kids

Her eyes are huge. My wife said to "Ask your father", so she is looking intently at me for any sign of a decision. I remember moments like this when I was a kid. I looked up to my parents and never had a reason to think that they would not have an answer to any problem or want I could come up with. My Dad was the disciplinarian and Mom was the classic loving mother-type.

I always knew that Mom would be on my side when it came time to convince my father to support this or that decision. For problems within the family she could always be counted on. But you know, when the chips were down and I really needed help for a problem outside the family it was Dad I went to first. He was the big gun and that force which would make the rest of the world do what I wanted.

Until now, I had not really thought about those days and what it meant to be a kid whose parent hung the moon for them. It meant so much to me then and I want to be that for my kid now. Tripping back to the now, she is still looking at me intently with those big beautiful eyes.

"You bet darlin'. It is such a hot day I think some ice cream would be great."