Yesterday I was at Target with my wife and son ~ a post-lunch, all-in-one outing to pick up a few things, grab a cup of coffee, and stop at the pharmacy for an all-in-one vaccination booster.
DTaP ~ Diphtheria, Tetanus, and Pertussis. As I was chatting with the young fellow swabbing my arm, I told him my daughter was requiring it.
"Are you excited?"
I answered in jest, by rote: "I'll be excited in a year or two when it develops some personality."
He laughed, he paused, and he confided to me the following:
"My brother has a son ~ maybe seven years old now. What I remember most, though, was what my father became when that baby was in his arms. I don't ever remember seeing so much emotion from him... It was beautiful."
He woke me up.
#justonething