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Talking about Colt’s *Day by Day*; Friday, November 6th 2009

 

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Colt’s *Day by Day*; Friday, November 6th 2009

Friday, November 6th 2009

Colt’s *Day by Day*

Something I overheard tonight brought me back to who the man I am in love with, is truly more than just a man.

I was in the kitchen, making up a snack tray to take into the boys who are playing in Tiger’s bedroom, when I overheard a conversation. One of Tiger’s friends said, "your Dad is really cool, Tiger. I mean, he’s like, you know, like a really cool dad." Tiger didn’t skip a beat with his response and at first I was taken aback by the words "he’s not my real dad". Then a heartbeat later, "he’s my Gunny and he’s better than my dad, ’cause he wants me around".

The tray of snacks, skipped somehow out of my hands and fell into the the glass pitcher of Kool-aid on the counter causing it to crash to the floor and shatter into shards. I hear Gunny’s recliner pop back into the up-right position and he appears in the kitchen a moment later to find me in tears and on the floor attempting to clear the glass. He gathers the broom and dust pan from the cupboard and assists me in the clean up, asking ‘what happened’. I explain in a deversionary way that I had become distracted for a moment and the tray had slipped from my hands. I was unsure how or why I didn’t tell him what I had heard, but at that moment it seemed the right thing to do.

With the tray reorganized and a fresh pitcher of drink made, Gunny calls the boys to the back patio. They seem to have the herd instinct well in hand as they rush through our home and out onto the patio, the tray of snacks and the gallon of drink is gone in moments. One of the boys asks, "how about another of your scary stories Gunny?" and our Lion is more than happy to grant this request.

Quote the Gunny, "It was a dark and stormy night…"

xo colt