One my professors is now a newly-anointed father of a beautiful baby girl! In an email to the students, he thanked us for our gift for his daughter, and shared with us his thoughts and feelings of being a father:
"It is a strange experience to become a father. Of course, the overwhelming feelings are ones of relief and happiness. But, I keep thinking of our daughter as my new best friend, whereas I imagined that feelings related to nurturing and responsibility would have been the strongest.
There are so many other nice things about a little baby: it forces one to be more optimistic, for if the world is so bad, why have children? One sees the importance of children in society in the wonderful way people have responded to her presence; and it disarms and brings out the best in other people."
Every parent out there would definitely agree with one thing: that being a parent and having children changes their context of life to become more positive (that is before the baby grows up and starts giving the parents so much headache!).
It makes me wonder how I was like as a baby and as a child. As a third child, did I give my parents more blessings or headaches?
But it also reminded me of how much my parents sacrificed and cared for me. And their fundamental wish as parents is to watch me grow up and live a life that works for me, and to live it happily. Parents, I believe, are among the most unselfish people in the world.
Mum and Dad, cheers. You rock!
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