NorthernDaddy isn't too big on childrens' art work...or expressing emotion....or things being taped to his walls. LittleNortherner drew this sign the other day and pinned it to the wall where NorthernDaddy was sure to see it when he walked in the door from grocery shopping.
NorthernDaddy saw it and thought that it was a cute idea for a sign (Isn't that sweet?). After a few days, NorthernDaddy moved the sign onto a nearby table that isn't in direct view of the door (the syntax/grammar error was really bugging him).
Today, NorthernDaddy found the sign back in the original location. When Little wasn't paying attention, NorthernMommy filled him in: LittleNortherner found the sign where it had been relocated, and was apparently a little miffed that it was not where it was supposed to be. NorthernMommy intercepted Little as he was trying to glue the sign back into place and managed to convince the little man that tape would work just fine. Little was determined that the sign be in the correct spot so that Daddy could see - every day - how much he was loved.
Sometimes, NorthernDaddy is stopped in his tracks and awed at the loving heart that is his son. Life gets so busy and crazy and snarled as an adult that the important things are too easily forgotten. Things like love and family and God. Maybe that's exactly why God has placed this special five-year-old in the Northerns' lives - to remind us of real life.
So, despite the childish scrawling, the sappy message, and the tape clinging to the wall, NorthernDaddy is leaving that sign in place for now.
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