How much have you sacrificed for your family?

A good friend and work colleague of mine announced yesterday that his wife gave birth to a healthy, happy, 8-pound boy. Yaaaaaay!

My friend is over the moon; his little son is the most unique, amazing thing he has ever seen. The only thing is, his wife is back in India and is not expected to be in Australia for another couple of months. This must be incredibly hard to cope with and I really feel for him.

Most of us don’t even give being at the birth of our children a second thought. It’s a given. We will be there, we will be supportive and we will not pass out when we have to cut the cord. It’s only a little cord right…..it can’t be that tough to cut?

Many of us take holidays or time off to be with our wives right after the birth so we can support our partners and bond with our children. We take for granted the first moments of our children’s life and being there to love, cuddle and support them in the first, incredibly important, stages of their life.

What if that was taken away? What if you had chosen a better lifestyle somewhere else and needed to make sacrifices? What would you sacrifice for your family?

My friend has made an incredibly large sacrifice. Not being at the birth of his son to create a better life for his very new family.

I suppose what I am trying to say is that great parents make sacrifices and my friend has only been a dad for one day and he is already on the path to making a great father.

Posted by Peter