One year ago, we welcomed our baby girl into the world and it was by far the best day of our lives. She arrived exactly three weeks early. The eight months leading up to delivery day were filled with plenty of ups and downs, plenty of worry and excitement. I’m an anxious person by nature, so as excited as I was for our baby to arrive, it wasn’t without moments of panic.
Questions would race through my mind. Questions like: Will I be a good father? Will we be able to afford everything that comes along with having a baby? Will he or she be healthy? What if something bad happens to them someday? Will we ever get a good night sleep again? Will I ever stop worrying about them as they grow up? Will I have enough patience? How will we keep them safe? How can we raise them in a world that is so scary sometimes? And this is only a few of the questions that I attempted to answer for myself during the eight months leading up to the big day.
