Wednesday, December 20, 2006

12/20/06--A proud moment as a father

Sometimes, its the little things that strike you as meaningful as a parent.  The other night, Kim & I are driving home--and Andy is laying around in the backseat of the car (Kellie was over at a friends house).  And we're playing a little of the Led Zep on the stereo.
Double shot.
1) Nobody's Fault But Mine--Robert Plant wailing the electrified blues.   And....
2) Whole Lotta Love--Way down inside.....woman.....you neeeeeeeeeed me......

And so I'm humming along....and from the backseat....Andy, who shows zero--and I mean ZERO interest in anything music related--says:

"Hey, this is a pretty cool song."

My heart sang.  My son....getting into Led Zepplin.  (Sniff, sniff)
I get a little choked up, just thinkin about it.


And then...two days later....I'm out shopping with Kellie Poe-Bowdren (the original little Miss Hip Hop) for her mom, and stopped in to pick up a gift card for a friend.  Kellie tells me that she's going to wait in the car.  Now, I have the radio on the 80's station when I get out.  I get back in the car....and.....

The hard rock station is on.

"What's up with that?" I asked.
"Huh?  Oh, uh...I've been, uh...sorta...ya know, listening to the rock stations lately."

My heart SOARED to the heavens!  I wanted to leap thru fields of barley!

That phase---that phase of really crappy music my daughter has been listening too?
She may be coming out of it!  Can the Jim Morrison & Robert Plant posters be far behind???

Later,
Jeff

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