When Did I Become My Parents?

  I enjoy watching my kids as they grow, but it is with a joy tempered with sadness.  My little girls are not so little anymore and I sometimes step outside myself as I look at my interaction with them.  Especially with my oldest.  She is in that tween state between child and teenager and I can see how she is growing and maturing into her own person. 

 And in growing into her own person, she has developed her own taste in music.  Loud music.  Obnoxious music.  At least to me.  To her it is exciting and new and cool.

Sound familiar?  How many times did your parents or grandparents tell you to turn down your music?  Or as you how you could listen to that stuff?  Or wish that you would listen to music that made sense?

So now I tell her to turn it down and wish she would listen to something that made sense and wasn't obnoxious.

So the vicious cycle has come true.  "You'll understand when you have kids!"  Remember that statement?  I do.  And yes, now I understand.

In this small way I have become my parents.

Potluck with the Junior High Ministry

I am making this a short one tonight as it is late and I want to get some reading in before bed.  I went to the potluck dinner held by the Junior High Ministry of our church Sunday evening and there was a lot of people...not a lot of food!  But that was okay.  As I was one of the last ones in line, I thought about a couple of things.  One, I can stand to lose a LOT of weight, so eating lightly was a good thing.  The second thing is that what I had on my plate was a lot more than a lot of people get in a single day to eat.  So I was and am grateful for what I did eat.

My wife and I listened to the Junior High Pastor, Mike, talk about all of the things that will be going on this year and I am excited for all of the kids.  In a way I envy them as I did not have this opportunity growing up. 


But the one thing that I was really thankful for, that made my evening and really my day, was when my oldest daughter got up and came over to where we were sitting (she was sitting with her friends at another table.) and hugged me from behind, rested her chin on my head and said hi to me, then that she loved me. 

So for tonight I wanted to thank God for my wife and my two girls.  I love all three of them and I could not imagine life without them.

Where Are All The Dad Bloggers At?

My wife has turned me onto blogs that hold giveaways as you can plainly see from the last few hundred posts on what you can enter to win. Okay, not the last few hundred but it really seems that way. All in all we have entered in more than 1500 giveaways over the last 4 days. Her hands hurt. I'm used to all the typing.

That being said, I have to admit that I am really jealous of all the cool blog buttons, and blog rolls and organizations of blogging moms and mothers that are out there. I mean where is the blog roll for Dads? Is there such a thing? Is it like Nessie, rarely seen but everyone swears it's there? My oldest daughter believes in ghost, but I like the proof to be shown.

So I don't think a dad's blog role, organization or whatever exists. Dad's, prove me wrong. Moms out there, prove me wrong! I would love to see one. Any one. Please?

Signed,
A lonely blogging dad.