Time is the enemy I fight against on a constant basis. i try to maintain a balance between the many things in my life and the balance is not easy to maintain. A few week ago Connor, my 7 year old, went down to the backyard to have some mommy time on the 
hammock. While they were both relaxing he told her how he missed hanging out with me. The discussion lead to my son crying and pouring out his unhappiness with my schedule. I knew something had to change. Connor is such an easy going child that he's easy to forget about. He does what he's told and puts himself to bed. After his talk with my wife we sat down with him and I promised him I would never let this happen again and for the past few weeks we've been having a blast. Connor and I have always enjoyed playing "tough guy" and for the past few weeks that's what we do before bed time.
hammock. While they were both relaxing he told her how he missed hanging out with me. The discussion lead to my son crying and pouring out his unhappiness with my schedule. I knew something had to change. Connor is such an easy going child that he's easy to forget about. He does what he's told and puts himself to bed. After his talk with my wife we sat down with him and I promised him I would never let this happen again and for the past few weeks we've been having a blast. Connor and I have always enjoyed playing "tough guy" and for the past few weeks that's what we do before bed time.For the past few weeks I've been trying to change a great deal in my life. Though I have a great deal of obligations my family needs me the most. I take so much joy when one of the children steps away from the dinner table to entertain the rest of the family with singing or dancing. I continue to pray for a better balance despite my oligations.
I'll finish with a quote from Connor. I asked him what he enjoyed the most out of our play time together. He said, "Im learning." I replied back "learning what?" He replied back, "I'm learning how to be a great dad...what else?"
