Josiah's 10th Birthday
I have the privilege of living next to my brother, my mother and father, and now a nephew. We get to share resources, look out for one another when someone is gone and we get to play together every once in awhile. Years ago when my nephew was young he persuaded my brother Tim and I to let him build a motorcross track on some of our property. I didn’t realize at the time how much fun my children would have exploring it, riding their bikes up and down the trails and now Josiah gets to ride it on a motorcyle with his cousins and a friend.
Josiah in his birthday suit and Ben gets some hand-me-downs
Getting the track ready.
Team Yahama
The thrill of speed
The adventure of flying
The adrenaline of risk
Josiah after a good days ride
Ben riding his cousin’s electric motorcycle
In my noble plan as a father I have learned that one of the few things I cannot fail to do with my children is to engage them in things they like to do. They have often mentioned to me their desire to go on bike rides, play outside, and do things that require adventure, risk, and thrills. They would like to hunt, fish, canoe, sleep out, and backpack through some mountains, these are all things that rank low on my priority scale. I am learning that although I may not love these things I do love my children and therefore I will try to express that by being interested in the things they like. I don’t want my children to say, “My dad only did things that interested him, it was never about us, it was always about him.” My desire is to learn how to lose my life and gain the life Christ has for me as a father. May we manifest His name to those He has given us.
Posted by Chris Hogan on Wednesday, March 28, 2007 at 07:19 AM
