We went and returned safely home.
All in Fatherhood
Looking at these photos I feel many things simultaneously, but mostly two things. I feel love in my whole body, and I feel the passing of time.
For my sons - to help you understand where you come from.
I tried to act more like my iPhone, and I think it’s working.
Nothing could be more important than being your mother’s husband and you and your brother’s papa. Nothing.
Which is perhaps why I have slowly lost interest in living in a way that produces notable moments. Living moment to moment, I’ve found is a distraction from actual life. I do treasure big moments when they come - like marriage, the birth of a child, or an accomplishment I’m proud of at work. But that is not life.
It’s okay that parenthood has reduced my happiness.
I am gratefully envious of my son.
Fatherhood is both the best and most debilitating feeling I've ever had