10/31/2008 - List five things you want

1. Acceptance
2. Respect
3. Peace of mind
4. Love
5. A Child


1. Acceptance has been a real issue for me lately. Watching and wondering if people realize the message their ambivalence sends. I want to be overwhelmed with peoples acceptance.

2. Other people respecting who I am. Respecting my opinions and viewpoint. Respecting my feelings

3. I want to have the peace of mind that allows me to savor the ordinary and bask in the wonderfulness of the mundane. I want to see every day as a gift, and enjoy every relationship as precious.

4. Love can be shown in so many different ways, and while the fact that I am loved may be true, I want every indication otherwise to be blown away in affection from friends and family.

5. My wife and I have enjoyed a wonderful marriage for nearly ten years. I do not want for companionship or partnership with her. We have long wanted children and years of fertility treatments, have yielded no fruit. As I write we are on the waiting list to be chosen as adoptive parents. The waiting time is increasing, and it is hard to remain eager all the time, but I recognize that desire for a child in my heart. For myself and for my wife.