It's amazing to me how different each of my kids are. One thing they have in common though is that when they get interested in something, they go all out with it. They get completely enveloped in something to the extent that it is the first thing they think about when they wake up in the morning, and it's the last thing they want to do before bed.
My oldest son, Austin (8) has gotten into music. Guitar to be precise. He lives, eats, sleeps and breathes guitar. He told me just this morning that when he grows up he wants to either be the worship leader at a Church, or a rock star. Whichever it is, he wants to make his living with his guitar and his faith in God. Now, I don't know a thing about playing music, reading music, tuning guitars, amplifiers, microphones, songwriting, etc. And to be honest, there are just certain times that I'm not ready to hear him "play" (first thing in the morning, when I'm going to the bathroom, when I want him to get his homework done). It doesn't matter. I need to remember that he just wants me to give him the attention and encouragement to keep going with it. It's a big thing for him to know that his Dad is behind him, 100%, no matter what he wants to try.
It's a little different with my middle son, T (6). Right now, he just wants to play baseball. And if he isn't playing baseball, he wants to watch it on t.v., or read books about it, or ask me questions about it. Now this I understand. This I can actually help him with. This I can get excited about. I know this stuff. He meets me at the door whenever I get home from work with our baseball gloves in hand, ready to go outside to play catch.
And as for my youngest son, Blaze (2), I'm just guessing that he is going to be one of the toughest Mixed Martial Arts fighters around! His older brothers had better be nice to him, or he's going to be teaching them some painful lessons.
No matter what they choose, I need to be there to support them. So I'll show up at every concert, every baseball game and every practice that I can, because as their dad, that is what I am here to do. I'm here to be their biggest fan.
Thank God for giving me the opportunity to be there for each of them.
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