Why did I start late?  A failed marriage, we talked often of  having kids, but knew we needed to wait though we never said why.  I was with her for four years before we split, somehow knowing that havinig a child would not fix what was not working between us.

I wasn't even looking for someone when I met my Wife.  That is how it happens, and then two weeks before we got married, she told me she thought she was pregnant. That was a moment where joy surprised me.  Where I truly knew I wanted kids.

You either feel it or you don't.  It doesn't mean your are better or worse without.  And beleive me, there are plenty of people who have kids that never should have in the first place.

But it doesn't change the fact that I'm crazy about him, and feel privileged to raise him, and have been happy to watch my life and even marriage warp around the priority that is helping him become the best version of himself possible. So far, at the age of 11, he's the same sweet, empathetic, earnest kid he's always been. He tries hard to be a good friend, a good student, and a good son. And he loves learning. 

Not the point of this post, but I want to mention that we have always been careful to limit any form of "screen time" with him. If any of you are parents of developing humans, please do your research - that shit is, by the by, pretty bad for them.