Happy birthday Taylor!

Well my youngest son Taylor is turning 21 this next Monday and he has grown up to be a handsome well rounded young man. I remember when he was 4 and he was the talk of all the ladies that he met when we where out. I use to take my boys to breakfast almost every Saturday that I could. We loved breakfast and we where known as the breakfast boys. I like Bob Evans and Taylor liked Denny's because of the waitress use to treat Taylor like a little prince. Myles liked Bob Evans because of almost the same reason, except he loved BOB Evans sausage and biscuits. It was a time we could sit and draw or just catch up on the weekday events. I really miss thous times. Taylor does not do much but work, sleep, shower and shave now at this age. Now don't get me wrong he has a great job at liquid web, and he loves his job, but there needs to be more fun and less sleep. His social life has suffered since this job and I know he needs more of a outlet.


I miss that spry young energetic kid that I come to know and love. Becoming a man is a lot of work,that sometimes seems harder and never moves fast enough for you. I remember when I was his age I had just gotten married to Abby, and was starting my new job at ABC Warehouse. I worked on commission and stood on the sales floor from the age of 21 to 26. That felt like the longest 5 years of my life. I had two children, a wonderful wife and a hunger to make money like no other salesman. The world was my oyster and I was going to be rich beyond my wildest dreams. I had a house payment, two car payments and a acre of land in the country with a large in ground pool to take care of. I was a kid, raising kids and I was never home. We had to be there on the sales floor from 9am to 9pm and there was never a day together for me to have with my young boys ,except my one day off which was Sunday. I always made a big breakfast and it was just lovely to have time around the table with my family.


When I was living with my dad though high school he would get me up and we would go for breakfast on Saturday. To catch up and hang out. I lived in Elsie which is a small town, and we would go to Mary's kitchen in the next small town Ovid, Michigan. I had a hard time getting up just like ,Taylor does when I call up to see if he wants to get up and spend time with his Dad. I always enjoyed the time after in was up and around and hell, it usually was still only 9am by the time we got home!
I cherish thous times like no other with my DAD,and now that he just had a stroke they come flowing back like no other memory.






I know that Taylor is so overwhelmed with all the new responsibility that comes with the change of becoming an adult. I wish he would talk to me more and fill me in, so I can help where I can. It sometimes seems to hard to tell your dad things about your life, and how you want them to change faster than they are. When I look at him it is also hard not to see the little handsome young Taylor, that has alway tried to pull the wool over my eyes. I hope as this year goes forward, that he knows that bits the little things like breakfast and communication, will keep our bond flowing forward. I am so proud of Taylor, and I expect the pressures of life may not get much better, but I want him to know that he will alway be my little boy and my wonderful grown up man that he has become. I love you very much Taylor Tot!
Sincere wished on your twenty first birthday,
love,Dad





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