....last night about 7 o:clock. He dropped by to pick up his guitar left from the cookout we had last Sunday at our house. It was a nice time with Jennifer's youngest son, husband of Beth and father of Christian.
Not surprisingly, we got to talking about spiritual matters, the church, friends in the church, etc. We discussed literalism and its corollary legalism and the resulting judgmentalism we have all encountered from time to time, and perhaps we too were a part of at some point in our lives which I will always look upon with sadness and regret and hope that such tendancies will be expunged from my life along with all the other negative patterns and behaviors and become the ultimate perfect person in all the universe! : ) heh heh. Sorry. Got carried away for a moment.
I was impressed with the maturity I witnessed in Thad and it is a pleasure to see this young man grow since I knew him as a little boy and I'm proud to be his step-father, an unfortunate term I tend to dislike since I think of all of Jennifer's children as if they were my own and love them all just as much as my own (biological) children.
I hope, Thad, that I didn't get too preachey for you. I do tend to go on a bit given half a chance. I appreciate your thoughts and insite and look forward to see you again soon.
As for the cookout, we all had a great time. I especially appreciate Rik for fixing our grill without which we would not have had a cookout, but a cook-in. And all the good eats everyone brought to share and the weather for cooperating. I am loving family gatherings more and more and revel in all the interesting family dynamics and the joy in observing and participating in the loving (and sometimes not so loving) interactions and conversations and watching and refereeing and generally trying to keep the children from killing each other.
Thanks to all. Hope you had as much fun as I did. Hope to do it again soon.
Love ya
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