Where to begin?

Where should I begin... first let me apologize for the lack of posts over the last 30 days. Like I said I have never been married, however, I do have a son that is 18 years old. Back when I was 19 and in still in law school I ended up getting this girl pregnant and she decided to keep the kid and for us not to be together and I didn't really have much say in the matter. She said she never wanted any more from me and furthermore that she was never going to tell her son who his real father was. She always told him that she was never quite sure who her real father was. Last month I got a call from her telling me that he had overdosed on heroine. I decided to fly out to Los Angeles where they live and visit him in the hospital. She told me that not allowing me in his life all this time was a big mistake and that without a male presence in his life he turned into a degenerate type of person doing crime and drugs and depressed and now almost killed himself.

So I have spent the last month or so there in LA getting to know my son as he recovered from the hospital. He was extremely surprised to meet me and the whole thing was pretty fucked up and emotional but hopefully this will give him new hope for life. Not only does he have a father figure in his life now, but he has a successful father he can look up to. I really think he is going to be able to turn his life around and I am 100% committed to helping him in any way I can including financially. He said he would like to go to college or university so I have been talking with some faculty people I know in LA about getting him to finish his high school so he can then get accepted into a school. I don't care what it takes, I am going to help him become a better person so that we can have a relationship and he can prosper.

As far as dating online goes, I pretty much put that on hold. I do have a whack of messages that have piled up inside the online dating site I am a member of but I doubt any of those women are still looking for anyone. I have noticed that once time passes people lose interest. So tonight I am going to send out a message to all the women that have been messaging me and tell them the story of my son and what has happened and see if any of them can relate to my story and see if any of them are still interested in going out with me. I have a lot of catchup work to do. I have been having interns and junior lawyers handle all my business since I have been gone and tomorrow I am going back to work for the first time and I am going to find out how much work I need to do and what fires need to be put out. I will update this blog again soon with more info on my dating life, I know this other stuff may not be of interest to you but I feel better having someone to talk to - even if it is just text on a screen.