Life as a first time parent, the first lesson

When my wife told me that I was going to be a father, I was scared, really scared.  I was scared that I wouldn't be up to the challenge, and more importantly I was scared that I might fail at it.  The jury is out on whether or not I'd fail at this, the journey is just beginning, but I will say this though, when your child looks at you and cries, all you want to do is make the pain stop no matter what it takes.  And so the first lesson I learned as a father is that I have to put my child first.  That might sound extremely obvious, but until you're in this position, it's all talk.  It's not as easy as it sounds, but I don't mind putting Derek first.