Promise

Six years is about to pass. The son knew what the dad could not comprehend. They knew what they knew and did what they could with what they had. With firmness of a wise man, the son limited the choices but not his father's dignity. Letting go the dad stopped fighting and he let the ego rest.

With the first step of a lifetime journey he knows peace. God is doing for the father what he could not do for himself. A final Christmas gift from one son to a grateful dad.

A Long Walk

I finished a long walk following a river through a frozen marsh. The river wanders attentively deficient, probably distracted by the slim tributaries that sporadically feed it ideas. Doc, a Chesapeake Bay Retriever who owns me, was trudging a few paces in front of me. The crunch of the cold apple didn't catch his attention and Doc likes apples as much as anything and he knows when I'm eating anything. The second bite I took to share a chunk. I looked at my big headed, four legged pal and said, "Aaron,ah Patrick, er DOC!" Where did that come from?