Continued from Trailing & Being Trailed: Round 2
After eight years of career slowdowns due to my trailing spouse circumstances, I was thrilled to accept a job as a Dow Jones corporate bonds reporter in 2006 — but it came with a heavy price. Given that my start date was in the middle of the school year and there was no guarantee this position would work out past the trial period, I decided it would make most sense for me to move to New Jersey alone, while my husband and our 7-year-old son stayed in Connecticut.
On weekday mornings, I would listen to my son practice piano over the phone; we talked again every evening about his school day and homework. For months, our precious weekends together focused on grocery shopping, cooking a week’s worth of meals, swimming lessons, and occasionally visiting a museum or watching a movie.
