I’m interested to know how many dads became the stay-at-home kind in the past couple years. Although I’m now no longer the daily daddy I once was due to a new job, I’m sure if things were slightly different that it wouldn’t have been a poor choice to have me be exactly that. I’m pretty domestic and the wife has a very promising career ahead of her. Plus, I’m nuts about my son, he’s just a lot of fun to be around.

With that, things aren’t slightly different and I find myself back in the daily grind. It’s a difficult situation for me right now, I’m coming off a full year of watching my first child grow, turn one-year-old and I’ve been affected by that in a way I didn’t expect. The notion of spending time away from the family when I’ve got a full year of emotional growth behind it is hard to get past. I’m happy with my current situation and am glad things turned out well considering this year might have been difficult in a few ways, but the sacrifice isn’t easy.

Indeed, the time away from home makes the time spent at home sweeter and definitely gives me something to look forward to. The warmer weather is already starting to give a glimpse of how much fun this summer will really be.