
Bradley didn't want much to do with Tom when he was a little baby. He only wanted me. Something kicked it when he turned two - and ever since....he lives and breathes for his Daddy. He demands to call him during the day and says, (while sniffling) "I just so miss him!" Bradley is the first to run to his truck when he pulls in the driveway at the end of the day....and cries the next morning when he finds out it isn't Saturday yet....and Daddy is going back to work.
Bradley was the person of the week - for preschool last week. He had to answer "When I grow up I want to be a __________." Of course - his answer was "Daddy". Because he has such a devoted one now - he will be an incredible one then. Courtney always says how he is going to make someone the best husband someday......it's easy to understand why.
Here is a poem that Tom carried in his pocket since he was 12 .....
"A careful man I ought to be,
A little boy follows me,
I dare not ever go astray,
For fear he'll go the self same way.
I must remember as I go
Through summer's heat and winter's snow,
I'm building for the years to be
The little chap who follows me.
I cannot once escape his eyes
What ere he sees me do he tries.
Like me, he says he's going to be....
This little chap who follows me."
Never.
He is everything I hope for my boys to become.
I'm so glad you got such a great guy, carrying that poem around with him since the age of 12. I didn't think any 12 year old boys were thinking about things like that! Very admirable. Handsome picture of the two of them, I really love Bradley's outfit, nice choice.
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