Things More Important Than Poker

You know, every once in a while, something happens in your life that gives you a rip-roaring dose of perspective. For me, that thing happened today. We went for our second baby checkup, which is really nothing more than meeting another doctor and having a Q&A session. Today, we got to hear our unborn child's heart beat for the first time. This faint, little, padump-padump-padump that made my heart melt. At first, he could only hear my wife's heart, but after some searching, he found our "little peanut." Baby's doing good. Mommy's doing good.

Wow, I'm really going to be a dad.