Anxiety

Let me start off by saying Thank you Netflix for adding all the “God Father” movies to its collection. It’s such a classic movie with so many teachable moments about family and especially fatherhood. One of my favorite quotes from the movie is “A man that does not spend time with his family, can’t be a good man”-Don Corleone. That quote was already a foundation of who I was as a person, but has become who I am as father. I remember the day after my daughter was born I had to go work. I hated to do it, even though it was for a short amount of time. I found myself just thinking about Zoë the entire time. One look at her picture and

the anxiety hit me hard. There are all these post for mothers out there that talk about anxiety and the feeling of leaving their newborn for the first time, but none for Dad’s out there. Let me tell you that feeling is horrible when it hits you. Why can’t Dad’s get paternity leave, mothers get maternity leave and short term disability? I know a lot of the new tech companies are starting to offer Dads some paid time off for newborns, but insurance should really look out for Dad’s and offer us some kind of disability insurance even if it’s not as long as short term disability for mothers would be. I will say I am blessed to have a flexible job and to make my schedule around my daughter. I rush home each day just waiting to stare at here sleep, feed her, and watch her fall back to sleep. I am so amazed at how fast she is growing right before my eyes. I consider myself a good man and father in the eyes of “The Godfather” and could never understand how any father would not want to spend time with their kid.