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# This Week - Aug 08, 2014
- URL: https://www.drewshannon.net/this-week-2014-08-08/
- Published: 2014-08-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-14T03:10:17.000Z
- Author: Drew Shannon
- Tags: link, chase reeves, max schireson, medium, this week, #import-blog-backlog-2026-09-13

> My greatest fear is that I’ll somehow whore Rowan out to get something I want, an emotional reaction from someone, a sympathy, to elicit some care or specialness. I spoke at an event in Portland, afterwards a friend came up and asked why I didn’t share about Rowan. I had thought about it, was planning on including a story about him, but decided not to. I didn’t want it to seem like I was using Rowan in any way.  
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> — [Hopeful Perspectives 1 Year After My Son’s Birth/Death (Chase Reeves for Medium)](https://medium.com/@chase%5Freeves/perspectives-1-year-after-my-sons-birth-death-f3348475bb28?ref=drewshannon.net)

> Friends and colleagues often ask my wife how she balances her job and motherhood. Somehow, the same people don’t ask me. A few months ago, I decided the only way to balance was by stepping back from my job.  
>  
> — [Why I am leaving the best job I ever had (Max Schireson)](http://maxschireson.com/2014/08/05/1137/?ref=drewshannon.net)