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I love telling the story of when my son, Daniel, was born. My wife Dadai and I had taken Lamaze, and so I was inside the delivery room to coach her on her breathing. But at the crowning the doctor told me to move by her side to see my child as he/she came out, and so I did, and that has meant all the difference in my life. For when I saw my child come out, I felt like I was also being born. I felt like a new man, and a new man indeed I was. I was no longer just Jon Joaquin, the husband of Dadai. I was also Jon Joaquin, the father of Daniel.