I had a day off Friday and I got to spend some time with my son Chris.  I don't get a chance to spend alot of time with him and I think we had a great time.  At least I did.   When I got up, he was still asleep.  I left and went to the grocery store and Harvey's didn't have any sourdough bread.  When I got back home,  I woke him and asked if he wanted to go to Perry to Kroger with me and of course he did.  We drove all the way to Perry for Sourdough bread.  We talked and laughed to whole way there and back.. Something we don't do enough of!  When we got home and I had began cooking, the thought hit me that we could have just went to the Mennonite Restuarant to get the bread.  I mentioned this Chris and he sd that we could have but we wouldn't have had as much fun as we did going to Perry.
  I have a good boy and I am very proud of him.  He's funny, witty, and very smart.  He's 6'4" and weighs about 250.  Sometimes I introduce him as my body guard.  He is what I call a gentle giant.  He likes to talk big but he has the heart of a teddy bear.  He stands up for what he believes in and what he thinks is right.

  When I look at him,  I see a mirror image of his daddy.  They are so much alike in looks, temperment and personality.  Neither one of them have the patience God gave a gnat.  They are so much alike that sometimes they just can't be in the same room together but 99% of the time they are best buds.
  Chris does not like to see his mama cry.  I am not ashamed to admit that I have exploited this over the years
especially when he was younger and I wanted him to do something or he was being bad and I wanted him to mind.  That trick really doesn't work anymore,  sometimes he just lets me think that it does.
  Now, don't get me wrong!  He is by no means perfect.  He is after all, a 17 year old boy.  He does have his moments.
  He told me one time that he when he settled down and started his own family, his wife would have to be a good cook.  He sd not being able to cook would be a deal breaker and that he knew his mama would always feed him and feed him well.