Daddy's First Post: The Schwartz Eugenics

Well, those of you who know me best are probably expecting a somewhat unorthodox point of view on the matter of our having a baby. I am sure that unorthodoxy will find its way into my writings sooner or later. But for the time being let me just say that I am very excited about this new adventure in the perpetuation of the human race and am very anxious to see what sort of brainwashing I can get away with.

Ahem...anyway,
God willing, eight months from now, I will be a father. I have no idea what it's going to be like, but I take solace in the fact that I grew up with a great role model who's constant strivings to demonstrate selflessness definitely did not go unnoticed. I also have a brother who has my admiration for his handlings of family life and child rearing (among other reasons, to be sure). With these considerations in mind, I have confidence that the progeneration of Schwartzes, while it may not be an easy task, has truly been blessed by our Creator, and that He will guide the cultivation of our family's new addition into an instrument of His Will; but it is only through His Son that I will continue these positive eugenics. (How's that for ironic Social Darwinism?)

I am also fascinated at the development that we are able to see already (albeit somewhat vicariously--read Google image search of "fetal development"). It makes me even more amazed at the miracle of life, even at this early stage.

So, I am excited; I am not scared (yet); and I am confident that God's Plan will prevail after all things, and that I would be extremely selfish to consider my "needs" to be superior to His Will.

GO SCHWARTZ!