Jersey Boy June 2013 | Page 75

Dedicated, loving parents

Luke
Apart from the China trip, I traveled minimally and I was around continuously to be a dedicated father and husband. This was a goal of mine as I had seen the family results of absentee fathers that were either traveling extensively or too involved with their jobs. I was a truly hands on Dad and I took Luke everywhere and focused my energy on him. Mimi and I had overcome our feeling of selfishness as we were now fully involved as parents. I was born to be a Father and I really wanted to give my children much much more than what I was given by my parents, which was not much. We were able to travel with Luke when he was very young as we flew to New Jersey and spent some time in Hawaii on the way back. Mimi and I also took him to HongKong on a vacation. In addition to my sister Linda and her family visiting us and traveling with us down south to Albany and Margaret River, my other sister
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