First he would fill the watering can, then pour the water into the bucket, put the can down, retrieve the shovel, and mix the water. He repeated the effort multiple times, as if following some secret magical recipe, this beautiful look of determined concentration on his face that was the spitting image of the look Francine gets when she's focusing on a task.
Then, after a couple of minutes of the best spectator sport I can envision, he looked up at me. The look of intense concentration transitioned into a slight query and then a huge smile in a beautifully wonderful single fluid motion.
And as my heart melted, and I again fell in love with my son and my wife, I realized what that secret magic recipe was that my son was working on.
8 comments:
Awww that is so sweet! I love those little moments that kids give you.
Somehow the grin on a 14 year old takes on different meaning though. LOL
awwwwwwww, wonderful! and what an abbsolutely fabulous shot of you two :)
That kid is a true wizard. :)
Awww, sweet post and adorable photo!
What an amazing man you must be to not only realize this, but acknowledge it. I sure hope you told this to Francine.
*SNIFF* I know exactly what you mean dude.
What a wonderful early Father's Day gift for you -- and here you share it with us all! I haven't teared up over Father's Day for a long, long time. Thanks, Mark!
Hi Mark,
Finally catching up on my reading of blogs...and I owe you a very belated but tremedously HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!
Have a wonderful Father's Day!
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