Just For That. . .
. . . I’m going to blog about you.
Boy Wonder gave his father a card yesterday that read: Happy Father’s Day to the dad who wrote the book on fatherhood. . . from the kid who inspired the chapter, “Just When You Think You Have It All Figured Out. . .” Inside he inscribed the card:
Dear Dad,
Thank you for being such a good father this year. It amazes me that you can clean, cook, play, and take on the evil wrath of mom all at the same time.
Love, Boy Wonder
PS. The wrath thing was a joke.
Sure it was kid, sure it was!
June 18th, 2007 at 6:35 pm
Dad’s are a great thing. My sister had her baby in march, and my brother in law was beaming. When you have a kid looking up at you it’s an entirely different story about how you make decisions, and how you try to appear to the world.
In my town, we have a high crime rate, and I’m one of the few that had a role model to look up to. Count your blessings that your family is as close as it is, and that you have a level headed young adult instead of a child that makes stupid choices.
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We are very, very blessed! ~W
June 18th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Wrath can be a good thing. My husband and I enjoy playing good cop/bad cop with each of us taking turns on certain things.
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Oof, I don’t enjoy it. I like being “good cop”.
~W
June 18th, 2007 at 7:08 pm
Gotta love this kid. A biting sense of humor wins me over all the time.
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The things this child says to me—Oh! Makes me laugh. I probably shouldn’t encourage it, but I can laugh at myself and he’s funny! ~W
June 18th, 2007 at 7:44 pm
I’ve been dropping by, you know. Just not much to say. I made your scones but with blueberries on Sunday. (Excellent batter- thanks!). Nice roses. Beautiful son. The wrath of mom- heh.
SEVENTEEN???? That was the one that left me speechless, in more ways than one.
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Years, not age. We were barely over that, but still. As for words–some days you have them… some days you don’t. ~W
June 18th, 2007 at 8:47 pm
I was going to make those scones but somehow I never got around to it. Maybe this weekend.
The wrath of mom can be an awesome, mighty force of nature. Embrace it.
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Be careful, the scones are addictive!
~W
June 19th, 2007 at 4:12 am
he’s a real cute kid. How lucky are you both?
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Pretty lucky, I think! ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 4:56 am
Are you sure? He doesn’t even look legal. No-I mean SEVENTEEN! I’m impressed with that because, at the ripe old ago of 56, I haven’t made it 17 years yet. ( I would have but, you know it takes two and now it’s just as well, because I get another chance in a better marriage.) Seventeen years is moving into that space where you really do say this IS for better and worse. And that you have the maturity to realize that so much of it is about the vision that you choose and the evolution and the process rather than a feeling at one point in time- well, it is a lovely post. I think it’s wonderful that you feel the romance of that evolution. And the photo is absolutely delightful in every way.
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I remember 5 years feeling like a big deal, and then 10, and then 15. At this point, I only think about years in terms of the big day—the rest of the time, this is our life. Not measured in years but in moments. The moments are too numerous to count. ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 5:43 am
You? Wrath? Who is he talking about. Sweet you?? I can’t believe it!
hahahaha Crazy kid. Now I’m sure he’s feeling the Mommy Wrath! 
Love that cool tree stump. We took a Christmas picture on one at the Cove when we lived there.
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Ah, the photo was taken at Ebey Landing on Whidbey. I adore the island. ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 8:21 am
That is one adorable boy. Way too charming and cute… melts my heart….. Even if he sees your wrath… hehehe…
He was joking… 
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He’s a card, this kid. He keeps us laughing, that’s for sure. I thought it was funny—but I do wonder what people will think years later should they find the card and read it. ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 8:37 am
“The Wrath of Mom” An ignored and forgotten mom comes back to show the Universe that she means business! Freed from her planet of captivity… oh wait – that’s a Star Trek movie… anyway – I’ve been subject to his “biting” humor too. You should tell them about the glasses…
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I was surprised that Margaret didn’t beat you to the Wrath of Kahn reference! But I knew it would crop up somehow.
June 19th, 2007 at 8:51 am
What a beautiful photo, that one belongs in a frame.
I really marvel at things he comes up with, he’s so witty!
Now what is IZ saying about glasses?! Do tell!
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Oh, like I need another framed picture in this house!
Thanks.
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The glasses: IZ got a new pair of glasses because his wireframed pair, that he’d had for 6 years, snapped a few weeks ago. Well, when he came home with his new pair, which are plastic framed, our son quipped, “Uh, are those a permanent choice?” When pressed about what he could mean, he said, “It’s just that you look like a picture that someone took a marker to and drew glasses on your face.” Our child has NO tact. ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 10:58 am
Jeez, he makes me want to have a kid of my own. Tell Boy Wonder to cut it out.
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Well, he doesn’t exactly listen to me. And if these little stories get to you, I’d say you’re already a goner.
~W
June 19th, 2007 at 11:16 am
ROFL!!! So…the kid has a little death wish there, eh??? lol!
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You think? Lately, he’s been full of it! It’s a good thing his father and I have a sense of humor.
~W
June 19th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
Oh man! The things BW says! He says things that I think should be coming from an older child’s mouth, not his sweet innocent young one.
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I think this is the curse of being an only child—they tend to sound older than they are. But, he’s 10.5 and working on his humor. He’s even laughing at himself. HUGE improvement on that front. ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 6:42 pm
Very cute. VERY cute.
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Thank you! ~W
June 19th, 2007 at 7:09 pm
Oh, there’s nothing like “mother rath” I’m still very very afraid um I mean, I have a healthy respect for my mother (and I still behave when we go out to eat, so she doesn’t have to take me “to the bathroom”)
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Heh, that’s funny. ~W
June 20th, 2007 at 6:45 am
Wende,
He looks SOOOO much like you in this photo. It is quite striking. A beautiful boy….with a fantastic sense of humor
Love,
Jodi
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Thank you! On that trip we both saw a young man in his 20’s that looked somewhat like BW now. I looked at BW and said, “hey, when you grow up, I think you might look a little like him.” And he replied, “yeah, I think you’re right!”. It was kinda weird seeing into the future like that! ~W
June 20th, 2007 at 1:29 pm
Har, har, har. That P.S. might have just saved him.
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It does suggest the kid might have some foresight after all.
~W
June 21st, 2007 at 3:21 pm
Too cute! And you should tell him that black-markered-picture glasses are all the rage. So there.
I’m sure I’ll be included in the Hall of Wrath Fame when Rocket Boy gets old enough to document such things. Until then I can be wrathful underground. ~A 
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Your time is coming! ~W