In the beginning...

This July, I will be embarking on one of the most important challenges of my life. I will begin the process of raising a son. My wonderful wife Danielle will be giving birth to our first child, to be named Noah Austin Sheehan.

Whenever I first decided to blog about my fatherhood experience, many blog names crossed my mind (The BlogFather, Father of the Blog, SheehAnimal Instincts). Last week while watching The Jungle Book with our niece, it clicked. In the movie the boy Mowgli is called Man Cub by many of the jungle inhabitants as they fight to protect the boy from the dangers that surrounded him.  I realized that that is exactly what I will be doing with Noah. I will be not only trying to protect him from the dangerous world we live in, but I will also be teaching him the necessary skills to survive and fight for himself.  Whenever Danielle and I first found out we were pregnant, one of the reasons I was excited because this was my chance to create my own perfect super human. Everything I loved doing and learning as a kid I can help my son experience and everything I wished I have learned I will do my best to teach him. To raise a godly, honest, intelligent, tough boy I am sure will be no easy task, but I am up for the challenge ahead of me for the next 18 years. Lord only knows Danielle and I need His help and guidance now more than ever.

I give you, the ManCub Manuscripts

"Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it." Proverbs 22:6