never stammer when they sing. Recently, I discovered that I enjoyed making videos and began to post little opinion-clips on social sites like facebook and twitter in the ultimate sign of daring feats. Before I realized it, these actions were a logical step in finding my comfort zone. In some unplanned poetic blast of justice, other forms of expression and physical abilities came to the aide of my one ailing sense. It has been a holistic healing process all along. I've just not realized it until just recently.
This Blog is a natural extension of this process, but not its end-purpose. It's a continuation of what I started six or seven years ago in the Blogosphere and that I now understand has to have a responsible closure. You see, I'm a dad. As a parent we are always wondering what is it that we leave behind for our kids. We question what is the legacy we place at the foot of their influences. This will be one of the things I leave for my daughter to witness, digest and reflect upon. A diary of sorts that can assist her in managing her way through a country and world that is far more complicated than the one I came to know growing up. Each video clip, note, posting or link will, in future years, assist her in navigating the core basics of just being an American Citizen. It won't be perfect, nor is it my intent to be purely objective. I am biased and pliable only to the influences to which I've been exposed. But I will try and question even my own preferences and leanings, no matter how unnatural that may come about. Hopefully she will learn from, agree with, laugh at, or simply scoff at her Dad's intentions. It does not matter what she gets from it, I will feel good just making the effort. I will have given her my reference points so that she can build hers. There is nothing else, is there?
So with this, I hope you enjoy the journey with me. Feel free to post a comment, no matter your angle. Opinions are welcomed.
Onward ...
