As you know, I followed my husband, Ken, all over Florida. When I was young, it was never even a question as to who the "Go Along Spouse" would be. It's what women had been doing since time began.
But things have changed. Twenty years ago, when my daughter graduated from law school, her husband moved with her to Atlanta where she accepted a job in a prestigious law firm. Since then life has become way more complicated, but they're still compromising and they're both fantastic "hands on" parents to four children.
One of the best things on a cruise, for Dave and me, is getting to know other people. Especially folks from all over the world. Pictured here is a family that delighted us. Almost every day we saw Steve and his son, 14 month old Thomas. Whether they were in the Lido with Steve balancing plates of food on a stroller or around the pool where Thomas was everywhere, Steve seemed to be a happy, attentive, "hands on" dad.
And a good thing too because wife and mom, Laura, is the 4th officer, and the only woman, on the bridge. We were especially grateful for Laura's expertise as a navigator one afternoon. Using instruments, she guided the pilot of our tender taking us to shore on a day when the fog was as thick as pea soup.
This beautiful family has been on the ship since January. That's five months. They plan to keep this up until Thomas starts to school.
Then they'll go home to the UK and Steve will get back to his career in environmental studies.
What an exciting plan!
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But things have changed. Twenty years ago, when my daughter graduated from law school, her husband moved with her to Atlanta where she accepted a job in a prestigious law firm. Since then life has become way more complicated, but they're still compromising and they're both fantastic "hands on" parents to four children.
One of the best things on a cruise, for Dave and me, is getting to know other people. Especially folks from all over the world. Pictured here is a family that delighted us. Almost every day we saw Steve and his son, 14 month old Thomas. Whether they were in the Lido with Steve balancing plates of food on a stroller or around the pool where Thomas was everywhere, Steve seemed to be a happy, attentive, "hands on" dad.And a good thing too because wife and mom, Laura, is the 4th officer, and the only woman, on the bridge. We were especially grateful for Laura's expertise as a navigator one afternoon. Using instruments, she guided the pilot of our tender taking us to shore on a day when the fog was as thick as pea soup.
This beautiful family has been on the ship since January. That's five months. They plan to keep this up until Thomas starts to school.
Then they'll go home to the UK and Steve will get back to his career in environmental studies.
What an exciting plan!
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