I was sitting on the couch in the living room, and my kids were there with me, we were all cozy with our blankets, and on the screen… one of the Minions movies.

I had decided that I wanted to spend more time with the kids. I really wanted to be more present in their day-to-day lives. Especially because over the pandemic, and since I work from home, they had gotten used to me being NI the house, but not being really THERE for them… I could see how that was confusing and frustrating to them… I was there so close physically, but I wasn’t available to them. And I wanted that to change, I really wanted to “spend more time together” and be more present with them.

If you’ve ever been in a similar position, maybe you too have decided to make this a priority and to make time for it. Which is not always easy, but we do it because it’s importan ...