Best Moment in My Life

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When I graduated high school my goal in life was to be a career firefighter. I spent all of my time either working or being at the firehouse. I had my regular family but I also gained a entirely new family. Some of the guys there had wives and had children. Those children became our nieces and nephews. When I met my wife we never planned on having children. We were content with the family that we had together and the family we had at the firehouse. When my wife told me that we were expecting our first child I knew my life was about to change and change for the better. I tried to attend all of the doctor’s appointments I could. Now that we were about to have a child I started working more because I knew with having a baby there was going to be more expenses. Nine months flew by. My wife ended up having a C-section due to some complications, so I was the first to hold our son. In that moment I had never experienced anything like it. I was so scared yet so happy. I had this little person depending on me to take care of him. I was so nerves I asked the nurse how to hold him because I had lost all thoughts in my mind. After we got into our room my wife was still recovering from surgery so I had the privilege to really take care of him all by myself. I was so overwhelmed with emotions, I just could not believe that I was a father. Holding this tiny thing in my hands knowing that he was depending on me, I couldn’t help but put my hand on his chest to make sure he was breathing. When he let out a little sigh I knew everything would be all right. I still hardly slept, but I didn’t mind. Fast forward to six month old. We were all in the kitchen and I was helping my wife cook dinner. My son was sitting in some sort of baby contraption and I looked over to talk to him. I say can you say dada. He just looked at me like I was crazy then I said it again then

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