The morning of

Its 5am and the coffee is already rolling, a sleepless night that has been waiting for the last 9 months, 39 weeks, and 6 days. My girlfriend Kristin is going in to be induced this morning for our baby boy to come into this world. Am i nervous? yes. Am i scared? no. My whole life whether it was coaching or helping people in certain tasks has been built for a moment like this. Somebody joked with me the other day about if i cared whether he played basketball or hockey. To be honest i just pray he is healthy and funny, someone who i can joke around with. Someone to help ease the pain of some of life’s terrible things, like the chiefs losing the super bowl. But most of all I will just be proud to be his dad. All my hero’s so far in my life have been my dad and my buddies dad. It will be a cool feeling to join that elite group of Fatherhood. Wearing the new balances cutting a fresh lawn, looking out for fireworks early on the 4th of July, and making sure everyone gets home on time on school nights. The lyric from the Foo Fighters keeps coming to my mind as i finish writing this.

It's times like these you learn to live again
It's times like these you give and give again
It's times like these you learn to love again
It's times like these time and time again

We are hospital bound as i close this laptop and close this chapter on my single adult life. It has been a good run, but I am very eager to begin my new chapter titled “Dad”.