They have everything. Money. Power. Fame.

The billionaires. The celebrities. The world-movers. They have it all, except somehow for all that, somehow they can’t buy one thing: being home when their kids get home from school. The ability to drop everything and go pick them up when they need something. Being there for bedtime. Showing up for games, school plays, recitals, parent-teacher conferences.

In short, those billionaires, those celebrities, those world-movers can’t do the very thing that you not only can do…but sometimes lament having to do. Don’t you see how lucky you are? Don’t you see how rich you are, as we’ve been saying lately?

You get to be around! You know your kids’ teachers. Your relationship with your baby is not intermediated through nannies or long-distance telephone calls. You are the chauffeur and that means you get so much time with them. You get to be there when they score a goal or play their first solo.

If a billionaire can’t afford something, maybe that’s because it’s priceless?

P.S. Being a dad isn’t just something you are. It’s something you do—every day.

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