happy birthday monkey boy
Christopher is three today.
There is no describing the happiness this little man brings me. Prior to becoming Christopher’s daddy, noone could have come close to describing the bond I’d grow to have with him.
One of the thoughts I often have when writing in this blog is that someday, my kids will read this and see it as a kind of window into daddy’s soul. With that thought in mind, these words are for you Christopher…
I love you boy. More than anything. There was, not so long ago, a time of great sadness when I thought I wasn’t going to get to be a daddy. It’s that memory I cling to whenever I wonder what I’ve gotten myself into each time I watch you pound my living room walls into pulp with anything you can find resembling a hammer, or wear down my patience with “why daddy, why daddy, why daddy…”
I remember the horror of seeing you fall off that ledge when you were only one year old and thinking…I’d lost you. I still have nightmares about that moment, but I also am grateful knowing it was God’s/the universe’s plan for teaching me the preciousness of your life.
I would step in front of a car for you Christopher. I would battle a hundred soldiers and trade my life to save yours and I’d make the decision to do so in less than a heartbeat.
Make my life Christopher. Grow up to be a happy, strong, honourable man.
You are my joy. Never forget that.
All my love Monkey Boy,
~Dad
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Friday May 27, 2005 @
I remember when he was just a zygote and we were training for Kelowna….where does the time go?? Congrats on your son turning 3. I remember the day perfectly when he fell….I guess the good Lord didn’t want him up there banging his walls peeing all over his couch…good thing for you!!