You've got to see the baby!

The whirlwind tour of Plano is done. Things accomplished:

1. Saw Ashley's new baby, Kennedy. (see above)

2. Ate at III Forks to celebrate my dad's belated Father's Day.

3. Saw Liz's new baby, Trevor.

4. Flew home.

Ok, so maybe it wasn't much, but I got what I went up there to do done.
It still freaks me out that I have friends with steady families and children. I mean, I'm 23 years old, still in denial I'm not in college still and some of my friends have families of their own. They have to choose "Where do we go this Christmas, yours or mine?" It's just crazy talk to me. I'm still too selfish to think like that yet. I think half the reason it shocks me is because as consistent and marvelous as my relationship is, I'm too paranoid about the rising divorce rate in this mad world to just give it a try. I want to be married for the rest of my life. In a way, divorce might be my biggest fear. So, I guess, for me, I want to avoid it by being extra cautious. I think it's also because I saw what it did to my dad. It almost killed him having to hand over my brother to his ex-wife. I don't want to ever do that. So, maybe my over caution will lead to divorce anyway. But, I'm going to try to get to know everything I can about my significant other before I throw everything to the wind.

So, congrats to those who can do this! Because you are a braver person than me.

"A hero is no braver than an ordinary person, but he is braver five minutes longer." -Ralph Waldo Emerson