SO..
WHEN OUR KIDS WERE YOUNG..
"EMBARRASSING"-THEM..
WAS "1"--OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF MY LIFE..
I "ALWAYS"-FELT..
THAT "EMBARRASSING"-THEM
WAS "MY"-JOB..
(RIGHT UP THERE WITH BEING A GOOD FATHER & A GOOD HUSBAND)..
WELL YESTERDAY..
I WAS IN "VONS"..
("ALONG" WITH "EVERY"-OTHER HUSBAND IN BAKERSFIELD)..
PUTTING "GREAT-THOUGHT"
INTO MY WIFE'S...
VALENTINES GIFT..
SO I HAVE MY CARD..
& MY FLOWERS..
& I GET TO THE CHECK-OUT LINE..
WHICH HAS BEEN "RE-NAMED"
"LOVERS LANE"..
THERE WAS-"EVEN" A BIG SIGN..
WHICH "I"-THOUGHT WAS KIND OF CUTE..
& "I"..
WANTED A "PICTURE"
IN "FRONT" OF THAT SIGN..
WELL AT "THAT"-MOMENT..
2-KIDS FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD..
LINDSAY & PATRICK SCHROEDER WALK-UP..
(LINDSEY IS MY DAUGHTER COLLEEN'S-AGE...
& PATRICK IS A JUNIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL..
I'VE KNOWN-THEM FOR-"EVER")..
WELL "I"-SAY..
"LET'S GET A PICTURE IN FRONT OF THE SIGN TOGETHER"..
& THEY'RE LIKE--"UH......SURE.....UH...
"THAT"-SOUNDS LIKE..UH.....FUN"..
SO WE POSE..
& I PAY FOR MY "THOUGHTFUL"-GIFTS
& LEAVE..
& "THEN"..
(BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF "FUNNY")..
I "TEXT" THE PICTURE..
TO "MY"-KIDS..
& COLLEEN TEXTS-"BACK"..
"UH-OH..WHAT DID YOU DO TO EMBARRASS THEM?"..
& I TEXT..
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?"..
& "SHE"-WRITES..
"BOTH" OF THEIR FACES ARE "BRIGHT"-RED..
& I-LOOKED "CLOSER"..
& "SURE"-ENOUGH..
RED AS "STOP SIGNS"..
& I "CHUCKLED"..
& I THOUGHT..
SINCE "MY"-KIDS AREN'T AROUND TO "EMBARRASS" RIGHT-NOW..
"I"..
FOUND SOME "NEIGHBOR"-KIDS
TO "EMBARRASS"..
IT'S "JUST" TOO-MUCH FUN..
"ESPECIALLY" WHEN THEY'RE "TEENAGERS"..
"TEENAGERS" GET "SO"-EMBARRASSED..
