On Having a Baby
My wife gave birth to our first son, Elijah. This event has turned my life upside down.
What I thought I knew before was only a shadow of knowledge, and what I felt before was only a shadow of feeling. I have been hesitant to blog about this up until now because I was paralyzed by the fact that I could never capture the beauty and mystery and intoxication and sheer terror of bringing a new human life into the world.
I have come to peace with my literary inadequacy though, and don’t...