Thoughts on positive aspects of gaming - sent by a full-time dad

Eleanor Roosevelt once remarked, We should do something that scares us at least once a day. Bilbo Baggins said to his nephew Frodo, Frodo my dear boy, going out your door is a dangerous business. If you don't keep your feet there's no knowing where you'll be swept off to. I have always wanted to be the hero. I have always wanted to save the world or stop the evil wizard. But for me it's not simply about the ending but also the journey. If I'm going to stop the evil wizard then I'll need a big furry pet and some light-hearted friends to make for the most enjoyable experience.

I can meet new people that a stay at home father would never even dream of meeting, some of them with very strange and interesting cultural idiosyncrasies. Some with different religious beliefs, some with stark difference in appearances. But with all our most unexplainable differences we come together to find love, friendship, and the healthy bonds of a commonly held experience shared by all. Perhaps by being a good father to my children I will get to hear of similar adventures through their eyes and stories they bring home. My mother and I used to love to paint ceramic sculptures together. That was very imaginative and lots of fun. It could be any color you wanted, have any name you chose, and take on any shape you asked for. All of that and you could make believe it had its own little story to accompany it. There were sculpted puppy dogs, kittens, dragons, birds, and all kinds of stuff. Sometimes I would imagine they came alive in a storybook for children. I think I'd like to write some children's storybooks in the future. I know one story already that I am excited to write. It's about a Polar Bear who eats Ruby Cookies ^_^