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Message: <blockquote data-quote="onpoint!" data-source="post: 221135" data-attributes="member: 2703">I've made it around the sun nearly 60 times... three kids and four grandkids later, I pause sometimes to reflect, "what would i change if i could do it all over again?" Yes, always worked long hours, and took few vacay's with the fam back in the day. Prolly change that!  Drug 3 kids in grade school with me to grad school and lived on a shoestring during and afterwards, at least for a while.  But those sacrifices were decisions to help lift THEIR futures, not mine. Wouldn't change any of that. Kids now doing great. Mama and I are enjoying the journey together, although worked hours are still pretty heavy - looking to slow that down in the next couple/few years. It is all about balance. Balancing work with home and kids, balancing work projects with time spent actually talking with and coaching the kiddos to learn about important things in life. Demonstrating what it means to be the father of a family, how God is at the center of how we live, and how they are to live and treat others for the rest of their lives. Fishing, hunting, camping and home activities were important in starting and coping with those conversations. How you do them, what equipment you use while having them, is irrelevant (to them, in the long run). They won't remember or care if you had the sparkly boat or an old Lund tin can; if you used flashers or just stared at a bobber sitting on the ice together. We didn't have a pot to pee in while going to grad school, but my kids recall those two years as the best in their whole childhood because we were together lots, doing (free) stuff as a family, had lots of neighborhood friends, and so on. The experience opened their eyes to the value of education, the commitment of family, the power of prayer and comfort (and challenges) of faith. Who would've thunk?My recipe may not be yours, but it worked for us. Good Luck.</blockquote>

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