Being a dad is great, stressful, frustrating, enjoyable, and life changing all rolled into one ball. It starts before the child is even born, the looking forward to his/her arrival, all the planning, the worrying that something will go wrong before or during birth, and fretting about what kind of parent you will be. After they are born you will have that magical moment of holding your child the first time and you will be filled with joy. This will be followed by endless nights of broken sleep which will be filled with you wanting to tear your hair out. You will always be worrying if the baby is ok when they are sleeping and you will do random checks to make sure all is well. This will never end as long as you live, you will always be worrying about the well being of your child when they are not with you, no matter how old they get. You will get to live your childhood again through them and there will be so many magical moments and first times for them, and you. The early years are the best, when they want to cuddle up with or constantly do things with you and you are the all knowing entity in the universe. It will be the reverse once they hit puberty, they will never want to be around you and you will know nothing. In the end it will be clear that no matter how much money you made, or how much success you had in your life, your greatest accomplishment will be your children and the people they become.
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