All In

In a moment of inspiration, I thought of this project: a journey to record the thoughts, fears, and experiences that come from many moments of the terror and excitement that result from knowing that I'll soon become a father.

The truth is, I sincerely tried to avoid this moment in life for over a decade. Then, like many of the storybook, life altering moments, I met a girl. In a corny but sincere admission, this girl wasn't like any of the other that I had met. She chased me. Yeah, you heard that right. A young, and clearly confused 22 year old, senior in college, sought out the 27 year old business teacher.  That's when it all changed. We met for sushi and I knew, genuinely in the depths of my soul knew, that I wanted to be with her.

Fast forward a few years, we dated, we fell hard, got married, and here we are, she's 32 weeks pregnant.

These weeks seem to fly by. Then again, I'm not the one getting ready to birth a child. Don't get me wrong, there have been some challenges: hives, heartburn, a drill bit through a thumb, poison ivy/sumac, but overall, it's hard to believe that we're this close to meeting our little girl.

It's one of the coolest and most exciting feelings in the world perfectly blended with equal parts of anxiety and fright.

We have 8 weeks to go...to prepare for the lifetime commitment that is being a parent. As naive as I know this statement is, it's the only way I know how to say, "I'm all in!"