“When I come home to my wife, son and daughter, and my kids run up to me—the moment I walk through the door—give me the best hug and say the words, ‘I miss you, I love you,’ it puts everything in the world into a distant second place. Before becoming a father my whole identity was working as a firefighter, paramedic, surfing … but now with these children that all seems irrelevant, seeing their smiles and how excited they are when we get to play, nothing compares to being home with my family.”