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The combination of working in capitalism and having a baby is very hard. I feel so bad about having to work when the only thing I want to do is play with my son. I work from home tho, so it's a little easier to keep everything going... I can stop for five minutes, give him a kiss, make him laugh and go back to the computer. Those little moments are gold.
I can't imagine how my father could handle this. He was a sailor and had to leave home for three or four months at a time. No video calls, no cell phones, no internet... Nothing: just phone calls when the ship docked. I remember, as a child, receiving telegrams to wish me happy birthday.
Now he comes home every afternoon to spend some time with my baby, play with him and enjoy himself, and in those little moments, it's as if he's thirty years younger and enjoying a second chance.
-Originally published in CoHost