Cats in the Cradle

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I worked far too much when my kids were young (and still do). I missed a lot.



  • gjgustav

    My dad wasn’t around when I was growing up. I promised myself and my kids I’d never do that to them. Five years in, I’m still keeping my promise.

  • http://twitter.com/mishaerror Miloš Stoiljković

    Got up at 5AM, changed diapers for my Sunshine, putting her to sleep now… Guess I am doing it right.

  • http://twitter.com/Moeskido Moeskido

    Most of my memories of my dad are looking out our apartment window, watching him as he went uptown to work.

  • Guest

    Thanks for this, Jim.

  • Andrew Hopper

    Lovely Jim, my dad worked too much when I was a kid and then we lost him when i was 16…..missed all of those “catch up with your childhood” chats that should have happened when i grew up. Lost times indeed :( As a proud daddy of 2 beautiful girls, I am sure as hell making sure that doesn’t happen….

  • http://joshcenters.com/ Josh Centers

    I’m at kind of a critical juncture at my site where I’m starting to build a small regular following, but I decided to take a couple of nights off from posting this week because I needed to spend some time with my family. I figure if I have a good audience, they’re not going to write off the site because I don’t post 7 days a week. If I end up being able to blog full time, but don’t have time for anything else, then what’s the point?