Friday, November 29, 2013: So, I remember when I first got the call from Adriana Coronel Tenorio (AKA Adriana Howitt Coronel, Ari Coronel, Ari Coronel Tenorio, Ari Howitt, Ari Howitt Coronel) telling me that I was going to be a father. Her voice cracking, tears brewing, she laid it on me. It was news that would change the course of our lives forever.
When Samantha arrived, I had a little ball of life staring back at me. How could I teach her that hard work separates winning from losing? How could I teach her to dream and make her dreams reality? How could I teach her to be a loving kind human spirit? Hypocrites don’t make good superheroes and that’s what parents are supposed to be, superheroes. So I vowed to unlearn what I thought to be truth and completely humbled myself to this experience. I’ve thought long and hard about the values that I want to try and teach Samantha. I’m sure this list will change as we both grow, but as of now this is what Dad wants his princess to learn from him before she tucks him away into her memory. I LOVE YOU SAM.
