Small words

Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Mahatma Gandhi

Well the rain seems to have loosened it's grip on my small part of the world. It was a long, wet ride but I did see the sun for at least part of the day. My thoughts and prayers go out to all those that are being affected by the flooding that this rain has brought. This small blog detailing the day to day changes brought about by the birth of my daughter is, of course, insignificant when compared with the issues of today.
I guess that my blog will always be insignificant when compared to any of life's real issues. This blog is never going to have the power to end the Iraq war or the genocide in the Drafur or the devastion in New Orleans. It won't do anything but perhaps make someone, somewhere smile and think "that's how I feel about my kids" or " I remember that feeling when my child was just a baby."
I have had serious thoughts about not posting anymore blogs until the flooding in the Northeast has ended. It seemed to me that my time would be better spent helping those in need. I then realized that by writing this blog I may be able to help one person, three people or thirty people that need to laugh, smile or cry.
This blog is not about ending the floods or what is wrong with the world today. It is simply about the story of one guy, me, one little baby, my daughter, and the changes that our lives have gone through, are still going through and will continue to go through.
There are more than enough resources to get all the information you can handle about what else is going on in the world. I am hopeful that when you read the words in this blog you can use them to get inside yourself for a few seconds or a few minutes and remember that as long as we can still smile we are all going to be all right at the end of the day.