It seems common for Men to holdback their emotions. I clearly fit in that generalization. It was the witnessing of accomplishment that evoked a lot of pride. I was proud of my Daughter! Watching the entire ceremony was quite thought provoking and rallied my mind to reminisce key moments of her Childhood and the experience of rearing a child. It was the beginning of the Ceremony where I felt out of place. I was alone because of circumstances surrounding the limited number of attendees permitted. My thoughts surrounded an old written-work I had read. It was written by a Father when D.N.A. testing was becoming common. He secretly sent for results on his Children's D.N.A. and learned his youngest was not his. There he sat watching him play Baseball in a Season Finale game. He felt extremely disconnected because he now knew, genetically, the boy was not his. He was deeply conflicted because he was the Child's Father. He felt more isolated because of what it spelled out. He told nob...
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