Comments for Overheard

Overheard

2006-11-11T05:12:11Z

Emily, my middle daughter and 9 1/2, said this to me tonight:

Dad, you make everything cool.

I'm going to hold on to that one for a while. I suspect that sentiment is only good for another year or two.

Comment from Keith Brenton on 2006-11-12

2006-11-12T22:19:08Z

Golly, I hope so.

- Father of Laura, age 10-1/2

Comment from Jeff Morris on 2006-11-14

2006-11-14T12:42:07Z

You must be doing somethng right, brother. I expect I have another 5 years for m'boy and 22 years for m'girl before they are no longer disillusioned. (I plan on being the coolest guy in her life until she's married) ;-)

But I'll take what I can get!

Seriously, though. If we clinged to that phrase and applied it to our heavenly Dad, I think it would help change our perspectives on the good times, and the hard times!

Comment from salguod on 2007-10-12

2007-10-13T03:03:43Z

Well, so far so good.

Emily (now 10 1/2) asked me to pull up some posts about her. She likes to read what Dad wrote about here, especially the angel conversation.

After reading this one she told me I was cool again.

Whew. :-D

Comment from Anonymous on 2008-10-27

2008-10-28T00:56:49Z

Almost like clockwork, Emily asked today to see some of the posts about her. We came to this one, nearly exactly 2 years later.

I asked if I still made everything cool. "Well, not everything, but most things."

And so it starts ...

Comment from Keith Brenton on 2008-10-27

2008-10-28T01:13:20Z

My "cool" factor is about as steady as the stock market. Right now I'm pretty cool because I was able to re-install NetNanny so she could cruise the Net again. Tomorrow I will not be cool because I will not let her stay at the house on an early release school day afternoon. I am so dadgum cruel to her sometimes.