He’s my crown of joy and pride.I am being asked again by my friends if I should consider returning to corporate life if offered with a generous and irresistible compensation package. I answered them out rightly with a firm ‘NO’. They were a bit dumbfounded. They said that I am too young to retire from that life, besides a regular monthly pay, plus the executive perks, is much needed these days. Again, I rebutted, “Am done with corporate *B*S*, and have no plans of going back. More importantly, I will not trade the moments that I am enjoying now with my son.”
As some of you may not know, I am a SAHD or WAHD (Stay at Home or Work at Home Dad). I have a cozy home office (my living room, actually) where I spend most of my time working with my laptop, and on most occasions, watching my son play.
It’s amazing how fast he has grown. He learns new things everyday.
What I enjoy most is when he appears so serious about what he is doing, mimicking me with how I go about with my work. He wants to be near me most of his waking times. And for a couple of days now, intermittently he would grab my hand and nudge me to join him with whatever he’s playing at the moment. I realized that he was actually mimicking again what I am doing with him whenever I would bade him to come near me and sit on my lap while I am reviewing projects or when I would simply want to give him a hug. Those were priceless moments!
So, do you think I’d trade those occasions for a bigger salary? No way.
Well done, takes courage to say NO to the carrot, and you obviously want to cherish these moments whilst you can. Quality time with children is so important that there is no monetary value that can replace this. Too many people think that they need to make the big $ to sustain a great lifestyle, well if that means giving up Quality Time with their children, I personally think they have their priorites the wrong way around!
ReplyDeleteWow, great! and congratulations for having this value. In the long run, you win by investing quality time with your son, and see him through to be a responsible, principled person, as per your guidance and example, rather than lose him to be a person you would not be able to associate with, being of entirely different and distorted values as no one has given time to mold him. This would be too sad... and too late by that time.
ReplyDeleteKeep on, trust God , He is with you!
Kudos to you!
ReplyDeleteI think you are right on. Stay home with your son. Once he starts school, you can always go back to work, maybe even find a position that is similar to his school schedule.
ReplyDeleteMy motto has always been, "I don't want my son to go t daycare." I stay home with our son, Brady. I'm in direct sales, so I work from home. Before too long, I'll replace my wife's income and she can stay and play too!
Thank you all for taking the time! ^_^
ReplyDeleteIt's a tough choice, but it's worth it. No regrets. (",)