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I could have done a million things. Yes, those readings, assignments, all piling up without mercy.
\nI could have done a million things. Yes, those adult ‘paperwork\u2019 – bills to pay, emails to reply, deadlines to meet.
\nI could have done a million things. How about coffee with some old friends? Aleric, Carol, Eric….Haven\u2019t met them for awhile now. Wonder how they’ve been? Maybe they are busy too, who isn’t?
\nI could have done a million things. Uninterrupted ‘me-time’ to finish a good book or listen to Karajan\u2019s Beethoven recordings again or be a couch potato to watch the CSI episodes I’ve recorded….in solitude.
\nI could have done a million things. Those cables behind the TV? Waiting for the only handy-man at home to untangle the mess.
\nI could have done a million things\u2026.I really could….if not for those 2 pairs of beady eyes staring straight back at me.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s the weekend. There are a million things to be done…
\nBut they’ve only one Dad.
\nAnd they\u2019ve waited for a week\u2026<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got a million things to do with them. Like bringing them for a walk downstairs. Playing with the neighbour\u2019s dog and saving snails (yes, we pick them up by hand and move them to the sidewalk to save them from being crushed).<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got a million things to do with them. Like imagining a twig as a giant stick insect! Or that coo-ing we hear, it’s a giant bird! Let\u2019s run for our lives. RRRRAAARRRRghhhh!
\nI\u2019ve got a million things to do. Like bringing Buddy out for a spin in his \u2018car\u2019 \u2013 Golly! It\u2019s been awhile. If I had waited any longer, it wouldn’t fit him anymore.
\nIf I put the other million things first, my firstborn would soon prefer to hang out with her friends. \u2018Bye Daddy, see you later!\u2019 That WOULD hurt. Ouch.<\/p>\n
I could have done a million things but nothing\u2026
\nNothing in those millions could replace the laughter, the chatter and the innocent moments when those beady little eyes looked at me, holding out their puffy hands, asking:
\n\u2018Daddy, can you play with us?\u2019
\nI could have done a million things but I chose to do the most significant of them all.<\/p>\n
Children make your life important. ~Erma Bombeck<\/em><\/p>\n Share with us. As busy parents, how do you reconcile between time with your kids and other legitimate reasons?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I could have done a million things. Yes, those readings, assignments, all piling up without mercy. I could have done a million things. Yes, those adult ‘paperwork\u2019 – bills to pay, emails to reply, deadlines to meet. I could have done a million things. How about coffee with some old friends? Aleric, Carol, Eric….Haven\u2019t met […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":28657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,62,17],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/KidsatPark297.jpg?fit=1140%2C855&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p59hHF-7rV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28639"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28639"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28672,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28639\/revisions\/28672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28657"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lifestinymiracles.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}