A Good Day...

Let's recap the day so far.

• Brought TheBoy to his dojo for the first part of his black belt test.
• Retrieved the Harley from winter storage.
• Rewarded TheBoy with lunch at McDonald's for passing the first part of his black belt test.

Up next is the following:

• Second part of TheBoy's black belt test, his forms.
• Dinner for the black belt recipients and their families - with the black belts preparing, serving, and cleaning up dinner!
• Ice cream for TheBoy to celebrate this achievement.

I'm sorry, I've got to do the braggin' dad bit for a little. It's nothing short of miraculous, the miracle that we have in our children. As I searched the archives for a photo of my son when he started karate, I came across the photographs I took of my daughter the day she was born. We create life, but that's not the magical part. Helping to shape personalities, that's the magic. And it's been an amazing journey so far as both of my kids discover their personalities (and brother, do they each have a truckload of it!).

But back to TheBoy. Today really is all about him. Here he is when he started at his dojo:

Only a Yellow Belt!

That picture was taken in June of 2007. TheBoy has been studying karate for over three years (he started at a different dojo about a year before that picture was taken, got his yellow belt, then we decided to switch dojos). Along the way there have been times he's wanted to drop out, but he persevered and stuck with it.

I could not be more proud of my son than I am today.

That is all.