This diary is intended to be a collection of my stories, my thoughts, my trials & tribulations, my triumphs and all the various emotions involved in the journey of fatherhood. I hope to present my diary entries in a candid and conversational manner, so that when my son reads it, he feels that I am sitting across him and telling him these stories over “some sort of beverage”. This is by no means the work of a literary genius; at best it is a humble attempt to turn the word salad in my brain into coherent and meaningful sentences. The diary will be presented in several volumes with the first one being, “conception to birth”. I hope you will accompany me in this roller-coaster of a ride.