Dad

I haven't written a word yet and already my eyes are filled with tears. You never leave any doubt how much you love me even when I thought I was being the most unlovable son. Now that I am a daddy I can see why. I can relate any sad story I hear to Gavin and it tears my heart out. It's crazy how much parents can love their children. I remember all those myriad of times right before you spanked me you would say, "Son I am doing this because I love you, it's gonna hurt me more than it's gonna hurt you". Now it breaks my heart that I made you spank me. It must have been so hard for you. You should get an Oscar for acting like a badass. :) I can only pray that my convictions will be as strong as yours.

BTW When can I start spanking my kid for crying? :)

Now for the moment I remember the most fondly about my daddy.

We were living in the house in Carpentersville, and as everyone knows it was a pretty rough neighborhood. It was the only place that I had to Rob my way home from school so I wouldn't get beat up. (sorry Rob) I think it was a Saturday afternoon and for some weird reason it was just me and Dad and he came out of the blue and asked me if I wanted to go see a movie. It was the first time I can remember doing anything with my dad alone. (there were five fucking kids by this time so there was no one on one daddy time) Mom had the car so I asked how we were gonna get there and he said we would walk. I was so scared to walk even though it was like 3 blocks, but he was so tough he just walked us right to the movies, and nobody bothered us. Then when we got there he didn't pick an action movie he picked a movie I would want to see, and we saw Gremlins. I was astonished and I bragged my ass off to the other kids when they got home from whatever sucky thing they got to do. It was the coolest thing ever, and it was just me and my Dad. I don't know if he remembers, but I will never forget it as long as I live.

Ok Guys heres the Idea!

I was getting these chain emails about getting to know your Friends and I decided instead of sending emails around we could just do this in a blog really easy, and that way nobody misses anybodies responses. So basically you sign up for a free blogger account and then let me (Mike) know what your user name is and I can make you a writer on this blog so you can post stuff OR you can just send your stories to me in Email and I will post them as you.

For instance: You could post a story about when we were kids or a story about your current family situation that is really cute or funny or maybe (for those of you out of state you can just post about life as an abandoner) J/K sorta. :( If you have pictures email them to me and tell me which post they go to and I will post them.

I was also thinking of sending an email telling my favorite story about one member in the family everyday, but then I thought this blog could do it. Sharing your favorite story about someone else in the family is fun like when Jason "accidentally" poked Michelle in the boobs while acting like a bull. LOL :) Great story! That one needs an illustration. Which I am happy to provide! :)

Some may be stories we have all heard a thousand times, and some we may have never heard, we may not even remember the thing you are writing about (get in shape girl *cough*) but that doesn't mean it can't be on here.

You don't have to participate, but I would really like it if you could since Sunday family time kinda hasn't worked out lately. :)