The Weight I Signed Up For
from Rewired Hosted by R.P. Shanahan
The following is an excerpt from Chapter 9, “The Weight I Signed Up For,” from Rewired: From Rock Bottom to Unshakable. My son was in the bath. Water was everywhere. I sat there watching him. He asked me, in his cute little voice, pointing to a seahorse on his bathmat, “What’s that?” I told him, and he repeated it back to me. We went through this exercise with all the sea creatures he could find. We played some basketball and he would pass me the ball and I would shoot it over the top of the shower curtain. I made one and he cheered me on. It was another standard weekday night and I had this warm feeling in my chest that I was exactly where I needed to be. I didn’t feel like my life truly began until I became “Dada.” Fatherhood has changed me profoundly, anchoring my life in a new purpose and sharpening my priorities. It’s simultaneously the most rewarding and most challenging thing I’ll ever know. Get full access to Rewired at rpshanahan.substack.com/subscribe
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