It’s easy to get caught up in the whirlwind of always wanting. I find myself swept up in this quite often. Wanting a better house, nicer car, new clothes, gadgets, more money and pretty much everything and anything to keep up with the Joneses. And then you get socked in the gut with what is really important.

When your three-year-old son says, “Dad, you have the coolest car” on a day when you’re ready to drive the same 180K tin can into the nearest tree. Or when your daughter writes about you in school during a week when your worrying about your career and future.

The two page “story” Emma wrote below touched me beyond words. It just goes to show that children are angels and messengers from Heaven. That somebody, not just dumb luck, is watching over us with love, despite our shortcomings and failings. And it also goes to show the power of archiving this to the web, so when Emma is 16 and thinks I’m a total idiot, I can show her what she thought of me when she was eight.