Even when I was saying I was Agnostic and trying to figure out my thoughts, I felt God was allowing me to do that.

Maybe it is something to do with age, but I have become fonder of poetry than of prose.

We try, we fail, we posture, we aspire, we pontificate - and then we age, shrink, die, and vanish.

Older fatherhood isn't all bad: testosterone rates drop about 1% per year as men age, making them less reactive and more patient, and a professionally established middle-aged man is likely to have more time and money to devote to his kids than a twenty-something who's just getting started.