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A Father's Love

A Son

By Krystal KathleenPublished 5 years ago 3 min read
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In the blink of an eye your life can change. Something so small as a phone call or text message to something so magical and wonderful as the gift of life. Finding the love of your life to holding a newborn baby so soft yet so steady. These are just a few things that come to mind when I think of our story. We were blessed one day to find out we were going to be parents.

The expectation and imagination was grueling. Boy or girl? Will they have hair or be bald? Are they going to weigh 10 lbs or 6 lbs? Is he/she going to look like Mom or Dad? All those questions are things you ponder while your tiny child inside you grows more and more each day.

The excitement to find out what gender the baby was was the hardest part. Waiting, wondering, the patience wearing thin as the day grew closer. Walking into the office with the biggest grins ear to ear. All you could hear was the gal saying “Okay Mom and Dad, close your eyes” as she checked. The results sealed off in a single envelope, we wait.

The overwhelming joy of the special gender reveal day was hard to wait for. I wanted to know and I wanted to know now. As the hours drew close the patience was worn thin. Minutes counting down.

Blue Confetti flew. It was a BOY!

The day our son was born was one of the happiest days of our lives. The moment he came into this world our family was whole. The gap, the void, the missing piece was filled. He was perfection. I could see instantly the love you had for him. In that moment, I saw so much.

Fear of becoming a new parent rushed through your body. All the unknowns were soon to come. I watched as you asked yourself hundreds of what if questions, answering them all with the same answer of "I don't know but we will make it." I smirked as I saw your face gradually change from happy to unsettled, then bounce right back to joy.

You gazing upon him with your tear filled eyes is one moment I will never forget. Your self worth grew and the selflessness became greater. Everything you ever wanted was now wrapped in a tiny blue blanket, cradled in your arms, Safe and snuggled tight. No one could ever break this bond that was formed just minutes ago.

The immense love you now had for someone else was a feeling of greatness. A feeling of everlasting happiness radiated throughout you. Your smile stretched with cheerfulness. Eyes glistened with blissful tears. Standing tall with a new found exhilarated bounce in every step you took.

I got to watch as you daydreamed about his future. Star football player, straight A student, honor roll, and the model son. You held onto him with such a strength yet was soft to the touch. Getting to watch as the bond between father and son developed was astonishing. The look you gave back at me with amazement, love, passion, and care was worth a million words.

In all this craziness, I could only come up with the simple words of “I Love You” to express how overwhelmingly happy I was. We grew closer to one another without even trying. The connection between you and I would forever keep growing from that moment on. Our love for one another and the love for our son would sky rocket and soar to the moon and back until the end of time. All this growth we were experiencing and we didn’t even realize it. This was one of the best days of our lives and it all happened within a matter of seconds.

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