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Full-Time Dads;
The Magazine for Caregiver Fathers
Issue 23
Well, just when I thought it was safe to go back in the water, I've dived in over my head again. Fortunately, I'm managing to keep my head above the water, and so far so good.
I've been teaching myself to do the HTML code translations that turn ordinary text into the magic of Web pages. I've been using the book Teach Yourself Web Publishing with HTML 3.0 In a Week, by Laura Lemay. I know it's kind of hokey title, but it's a great book, and it really is pretty simple. Hey, if there really are over 2 million Web pages out here, it can't be too hard.
I'm having a great time, too, digging into my files of poetry, articles and such, finding stuff for this issue. For now, we're doing away with themes and just posting a collection of interesting stuff. It's been hard having to turn writers down, simply for lack of available space. My files are so full that I don't want to add to them until I've emptied them out a bit. So many writers have been waiting for such a long time already.
So my kids are in school. My son is in third grade, my daughter in kindergarden, and I find myself with about four hours a day all to myself. People ask me what I'm going to do with all that time, but I seem to be just as busy and behind schedule as I was before. I guess that rule about a persons belongings growing to fit the space allotted to them is true with time, as well.
I have to admit to a bit of guilt, though. My wife very graciously tells me that I am entitled to this time since I've been working hard non-stop for eight years. I agree, but she's been working just as hard right along with me, and she doesn't get such a respite. There's nothing much I can do about it, and I'm certainly not complaining, mind you. But I do look forward a year, when both kids will be in school full-time, and I can perhaps seek out some income-producing gig that can both fit into the kids school schedule and take some of the pressure off my wife to earn all the money. Shouldn't be too hard to find a job like that, right?
Well, I'll get out of the way and let you dig into Full-Time Dads. Be sure to check out the links we've installed, and tell them you heard about them from FTD. As always, any advice, comments, suggestions and ideas are gladly welcomed. Let's not forget that we're in this together.
Peace-
Stephen Harris
Publisher/Editor
Copyright 1996 Stephen Harris
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