Time for the Unveiling...

There comes a time when you need to really put up or shut up.

Major events in my life have more often than not dictated the manner in which I make future choices, effectively setting priorities for me whether I like them or not. When I got married, I found that some choices (options if you will) were forever foreclosed simply because I chose to find that one person I wanted to be with. On the other hand, new possibilities developed and I’ve been able to do things in conjunction with my wife that wouldn’t have been possible otherwise.

Moving to New Mexico, returning to school fulltime, leaving the State Department, moving out to Northern Virginia, buying AOL at $52 dollars a share… all decisions that in no small part were influenced by that first, major decision of getting married.

And now?

Eleanor and Vivian have arrived. Two twin girls, born several weeks premature, were delivered to us here in the Land of the Red and Green, on Thursday, May 3, 2007, a few minutes after 11 p.m. The girls are in intensive care and their mother is recovering from the surgery.

The details of the event notwithstanding, becoming a new father in no uncertain terms is a major event. Once again, it's time to put up or shut up.

I am scared shitless.