I thought that I was a parent the moment my son looked into my eyes, but when my son was 10 months old with the flu, that's when I really discovered parenthood. My son was throwing up every 2 hours, couldn't keep anything down, and was burning with fever. I was covered with throw up as I laid next to my sleeping son and the overwhelming feeling of love and sacrifice overwhelmed me. At that moment I would do ANYTHING to rid my son of his pain. I discovered that I had walked through the door to parenthood.