My 2nd Place Winner Speech at a contest..
This was in the works for a long time.. My wife and I have waited and worked on this long enough to appreciate its importance.. my son’s future depended on it.. our peace of mind depended on it.. and also the overall quality of living for all of us depended on it.. This was really a once in a lifetime thing to start, something that stays with you forever.. It is something you have gotta learn and not something you are born with..
I still remember that day. I was in my basement. Suddenly I heard my wife go “Waaaow!” – like she really meant it.. Within minutes I was bolting up the stairs, taking 2 steps at a time, running, going in the general direction of wherever that sound came from, thinking about all the fantastic things that I wanted to happen in my life, I reached the top of the staircase and opened the closed door in front of me, my mind racing ahead of me in anticipation… And there he was… my son, that boy, happily making proper use of the potty for the very first time in his life!
Yessss! No more diaper changing, no more diaper handling and disposal, no more holding your breath till you almost faint while clearing the diaper bags, no more of those dreadful deals with wife – you know, “I changed the diaper in the morning, now it’s your turn”.. I am free, I am FREE, I AM free at last!!… yay! 
And I was looking at my 3 yr old now, a master of his own domain, basking in his new found glory, creating history for himself in that 6×6 ft space… My wife and I witnessed this together with tears of joy rolling down our faces; tears that, within minutes were flushed down to allow a broad smile of great relief. We-had-successfully-launched-a-civilized-human-being-into-this-world!
Two small steps for this boy, one giant leap for all of us! Yep, it did feel like moon landing at that time! My son had taken some time going between the two numbers.. you know, going from number 1 in potty training to number 2! But I was happy that he finally did it.. I want to thank all the people, books, DVDs, doctors and last but not the least, Mr Sergey & Larry from Google for giving us different ideas throughout the process – although in the end, I can’t credit any one in particular for striking the ‘right chord’!
God only knows how much we have prayed for this to happen, and how many techniques we have used to achieve this end result. I was a strict father sometimes, a kind adviser some other times. I have bribed my son, have punished him by taking his Thomas Train toy engines away, have hidden his diapers.. I have used everything from cops to dinosaurs to stop him from using the diaper. I’ve rallied to get everyone from Mickey Mouse to Lightning McQueen to feel sad when he used a diaper! Have tried hard, not to laugh when he was trying to show me that he was *trying*, have tried hard not to show any mercy when he cried seeing his toys being taken away one by one…It all feels like a big confession to me now…
..but all of this is history.. history to be fondly remembered in the bright future that lies ahead! It was a great celebration when it actually happened.. a celebration in the most unusual place of all – the toilet! Everybody cheered, there were chocolates, there was clapping, hugging, and a surprise return of the toys back to their owner (!!), suddenly the dinosaurs and cops were my son’s good friends (!) and my son was eager to do it all over again..! And I said, “maybe if nature allows, you can do it again Tomorrow son”! 
So, “No-more-diapers-for-us” – I proclaim to the Targets, the Costcos and the Walmarts of this world! No more of those nasty smelling diaper bags in my house and in my trash. We, are tasting the first breath of fresh air in our freedom from diapers.. <take a deep breath>.. the air smells gooood, I can tell you that.
I felt very proud that day.. of my boy! That was his first firm step out of his diaper! And he has not looked back ever since… His path-to-independence-began-here..
Congrats!
Can relate to it quite well