The Fear Of Becoming A Father

And the joy it brought me instead

Photo by Tonik on Unsplash

I have never fully grown up. I’ll turn 30 this year in May, but I still think of myself as childish.

How could someone like me ever be a good father?

I look at my own father, a workaholic who’d always put his family before himself. He’d skip a joyful evening to keep us fed. He’d work overtime, get home…