First Light, EIEO - Ep 39

So I titled this, uh, podcast E-I-O.

E-I-E-I-O.

You, you've all heard that song, hadn't you? Uh, Old MacDonald Had a Farm.

That's the song I want you to have in your head when I tell this little story, and it's kind of my natural way to tell a story at the beginning of a podcast and then try hard to connect that story to something that's on my heart.

And, uh, so here's a question I want to ask you.

I- in your lifetime, e- especially, I'm, I'm really talking to parents now, okay? So if you have kids, have any of your kids ever gotten you involved or tried to get you involved in something that you never even considered doing, that you hadn't thought about before? Do your kids say, "Hey, Dad.

Hey, Mom.

Let's-- I need you to blank," and you weren't thinking about that that day, and it derailed your day, and you gave time and effort and money to something that you really didn't plan to do? Well, man, I can tell you I have in my lifetime, lots of times.

I have three kids, and they're all really special to me.

But because Spence is kind of the-- he is sort of the head of this little business called Rolling Thunder Game Calls, and I'm kind of a silent participant in that company.

I love to see what he's doing.

But because this podcast is sponsored by Rolling Thunder, a lot of my stories revolve around my relationship and the time that I've spent, uh, watching Spence grow up.

But I do want you to know I have two other great kids, and I've told some stories about them on this podcast, and I will again in the future.

But it's possible that every now and then they may listen to this and think, "Hey, has Dad forgotten me?" And the answer to that is absolutely not.

My other two kids, Holly and Rob, are beautiful, wonderful, um, part of my life, and I've got a million stories about each one of them.

But today, I want you to think about this little story.

Vicki and I were young parents.

I want to say that Spence was probably under five years old.

He, he was probably four, but he could've been three and a half.

Somewhere old enough, uh, to talk well and to put on his own clothes and to walk around and try to be the boss of his little world, which is what he was born like.

But at some point around four, um, Vicki and I were, we were living on a little, in a little house on a street named Scribner.

And, um, Spence showed up in the living room, and we were sitting on the couch.

It was daytime.

I don't remember what time of day.

I think probably late afternoon.