What a privilege it is to raise children. From the moment they are born there is a bond that alters who you are.Their first smile and the second you let go and the two wheeler wobbly moves away becomes part of you.They are the source of millions of smiles, hugs and at times tears and days of worry. They are the answers and the questions and life is never the same from that first moment you see them in the nursery.It is and has been such a joy for me and I cannot imagine what my life would have been like without John and Marisa. It is a day when we as fathers are honored but it really is a day when we realize how blessed we have been to raise and care for such precious persons.