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**QwOpHGyZ** · 07-06-2007, 12:08 PM

First - congratulations!

No matter what anyone here says now, when you finally behold your new daughter, you may feel completely different. This is one of those profoundly-changing-your-perspective events.

Without getting into details, I recently had to attend to a family medical emergency involving my dad, and the experience really made me examine my priorities. I've conlcluded (this will be blasphemy on this forum) that I've been taking kendo way too seriously and that there are more important things, things which are more "core" to who I am, than kendo.

Remember - you will have a life time to practice kendo. Your daughter will be an infant (or 1-year old, or 2-years old, or 3-years old, or have a first day of preschool, or want to have your around, or ...) only once.

Well - didn't mean to get too sappy, but again, congratulations and do what works for you.

07-06-2007, 12:08 PM	#19
QwOpHGyZ Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 363 Senior Member	First - congratulations! No matter what anyone here says now, when you finally behold your new daughter, you may feel completely different. This is one of those profoundly-changing-your-perspective events. Without getting into details, I recently had to attend to a family medical emergency involving my dad, and the experience really made me examine my priorities. I've conlcluded (this will be blasphemy on this forum) that I've been taking kendo way too seriously and that there are more important things, things which are more "core" to who I am, than kendo. Remember - you will have a life time to practice kendo. Your daughter will be an infant (or 1-year old, or 2-years old, or 3-years old, or have a first day of preschool, or want to have your around, or ...) only once. Well - didn't mean to get too sappy, but again, congratulations and do what works for you.
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