Chris has found new ways to spend time with his young daughter.
Transcript
I – it’s given me more time with my daughter because of the time I’ve had to [laughs] take off work. So that’s been a silver lining, there’s no question. It’s made me rethink what constitutes quality time, or how I approach it, because I might not be able to be as active with her, as I was before. I can’t run after her in the playground for any real length of time, or anything like that. But it does – it has made me refocus on the fact that I’m still with her. She’ll – ultimately what’s important is that time. And I’m still able to be very interactive with her, I just might be sitting back on a bench, or sitting on a chair in her room while she plays, instead of being down on the floor, or lifting her up, or throwing a ball with her. I may be sitting with her and reading a story more, or just trying to again, find ways to make it so that I’m not focused on what I can’t do with her and try to make the most of just having that good time with her still. So rethinking my approach a bit.
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