Watch dad share tearful final 'uppy' before son turns 15

A dad who picked up his son for the last time didn't expect the flood of emotions that followed.

Before Colby Guzman turned 15, his dad, Eric, reflected on how quickly the years had passed by. He told his wife he was mourning the parts of Colby’s childhood he’d never experience again. Her advice? Pick him up one more time. “You decide when the last time is,” she said.

With a camera rolling, Eric prepared to lift Colby for one final time – before his son got too big to carry.

“When I started to explain what I wanted, the realization that this was going to be the last ‘uppy’ hit me hard,” Eric said. “I teared up and had to pause while speaking.”

Watch the video to see them share this emotional moment!

“That hug was intense,” Eric said. “It was a mutual expression of love.”

“This moment represented unconditional love and confirmed that even though I’m raising a young man, he’ll always be my little boy at heart,” he said.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Father lifts teenage son one final time before he gets too big

Reporting by Ronnie Li, USA TODAY / USA TODAY

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