I always assumed that in addition to picking through my meager box of old watches, rings, and other possessions, my family would scour my hard drive looking for items I had written during my life. Realizing it was a remote possibility they would undertake let alone find such treasures in the labyrinth of file folders I've created over the years, I decided to compile a collection of my written works into this single volume. It is my hope they will glean some wisdom from the collection if only to draw comfort in the realization that their Dad was once a twenty-something contemplating marriage, and a thirty something father, or even fifty-something and aging against his will.