I've made decisions along the way so I would be there for my kids, and it's kept me from going places I would have gone.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I made the decision a long time ago that I had an obligation to my children that I happily fulfilled.
I wanted to travel with my dad to be close to him again. Having babies and raising my own family took so much of my time, I didn't have a chance to be with him very often.
Every single decision I make about what material I do, what I'm putting out in the world, is because of my children.
But the truth is I wanted to have my daughter for so long. It's not the kind of thing you can visit, motherhood. Especially in the early years. Now she's eight, and I'm still not going to go anywhere.
The decision in my case to become a stay-at-home dad, which people do all the time, I guess wouldn't have meant as much to people if I had had a very simple kind of make-a-living existence and decided I needed to spend more time at home.
I seldom end up where I wanted to go, but almost always end up where I need to be.
For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
Because travel has always been such a vital part of myself and so essential to who I am, I have made the decision to continue to put myself back out into the world. And that's not an easy decision to make.
I am lucky in that I love what I do, but it can still be hard to be away from the kids for long lengths of time. At the end of the day, all I want is to be with my kids, but it's worth it to create a future for my family.
A few years ago, I decided I wanted to be home with my family.
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