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Actually the Men’s Swimming Relay was pretty hard to beat.  

I could not wait
but now you are here
I feel the weight of time
pushing me down into
the wine press of life,
Squishing and drowning my vanities,
but churning hopes, wishes, fondness
and tamping them down
into the one pure thing:
LOVE.
For you and your mother
are now singular
and wholly required
for my existence.
Exquisite souls, you
dance among the
grapes of vitality
pouring your vintage
of delicious delight
as I sit, mostly a silt
watching you both glide
over stones
as they were nothing
more than dust
under your heels.

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1. Whereas it used to be just a routine bodily function, pooping is now a stellar occurrence, worthy of praise and delight.
2. I have two cats, and for a few days after I brought my clean newborn into the house, they seemed to me to be the most revulsive and disgusting things in the world.  How dare they live in the same house!
3. Sleep is a wonderful, wonderful, wonderful gift. Relish every second of it you can get!
4. I really need a new computer to edit videos for friends and family.
5. I couldn’t wait for her to get here, and now that she is, I feel the press of time more than I ever have in my life.  Will there be enough time to give to her all I want to?  To teach her all the things I think she should know? To make sure she knows how loved she is?
6. The first 48 hours included exactly 3-5 hours of sleep, and that added up to more love than I thought possible.
7. Girls are great!  I am blessed by ALL the women in my life; this emotion has never been stronger.
8. My grandmother was so right: “You cannot be dignified and be a parent.”  I have acted more like a three year old than I thought I could have.  It’s wonderful!  We should all try it because I think the world would probably be a better place if we did.
9. I am more conscious of my stinking breath. I can’t be blowing that stuff into her sweet little face.
10. No matter how my life turns out, no matter my failings or my disappointments, I can take comfort in the fact that my wife and I gave the world a beautiful soul.  I can’t wait to see how she grows!