Today
I am a father. They tell you when your children are born it will be one of the
happiest days of your life. Obviously this is true. It’s also the most relief
I’ve ever felt. When I saw my son for the first time, looked into his eyes, and
he stopped crying and looked back, I can’t describe that emotion. It’s a
complex surreal mix of calming liberation, shock and peaceful joy. But even
that short summary is inaccurate. To know that I helped make an actually living
human being, that I get a chance to continue with human kind’s progress is an
immense and wonderful feeling. I’m so excited for what is to come. I can’t wait
to read books to him, to see him walk for the first time, to hear him laugh and
say his first word. I know raising a child takes a lot of work but it’s
rewarding work, the kind of work that will keep me young in heart and make me
that much wiser. So bring it on. Today I am a father and all that I was
before this day was prologue.
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