“Love is the answer”

Life is a beautiful thing, but what is that thing we are defining all the time….
Today, that word takes such a deep and profound meaning in my life, in our life.

Life is about to be given to a little girl. I know, I sound dramatic but hey, it is our blog. To me it does represent a lot – thoughts, feelings, love and motivation. Becoming a father is an inspiring cocktail of sensations.

The chance our little girl will have is to be surrounded by so much love, between her parents, our families and all our friends. It is unbelievable to imagine how beautiful her life will be, I can almost feel it.
The most important part of a child’s life is a strong family, lots of very good family friends (for babysitting purpose of course).

Family: Her core of life.
-Tracy and I, first of course, we are in this young and amazing relationship which is now supported by this new addition to the family in the making. We are closer than ever and the beauty of it is that it is only the beginning.
-On my family side, it is a real pleasure to see that she is bringing us closer together. I was never much of a family guy since my parents divorced in my young age, and by living in a different country the distance between my parents and I, at some point became the new normal. Now, that I am about to be a father myself (still can’t picture that….) I am missing my parents, the long and funny dinners, the arguments, the eye contact when you did not need to talk to understand each other. The hugs and warm moments…I miss all of them.
I know now, that by leaving them behind, I hurt them. They have suffered in silence the pain of their missing child, seeking independence somewhere else. They have and still are suffering in silence from the decision I have made to leave my country and settle somewhere far. For this pain that I can’t take away from them, I need to say “I am deeply sorry!!!”.

I love my parents dearly, I am thankful about all the love they gave me blindly, the experiences they taught me, the fights we had, the laughs, the great and unorthodox way to educate me.
I can hardly wait to introduce Addison to them. I know already they will love her and give her the warmth she will seek in their smiles, looks, hugs and kisses.

-On Tracy’s side: I am saying to her mother, that I will miss your guidance on how to raise a little girl, but I will do my best to understand and follow your lead while trying to please you as I know you are looking over your daughter that you love so much.

Mr. Royal, I can’t follow your path, you have created an “almost” perfect girl, which, by the way, makes my job way too hard, thanks to you. Know that I will care for both girls to the best of my abilities. Your girl rocks.

Family is the place where life begins and Love lives forever.

Friends: We all need some of them to evolve in our world, through great time and storms. I can say that friends are common, we all have them by the dozen, but real close friends are a rare thing, which need to be cherished and loved.
I am pleased to have met many of Tracy’s close friends and I love them dearly. They have accepted me with my differences and strong accent (handicap to be French) and they have opened their hearts and arms to me.
I am already thankful for all the love they are about to give our little girl.  Her start in life could not be any better thanks to you all.
Being a foreigner made me meet people from all over the world, coming from different roots, different horizons. My friend’s answers to your coming Addison are smiles, love and impatience to meet you and to share with you their personalities, styles and differences.
You will learn and live surrounded by love from multiple people, from so many different origins. You will learn diversity and acceptance at a younger age and you will be unique.

My dear beauty, you will be blessed by all the diversity and passion from the world surrounding you. Your mind will be filled with all greatness at your disposal and you will be able to do and achieve anything you want. (Complete lack of objectivity – syndrome of the stupid parent)

We are (Tracy and I) very excited to be part of your life, and we are all waiting for you to become Addison.

D

PS: Thank you Lipbone Redding and Albert for inspiring the Title of the post.