Cruising through parenthood
dallasvoice.comReykjavik Iceland (Photo courtesy Dana Rudolph) Lessons on relationships, being a parent learned through travel My spouse, Helen, and I recently returned from a trip to Iceland with Olivia Travel, a company catering to LGBTQ women.
We’d been on two trips with them before, the last when our son was six months old. He’s now in his second year of college. I’ve therefore been reflecting on lessons about family and parenting that I’ve learned from each of those voyages.
The earlier cruise was a big step. For the first six months of our son’s life, either Helen or I was with him during his every waking hour, even when we would rather have been asleep.
Tired as we were though, the idea of ever being apart from him felt strange. Still, we knew we needed a break, and my parents were more than willing to watch their only grandchild for a week.
