Posted by
RepublicanEvangelist on Sunday, December 21, 2008 10:04:32 PM
This is my first post from my crackberry. My flight is about 90 minutes delayed and considering what other travelers are having to cope with, I am blessed. I came to see my family here in Phoenix before Christmas. After many years on the road traveling on the holidays to my family or my wife's, we decided now that our kids are 4 and 2, we need to start making moments at home. We will only at best have three or four Christmas to put out cookies for Santa. For a variety of reasons I decided to only bring my son and leave my wife and daughter home. He is our second and unless God has a sense of humor, our last. I am keenly aware that time is fleeting these moments spent at this age do not return. He hasn't had much alone time with mom or dad since he was born. He has an older sister who gets much of our attention. My son and I had a great trip and I swear he grew up a little without the shadow of sis. My favorite moment came this morning. My son who is only two said without any prompting, "I love you Grandma" to my 85 year old grandmother. It meant the world to her and me. Do I want success for my son in life? Absolutely. But to me a successful life is the life of a good kind person. Today I saw a glimpse of the good man within the boy.