When Eliot was born he opened up a whole lot of new avenues of conciousness for me. I had previously been close to being a father and had been in a father-like role before but the differences were not ones I could have hoped to describe before having my own little boy.
Eliot also opened up new ways of seeing how things progress in the world and through time. He taught me what it is to be tired. Really tired. He also teaches me about relationships every day. The lens having a child in the world with you provides makes the world you percieved before seem quite distorted.
Even after over three months later I am still wrapping my head around this irrevesible fact that confronts me every waking hour.