Ok everyone it has been a long time since I wrote anything. I seem to be back to "full health"... several weeks ago we went biking in a local state park were I flipped over the handlebars of my bike and landed on my arm and head... no lasting problems... problems... problems so I guess I am well again. :)
Last night was the annual church men's/kids campout, camping with the kids moms get a free night. The campout is held on private property with a large private lake. I was not planning to go for two reasons. Our tent is so big it takes two days to setup... and if it is just the girls and I why bother, and last year I froze my hinny off.
Long story short I invited a friend to share the tent and so it only took us one day to set it up. This year the temperature was pleasant so the night was great and we enjoyed a cool crisp breeze.
Warning longwinded Hubby story to follow:
In the morning Lovebug and Ladybug both wanted to ride the paddleboat, but we could never figure out where the line was or who was in it next. Finally I threw each girl in the boat with someone (Ladybug, I literally threw because when I stepped in the boat it sank and so I pitched Ladybug and jumped for the dock, neither of us got wet).
Ladybug wanted to go fishing and I had heard there were a couple of boats around one end of the lake that no one was using so we investigated. The boat we settled on had a lot of water and a "small' leak... since we both know how to swim we jumped in just as Lovebug came along, she decided she did not want to get in a boat that might sink so Ladybug and I took off to the other end of the lake.
Ladybug had her 2 foot Scooby Doo fishing pole along and so she kept dropping the bait over the edge and of course the hook would get stuck as it went under the boat, lots of untangling.
The wind was against us but we finally got to the other end of the lake. I put a spinner on Ladybug's line and she threw it in and I showed her how to reel it in slowly. She was reeling in her first cast when I notice the line took off in the other direction and went under the boat... she was not paying attention so when she pulled the line in and had a bass flip into the boat she was quite surprised and excited, I was glad I bought those $0.64 stringers to put any catches on, I did not figure we would be throwing anything back. By the time she had had her fill of fishing she had caught four nice size bass and two large crappie.
When she walked into the camp carrying that stringer of fish she was standing 9 feet tall and walking like she had been fishing for years.
She put the stringer down at the dock and showed anyone who wanted to see it. Finally the catches were to be cleaned for lunch and so Ladybug proudly carried her stringer up to the gentlemen who were cleaning the fish. She was still holding the stringer when he took the electric knife and filletted the fish from the folks in front of us. When I finally caught up with her halfway to the lake and asked what she was doing she said she was taking them to let them loose.
Come to find out she and her friends had named the fish on the stringer and she did not want to take them to the gentlemen cleaning the fish. I told her that the fish had been out of the water too much and would probably die anyway even if they were released now. After many tears I handed the stringer to one of the men to deliver for cleaning. Ladybug wanted to go to the tent. We went and she cried because she did not want "Silver" and "Gold" (the crappie) to die and be eaten. She asked me when the fish die and when thier blood would stop. Needless to say she did not eat any lunch, I hope she will eat fish again someday.
I am reminded of the innocence that my girls possess and the tenderness that they harbor within them... I encourage all of you dads to step up to the plate and protect your child's innocence and teach them God's way. There is a circle of life... it is not defined by Disney.
Hubby
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May. 9, 2008 - Posted by Anonymous
I loved this post..........especially the comment "there is a circle of life and it was *NOT created by Disney" Amen to that!!! =o) Be Blessed, Angie in GA
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