I'm just joking....kind of. As a dad, I am tremendously amazed, humbled, and graciously thankful every day at the role of fatherhood. Your entire world perspective changes. Every smile of my son's melts my heart. Each time he laughs is a sunrise in my life, and I find myself hoping that the next unforgettable moment is just around the corner.
It is also incredible how God uses fatherhood to open my eyes to a completely different view of everything. If I am watching a show or a movie with a father and a son, I find myself completely engrossed in the program because I feel as though I can feel what the father is feeling, or I can see the situation through his eyes. Or, the things my son does now delight me in ways I could never imagine, and only now do I see why other dads get so excited for their sons and what they do. He is my son; mine to cherish, adore, love, and play with. Already, in such a small time in my life, he has brought me immense joy and pride in even the smallest things. So, just imagine my immense excitement to come home from a Pirate win on Saturday and find my son in his very first Pirate football jersey (hopefully the first of many). I could not let go of him, and I just kept wanting to hold him and smile with him. While I have heard from others in some moments that there are things he does that people say makes him seem like me, I never truly felt it for myself until that moment. There I was; Cole's very, very proud father, holding on to my son in his little football jersey. He is my little Pirate. In that moment, he was not his mother's son, he was definitely his father's son. There is nothing anything that anyone could ever do that will ever be able to take that moment away from me. Thank heaven for little boys, and thank God for my son.
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Hey man... I have always heard that the moment you have your first child the way you see God, is completely different. It was so great to read how you feel and what you get to experience as the father. Hopefully I will see you guys soon!
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