It goes without saying - in this the era of #hashtags, iPhones and Wifi - that it's difficult (for me, anyway) to take a few minutes to power down into neutral and simply relax. To a certain extent, I guess that's what I do when I go for a run. Still, between family responsibilities, buying a new house and work, it's Go! Go! Go!, all of the time. At least, that's what it feels like to me.
Thursday morning before work, I was rushing around the house, trying to get ready for an 8 a.m. board meeting at Children's House. I had been in trial until almost 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, so I was mentally exhausted anyway. Jude already had left to take J.P. to school and I was trying to keep Joe entertained while I shaved and got dressed. I decided to let him play with J.P.'s iPad so I could keep him occupied for about 10 minutes.
As I was getting dressed, lost in thought about what I had to get done that day and where I had to be, I heard a voice say, "Daddy?" I looked down and there was Joe, staring innocently up at me. "Daddy, I need to go potty." he said. I smiled at him, powered down, and said, "sure, Joe, let's do that." And we did.
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