Parenting payoff

[CasterTroy]

My son (13) is a man of few words.

He's a quiet kid. Funny when he speaks, but doesn't have a lot to say most of the time. Well, not to adults anyway :lol:

We've always been close, but as he gets older he tends to keep to himself more and more.

Thats why this just kinda rocks

A few weeks ago I took him down to a pretty big ATV park (outback) 2.5 hrs away. It was his first adventure on his new dirtbike I got him for Christmas. It was a LONG day and I didn't think he really had a blast, because stupid me locked the keys in the trailer and had to spend an hour running to town to have the lock cut off :td: and we ended up getting my buddy Will lunch while we were out, only to come back and find that he brought it and didn't need it ....plus my son got stuck a few times, but it wasn't a big deal (to me).

SO when my mom sends me this rough draft today where he had to write a poem about someone he appreciated (wrote it on her PC after school...she then sent it to me) it melted me.

Outback

That one day I asked
What we were doing that weekend
Do you remember that?

You told me you didn’t know yet
The next day you said
"We are going to Outback to ride."

I may not have acted excited
But I was
More excited than I have ever been

Riding at Outback
I felt like a deer running quickly
Through the woods

Like a bird
Flying through the air
Riding at Outback

You helped me up
When I fell over
I felt like all you cared about was me

That day was so fun
One of the best days of my life
Even though all those bad things happened

You lost the key
Will didn't want his sandwich
I got stuck

I still had fun
Thank you for the ride
I love you

~~~~Ben

I love being a dad :rockwoot:

[shmike]

Awesome, Troy. :rockout:

[tallywacker]

WTF you raised an EMO kid.

Good shit though, dirtbikes are a necessity for a proper young man.

[EpyonXero]

Thats cool.

[anthonyk]

Awesome! :dthumb:

[derf]

Schweetness

[azoomm]

That's really tremendous.

[Particle Man]

Damn, that's awesome!!

[101lifts2]

That is sweet Troy...

But lets be honest the kid is def. not a poet. redflip

[CasterTroy]

He can get an "F" and I'll be happy!


Of course I won't go all Kaneman on the school either :lol:

[the chi]

That's pretty damn cool man.

[Porkchop]

Good shit though, dirtbikes are a necessity for a proper young man.

Wish my parents knew that.

He can get an "F" and I'll be happy!


Of course I won't go all Kaneman on the school either :lol:

[racedoll]

That is so sweet!

[Tmall]

That's awesome Troy.

[Sixxxxer]

not all poems rhyme...Ya know.

That was touching, but uh, Why such a introvert??

[defector]

Why such a introvert??
Pops shoulda got him a bike sooner!

[MILK]

"I felt like all you cared about was me."

:). That made me smile. Good job Troy.

[LeeNetworX]

That's sweet, Troy. Sounds like he knows to appreciate things in life.

[Ninjakel]

That's really tremendous.



What she said!


That's so awesome!

[CasterTroy]

Thanks everyone.....couldn't help but put that out there. Just made me way too proud of my boy and his love for dad. I didn't have a dad around when I grew up...he crawled in a bottle after Vietnam when I was 2, so he and mom agreed I'd be better off without him. When I was my son's age all I ever wanted was a dad.....so for HIM to show me that he appreciates and loves me means the world to me. Had to share.


Why such a introvert??

I was too till I went to college and came out of my shy shell :idk:

[z06boy]

He can get an "F" and I'll be happy!


Of course I won't go all Kaneman on the school either :lol:

:dvrofl: Now that's funny !!

Very cool...no it doesn't rhyme but I guess it doesn't really have to. I don't have kids but I do have a father and that has to make you feel awesome...good stuff !! :cheers:

[ontwo]

Good stuff

[Fleck750]

I have one saved text on my phone. It is from my son right after the first time he rode a m/c by himself. It simply reads, "Riding is awesome, Mom. I know why you ride now."

I hope you save that and maybe print it out and frame it somewhere private. :)

[Riceaholic]

Awesome Troy...

[Sixxxxer]

Thanks everyone.....couldn't help but put that out there. Just made me way too proud of my boy and his love for dad. I didn't have a dad around when I grew up...he crawled in a bottle after Vietnam when I was 2, so he and mom agreed I'd be better off without him. When I was my son's age all I ever wanted was a dad.....so for HIM to show me that he appreciates and loves me means the world to me. Had to share.




I was too till I went to college and came out of my shy shell :idk:


Well i was kinda sking to see if you yourself were the same way...I was shy when I was younger...Sorry it came off wrong...Its not a bad thing to be that way.

Im sure He will grow out of it as well

[CasterTroy]

WeSorry it came off wrong...



Nah man....I didn't take it as anything but a question ;)