I saw a poem today hanging in a friend’s office titled “A little fellow follows me” that he received on the birth of his son, it’s message is excellent and I wanted to share it with you. Seeing as I have a daughter, I have adapted it slightly to suit me, though the message is the same. The original can be found here

A careful man I want to be,
A little fellow follows me;
I do not dare to go astray,
For fear she’ll go the self-same way.
I cannot once escape her eyes,
Whate’er she sees me do she tries;
Like me she says she’s going to be,
The little girl who follows me.
She thinks that I am good and fine,
Believes in every word of mine;
The base in me she must not see,
The little girl who follows me.
I must remember as I go,
Through summer’s sun and winter’s snow;
I’m building for the years to be,
That little girl who follows me

• Anonymous