hi Dad

Hi Dad.

You a dad? You’re having enough trouble, just being responsible for yourself. Now you’re going to have to be responsible for a kid for the next 20 some years and more. Is this the end of your softball team? Should you sell your golf clubs? Is it the end of poker nights with the boys? These and other nagging questions kept you awake at night. Doubt, fear and dread wrestled in your head. You passed from panic to excitement, through terror and resignation. Worst case scenarios played in your head in the middle of the night. Your spouse’s body transformed. She went through fear, morning sickness, indigestion, glowing, budding, bulging and bitching. You were to blame. You just stood by dumbly waiting. What was a couple, is now to be a trio. Or perhaps even more! Congratulations, dad.

Your mate got all the attention. People surrendered their chairs. Friends and family gave her showers and gifts. You were relegated to the background . . .