Innocence

Humorously, a lot of my blog content comes from my son Bronco. It's a blessed day today. It's amazing how a Father's Day can help me gain more perspective on life. Anyway, back to my point... My son wanted a cup of milk, so he tugged on the refrigerator door until it was open. He slyly grabbed the near empty gallon container of milk. He clumsily walked a couple of feet with both his sipper cup and milk container in each hand. I heard him open up the fridge, so before he got very far, I caught him before he exited the kitchen. I calmly said he couldn't pour the milk on his own. He then looked up at me with his unusually long eye lashes and asked me "Milk daddy, please". This kid has my heart strings. I appeased him and his sweet face. His sipper cup was full of lemonade, so I grabbed one of this small cups with the built in straws on the side. At this point I had explain to him why I had to get another cup. He didn't quite understand you don't mix milk and lemonade. Ha ha maybe I should have let him try it out. Well, as he began to drink his milk, he slowly started to blow into the built in straw on the side. It immediately amused him. :) one of my extreme joys is seeing Bronco gut laugh. Then all at once it occurred to me that because of his age, he rarely has a bad day. Sure there are moments even when he may be sad, start to cry, or get grumpy. He has innocence.

There you have it. I had my next article to write. Innocence. We have a lot to learn from our children. Their innocence allows them to forget, forgive, smile, and laugh. The simplest things can amuse them. My son was gut laughing when he heard himself blowing bubbles from his milk. His innocence allows him to not worry about bills. The innocence is almost a security blanket. You won't hear an innocent child worrying about the mortgage being paid. You won't see a child go weeks without speaking to his/her family. The love of an innocent child can be inevitably teach us all a very long, life lesson.

At a glance they will surprise you too. I was down in my man cave weeks ago. I was caught up with the TV when suddenly it occurred to me that Bronco was making noise up in the kitchen. I yelled up and said he should come down where I could see him. I heard some his little feet coming down the steps. Suddenly he comes down and to my surprise he has two Greek yogurts with two spoons as well. This made me smile that he not only was smart enough to get those things, but he was considerate enough to think of me too! He made sure that we both had a Greek yogurt each. Let's remember the innocence my friends! Let's love unconditionally. Forgive easily. Smile endlessly.