I had a moment last weekend that has forever captured a single moment in my mind's eye that I will infinitely treasure. I was sitting at the Big Apple Circus with my son on my lap when I looked at him taking it in all in with the biggest smile I've ever seen. You can find no better illustration or definition of pure joy than what was on his face in that moment. It's melted my heart every time I've thought it since.
Perhaps I'm a bit more emotional in the face of my soon-to-arrive second son, but something seminal happened in that freeze-frame I've locked away forever. It may be the realization that these are the last few weeks I'll have in my life when I'm a father to one son, I really can't put a finger on it. More so, it may be that I'm obviously more in tune with what it means to a father than I ever was when Nate was first born. The cliche that your life is ever the same when you have kids is true for a reason. For me, it took me nearly a year before that major reality sunk in.
But, it did.
I know I will look forward to, and treasure, many more events and little moments, big and small, for the rest of my life. But, that one moment on cool early May day in 2007 will forever be the picture of my little boy I keep in my mind and heart. For it is the purest, most innocent love I have ever experienced.
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