For many years, Chiu worked in Taipei away from his family in Ilan, constantly going back and forth between the two places. He reckons that sometimes being a father felt like a part-time holiday job, and his son, now in the fifth grade, had long accustomed himself to seeing his dad come and go.
長年以來，由於家在宜蘭、工作在台北，對兩地奔波的邱瑞金來說，「父職」彷彿是假日的兼差。現在就讀小學 5 年級的兒子，早已習慣了爸爸的「若即若離」。