That might sound boring, but I think the boring stuff is the stuff I remember the most. — Up

I doubt that any of my kids will ever remember me coming home from a long trip away. They may remember flashes of vacations or such. But what I want them to have vivid and clear memories of is the time I take to care for them, to teach them, or to just be with them. Kids don’t need “quality time”, they need “time”. The habits I have of reading to Boo, of taking Girlie Bear to the range, of always asking Little Bear how school is going and talking to him, will, I hope, stick with them for the rest of their lives. My true goal is that they do the same things when they become parents.