Going to New York City!

Jodi and I are going to be on the Tyra Banks show! Tomorrow we are taking a train ride from Penn Station in Baltimore up to New York for a 4:00 pm taping. We are thrilled. The show won’t air for a few weeks after the taping, but I will post details for sure. It happened with unbelievable timing too. The book will be ready for distribution within a week (fingers crossed) and the producers of the show even agreed to plug the book on the show! Life is good!

So, why were we asked to be on the show? Well, at first the show was only going to have us on for a brief spot. The show is about women who marry for money and Tyra wanted to show the opposite—well, I didn’t marry for money, but a married couple where the wife is the breadwinner. Jodi and I got to talking with the producer about the book and about our kids and our relationship and things just took off from there. Now, we have our own segment! What are my thoughts? Excited, a little nervous, a little nervous for Jodi, and ready to share our lives with the world.

What are going to talk about? I really want to talk about how it’s was hard for me the first year as a stay-at-home dad trying to deal with not bringing in any money and how my self-image was pretty much in the dumps. How it was hard for me to associate pride and ego with being a caregiver during that first year at home. I want to talk about how I think it’s important that I let my girls see me do the dishes and the laundry. We want to talk about how it’s important that our girls don’t associate chores or jobs with a specific gender and how our girls sense of limitations won’t be based on anything they have seen at home. We want to talk about how strong our relationship is and about the book. I am not sure how it will all pan out, but we are super excited!

Stay tuned for the next update. ~ Joe