Congratulations: CNN’s Anderson Cooper Welcomes a Baby Boy

In the midst of the tragic COVID-19 pandemic that has infected, as well as took the lives, of hundreds of thousands around the world, many look for that shimmer of light/hope in the rain drops of the storm.

CNN’s Anderson Cooper has been standing tall keeping us informed through the coronavirus storm experiencing loss and infection of colleges, yet still holding strong to give us the real 411. We see Anderson Cooper always the professional, always seeming unbothered no matter what is going on, however yesterday he reported news, that light, that hope in the midst of the pandemic that brought tears to his eye’s, the birth of his son, Wyatt Morgan Cooper 7.2 lbs, named after his late father and late legendary mother, Gloria Vanderbilt, via a surrogate.

I want to share with you some joyful news. On Monday, I became a father. This is Wyatt Cooper. He is three days old. He is named after my father, who died when I was ten. I hope I can be as good a dad as he was. My son’s middle name is Morgan. It’s a family name on my mom’s side. I know my mom and dad liked the name morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago

The birth of the 3 day old Master Cooper, is the start of a dream that the 52 year old Anderson Cooper always wanted but because he is an openly gay man, he thought the dream would never come to fruition.

As a gay kid, I never thought it would be possible to have a child, and I’m grateful for all those who have paved the way, and for the doctors and nurses and everyone involved in my son’s birth.

There is sunshine after the rain, just like sometimes the sun cracks through a storm.

Congratulations Anderson Cooper.

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Welcome Wyatt Morgan Cooper! @AndersonCooper‘s son was born on Monday. New life, new love. pic.twitter.com/L3Af2TtYAq

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I want to share with you some joyful news. On Monday, I became a father. This is Wyatt Cooper. He is three days old. He is named after my father, who died when I was ten. I hope I can be as good a dad as he was. My son's middle name is Morgan. It's a family name on my mom's side. I know my mom and dad liked the name morgan because I recently found a list they made 52 years ago when they were trying to think of names for me. Wyatt Morgan Cooper. My son. He was 7.2 lbs at birth, and he is sweet, and soft, and healthy and I am beyond happy. As a gay kid, I never thought it would be possible to have a child, and I’m grateful for all those who have paved the way, and for the doctors and nurses and everyone involved in my son's birth. Most of all, I am grateful to a remarkable surrogate who carried Wyatt, and watched over him lovingly, and tenderly, and gave birth to him. It is an extraordinary blessing – what she, and all surrogates give to families who cant have children. My surrogate has a beautiful family of her own, a wonderfully supportive husband, and kids, and I am incredibly thankful for all the support they have given Wyatt and me. My family is blessed to have this family in our lives I do wish my mom and dad and my brother, Carter, were alive to meet Wyatt, but I like to believe they can see him. I imagine them all together, arms around each other, smiling and laughing, happy to know that their love is alive in me and in Wyatt, and that our family continues.

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