I hope that country singer Trace Adkins doesn't get mad at me for using the title of one of his best songs as the title of this blog post. He is not one that I would want mad at me. But, the fact is that it is the perfect title, and song for that matter, and is what this post is about.
As the song says so eloquently, on the surface his daughter thinks that they are just having a good time fishing together but on another level, it is much, much more than that. They are actually bonding and creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Yesterday, while playing the classic children's game from Milton Bradley, Don't Spill the Beans, with my five year old daughter, this song came to mind as she just beat me for the second time. Just as in the song, my daughter was happy just playing the game with me, but something much more important was happening. We were creating memories for the both of us that would last a lifetime and increasing the wonderful father-daughter bond between us.
With her, it is especially important to me that we spend this kind of time together. She is the last of my five kids still at home so to speak. She will be off to school with all my other kids all too soon. These moments that we have together will be sorely missed. Once she starts school she will be started on her journey that will take here all through the years of school and eventually out of the nest just as the other kids will do. This is the beginning of my empty nest syndrome I think. I like to get an early start on things, LOL.
I can honestly say that I am really not looking forward to the day when the kids are all gone, on with their own lives. Even though I know that is how things are supposed to be, it will not make it any easier.
Having had the chance to be at home with my kids these past few years while they were growing up has been such an awesome experience and blessing. Despite the many difficult times, I would not change a thing. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to have had this experience. I am a much better person for having been able to do so.
So, I will continue to spend time with my kids '...just fishin' every chance I get.
As the song says so eloquently, on the surface his daughter thinks that they are just having a good time fishing together but on another level, it is much, much more than that. They are actually bonding and creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Yesterday, while playing the classic children's game from Milton Bradley, Don't Spill the Beans, with my five year old daughter, this song came to mind as she just beat me for the second time. Just as in the song, my daughter was happy just playing the game with me, but something much more important was happening. We were creating memories for the both of us that would last a lifetime and increasing the wonderful father-daughter bond between us.
With her, it is especially important to me that we spend this kind of time together. She is the last of my five kids still at home so to speak. She will be off to school with all my other kids all too soon. These moments that we have together will be sorely missed. Once she starts school she will be started on her journey that will take here all through the years of school and eventually out of the nest just as the other kids will do. This is the beginning of my empty nest syndrome I think. I like to get an early start on things, LOL.
I can honestly say that I am really not looking forward to the day when the kids are all gone, on with their own lives. Even though I know that is how things are supposed to be, it will not make it any easier.
Having had the chance to be at home with my kids these past few years while they were growing up has been such an awesome experience and blessing. Despite the many difficult times, I would not change a thing. I consider myself very lucky to have been able to have had this experience. I am a much better person for having been able to do so.
So, I will continue to spend time with my kids '...just fishin' every chance I get.
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