Breakfast with my son :-)

This morning my son happened to be in the area and I coordinated with his mom to take him to breakfast. I haven't seen him since June 13th. While he has grown some, changed some, he is still that great little boy. We were very excited to see each other! We just chatted about what he had been doing and what he would be doing over the next week. He hasn't read his book for school yet, go figure. We thumb and arm wrestled while we waited for breakfast. He has always been strong, but he is certainly getting stronger.

While we were eating he says "I found a picture of you with hair." He is grinning from ear to ear. Now, I only shaved my head just over a year ago, when he turned 10, so I know he remembers me hair. I also still have hair, it is just very short, and I keep it that way because it is easier to manage in the summer when I am outside. During the winter, I can wear a hat like Steve.

Now, being equally curious and fearful, I asked what picture he was looking at. I'm not really sure I want to know, but I know he must have found it on the Internet. He says it was of me at Lake Rawlings feeding the fish. He then continues on saying that he can't remember the link to my blog so he searches images for Lake Rawlings. He says, "Then I click on it and there is your whole blog."

I know that he has seen my blog. I know that he has read my blog. I think I now know where the "lake rawlings drowning" keyword searches are coming from.

We had a great breakfast, a great visit, and I can't wait for him to come home in two weeks!

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On the way to breakfast I saw a bumper sticker that said:
"It is better to have loved and lost than to live with a PSYCHO for the REST OF YOUR LIFE."

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Another bumper sticker later:
"Love is Everything"

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Song I heard on the radio just now:

Gavin Rossdale's "Love Remains the Same"

A thousand times I've seen you standing
Gravity like lunar landing
You make me wanna run till I find you
I shut the world away from here
I drift to you, you're all I hear
As everything we know fades to black

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But,love remains the same

I find a place where we escape
Take you with me for the space
The city buzz sounds just like a fridge
I walk the streets through seven bars
I have to find just where you are
The faces seem to blur
They're all the same

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
But love remains the same

So much more to say
So much to be done
Don't you trick me out
We shall overcome
It's all left still to play

We - we could have had the sun
Could have been inside
Instead we're over here

Half the time the world is ending
Truth is I am done pretending
Too much time too long defending
You and I are done pretending

I never thought that I
Had anymore to give
You're pushing me so far
Here I am without you
Drink to all that we have lost
Mistakes we have made
Everything will change
Everything will change

I, oh I,
I wish this could last forever
I, oh I,
as if this could last forever

Love remains the same
Love remains the same





Sometimes I wonder if I will ever love with all I am again.