Jacob, my son. People always told me that being a father changes you. That is certainly true.
Since you were born I was determined to take care of my health because I know that loosing a parent at a young age has a devastating effect on the child's life.
A child that looses a parent feels depressed very often and his personality drifts away from his peers. The child that looses a parent can become strange to others and ostracised by all the children and treated with very little respect. The whole life of the child that looses a parent is scared in a very deep way.
I work a lot harder because I want you to have a happy life and a good quality of education. I hope the 20s is better for you than the 90s was for me. I was happy with my childhood but I lacked true friends and social skills.
I want to do all the daddy things with you, taking you to outings at amusement parks and holidays, taking off your training wheels on your first bike, throwing parties on your birthday and Christmas, giving you your first pet and celebrating all your achievements and passing on all my life lessons that are not taught in school.
We are drifting closer the 20s decade every day and there is barely a third of a year left. We will see what the 20s is like soon.
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