Campaigning is really hard. I have meetings or events nearly every night. Many nights I don’t see my two smaller children because I don’t make it home before 9pm. I feel guilty knowing that that my campaign is taking away so much of the time I have to spend with them.. I’ve been missing opportunities to connect with Logan, and I can tell Riley is starving for my attention. The other day she made me watch her jump on the guest bed, then after a time asked - No, ordered! - me to join her. She drags me around by my finger on the days I am home while I concurrently work, write, and take calls for the campaign. It sometimes feels like I’m missing their childhood. I also have to mention how incredibly grateful I am for Kathy, and all our friends and family who have been putting in so much extra effort to offset these absences.