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November 08, 2006
Enjoy the silence
Categories: Personal
There are a few things I am concered about regarding my impeding fatherhood. Okay, there are a lot of things I am concerned about, but one in particular has been put into relief this week. I am a quiet guy, an introvert who enjoys space and peace and calm. I have this fear all that will go away come April and that will leave me a nervous wreck.
This week, Sarah and I are watching our cousin Robert's children while he and his wife Amy are on vacation. The kids are teenagers -- 16, 14, and 12 -- and great, great kids. They are very self-sufficient. They make their own breakfasts and do their own laundry. There is no real worry about any of them getting into trouble. But being in a house full of children has made me realize just how hard it is to find quiet. Someone is always watching TV, or two of them are teasing each other, or one of them is asking Sarah or me a question about something. Like I said, the Bryson kids are great kids, so this is not a compaint about them in particular, just an observation about the general din created by multiple children. That din will soon be in full effect in the Pope household, which gives me pause.
To be a healthy person and a good dad, I need to create some quiet space for myself and Sarah both before the baby (we could go away for a weekend, say), and after. Not sure how to create that space in the after, but I think it is important I do so.
Posted by Nakia at November 8, 2006 09:32 AM