It was July 1st, 1988. The middle of the night. With the clock's hands sweeping from one small moment in time to the next, my life was changed forever. A child was born. And now I was to be her rock, her haven, her calm amidst the storm we call life. I wasn't sure how to do this, but I felt something. Something deep inside that somehow I knew was there all along.

This poem originally was published in Poems on Life - Family Poems