I think my most soul searching turnaround happened when I was 31. I remember well walking down the hall of that hospitol, nervous and hurried. I just happened to see the nursery window as I headed for the nurses station. There laying naked for all to see was one lone child, my first born. Light colored wisps of hair with a pink bow clasped to a brownish blonde curl she lay there quietly content looking out at the new world around her. I stood in front of that window awestricken by the moment. I could see my own reflection lightly in the glass partition between us and as I stood there it seemed my whole life passed through my mind. I wondered if I was ready to be the man she called Daddy. I made several decisions right there in that moment. I knew my priorities had changed. I wanted her to see a better man than I felt I had been up to that day.

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As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will. He will be sure to repent - Socrates

Love is not looking in each other's eyes, but looking together in the same direction - Antoine De Saint-Exupery