Lynsey Addario
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
He lived all over the world.
He knew what dedication journalism requires and how there's a lot of unpredictability.
You know, a lot of this is last minute decisions to have to go somewhere unexpected.
And when I'm on a story, I can't determine when that story ends.
And so when we talked about having children, I was ambivalent, of course, because I, you know, at that time, I didn't know any women were photographers who had children, much less who were married.
And so it was a very terrifying prospect for me.
And so he said, look, I'll quit my job.
I'll stay home.
I'll raise the kids and you keep working.
And I was skeptical, but actually he has fully kept his word.
And so we've made this dynamic work.
I continue to work.
I'm home as much as I possibly can be.
And I try to be as present as I can be when I'm home.
But certainly the opening sequence of the movie, it opens with me in Ukraine and then eventually you follow me home.
And I had been away for months.
seven weeks.
And it's really hard to reenter into life with two small kids.
At that point, my children were three and 10 years old.
And just sort of what is the routine?