Originally Posted by
Albief15
Real story--missed my youngest (10) and wife's BD this week on a trip I tried to drop no less than 40 times without luck. Came home this weekend and took wife out for nice dinner and had a wonderful date. Church today followed by BD celebration for 10 year old. Then after lunch took kids out to our farm and did some shooting. I will also probably have lunch with both kids this week during school hours, something many other parents cannot do. When I am off--I'm home--helping with honey-dos, having fun with kids after school, and enjoying the time.
Last year I missed Christmas with my daughter for the first time, but then met her and my wife in HI for a couple weeks 2 days later. Today is my daughter's 9th birthday (she was born on the 100th anniversary of the Wright Bros flight) and it is the first one I'll miss, but I'll meet her and my wife in NYC tomorrow for 5 days. The actual dates aren't important, it's what you do with the days that you have!