Meat & Potatoes

For those of you that have not been hanging around my house around 6:30 am lately, I have a new name. It is Larry, which is great with me. My dad's name is Larry and well everyone always said we were like two peas in a pod. Well at 6:30 am every morning we are in the same name pod. My son which is six years old has renamed me Larry and so I renamed him Fred. The routine goes something like this, "Get up Fred, It is time to get ready for school." "Shush it Larry, you are being saucy!" "Get your teeth brushed Fred." "Are you ready to walk Snowy(our dog) Larry?" So you get the picture. Well this is a way that we go through our morning routine and "play" at each other. Now do not get me wrong, this is the only point in the day that I let my "Fred" or Chandler tell me to shush it. I believe in respect and he knows it, but this is a time in our day that we let our hair down.

To my point, when I leave this earth what will my children look back and remember as my meat and potato moments? What will be the moments that define the staple of my being, what kept me going? That is your meat and potatoes. Well I hope at least a few of my meat and potatoes are fun loving moments like mine and Chandler's "Fred and Larry" moments. I hope my children will always be able to remember the times that I was able to let my hair down and just be with them. Not the crazy we are late; I have more work to get done before I can go to bed, overworked, over scheduled me.