Sub-Evil Boy had to write a “What my father means to me” essay as part of some state-wide competition in schools (winner gets to throw out the first pitch or some such). There’s plenty of the nice stuff (“He means a lot to me”) mixed with some odd stuff that sounds semi-planted (“Without him I wouldn’t have learned how to play certain sports” – huh?).
My fave, though, is:
Sometimes he is forgetful and does some pretty weird things that creep the bajezzers out of me.
Pure (Sub-Evil) genius. And the truth.
Now that’s something to be proud of.
I took to calling my son ‘Grasshopper’ at one point. When he finally demanded to know the meaning behind this (dad always means something) I forced him to watch an old episode of Kung Fu to get the answer. Once he figured out that I wasnt just being strange, but was complimenting him, he was pleased with the moniker.
No doubt kids with ‘normal’ parents dont have near as fulfilling lives (-: