Since tonight was his last night in Kansas, I called my son early in the day to go out to dinner together. I wanted to have a fatherly talk with him.
The evening got off to a pretty rough start. When I got home from work, I discovered that he had only “budgeted” a little over an hour for me. It seems that he had plans for a coffee date with two little chickadees.
Needless to say, that did not make me very happy. Let’s just say that I felt more than a little “undervalued”. By the time we would have arrived at the restaurant and sat down, we would have to leave. So I cancelled…
Then, the two girls cancelled on him!
If he was going to go out, I was his only option. I guess Somebody upstairs wanted him to spend time with me rather than them.
We went to the Bonefish Grill which is about 1/2 mile from our apartment.
I think that if he knew what I was going to talk to him about, he might have cancelled on the girls instead of having them cancel on him. Usually, I go out with him to warn him, admonish him, probe his heart or give him some practical advice. I don’t quite understand why a young man would want that! LOL!
Tonight, I just encouraged him to raise his expectations for his life; that he is bigger than he thinks.
I think he liked it.
