The Walk

Its funny, everyone tells you that when you have children, "everything changes."  Admittedly, I put this in the same column as the wonderful advice of, "get as much sleep as you can now." That is to say, the 'of course' column.  Now, nearly 10 and half months later, I can say that I have absolutely been changed by becoming a Dad.  For example: 

The other day my Dad sent me a song that he said I should listen to as it regarded fatherhood.  The song is called The Walk by Sawyer Brown.  I wasn't able to listen to it that day, until finally this afternoon while in the midst of hanging out with my son that I remembered the email was waiting for us.  So David and I pulled up the song and pressed play.  

The first thing that struck me was: Man I've heard this before.  Turns out, it is a song that my Dad used to play often when I myself was a kid.  I remembered the song well, but had never paid attention to the lyrics. I listened along, and realized how profoundly my life has been changed by my son David.  I noticed motion to my left and looked over at my son: 

Not only was he listening to the music, but he was dancing along.  I want to thank you Dad for sending me this song, it brought back amazing memories of childhood with you.  I greatly enjoyed the walk with you, and look forward to the walk with David everyday.  

As I watched my son dance, its hard to describe exactly what I felt at that moment.   I leaned over, scooped him up, and told him how much I love him.  It was at this point that, out of nowhere, a piece of dust flew up and into my eye.