For the first time in my life I was awake at 2:00 am on my birthday listening to the nightly sounds of my wife and newborn son. Weird. I don’t know why a birthday should highlight the huge changes that have taken place this last year, but it certainly has.
At the Zoo! (Click the picture to see more pictures from the zoo!)
Today I went to the Zoo with some family and found myself thinking about “dad-ing” much of the time. I am twenty-four. I am a husband. I am a dad. And I am a missionary who will be moving halfway around the world in a little less than two months. Its amazing how these things sneak-up on you and then hit you over the head like a 2×4!
I guess a lot of you dads out there are probably laughing to yourselves and remembering when, but I find myself amazed at the changes in my life and how they have impacted me. Its interesting how something like parenting can become a spiritual discipline and a change agent that God uses in a person’s life.
