Three Generations of...

...duck hunters!! Like father, like son!! The smiles on their faces as they were heading out the door in the early morning, the excitement Madison had the night before & the satified look on the their faces as they docked the canoe after the hunt~ priceless. Three generations of hunters- what can I say?? There are times when I wish Dutch wouldn't like to hunt, & I wonder why he gets excited about spending time in the woods, BUT when I watched Madison get excited about going out with his dad and grandpa, I thought to myself "there really is something that comes to life in a boy when he is pursuing something". Men were made to pursue, to go after. Not every man hunts, but I think every man pursues something~ dreams, business, a wife, just to name a few. They are warriors, made to conquer. They are so very different from us women, but different is good. And I am realizing how this nature is in them from birth, because Madison spends a lot of time with his sisters, but he is naturally very different from them. I didn't raise him different, he's just geared that way. So I decided it's no use I try to change Dutch & Madison, I'm going to try to ENJOY it with them.

So I will listen to their stories, I will show interest, I might even get up close & touch the dead animal, BUT I will not cook all their wild game that they bag. I just can't seem to get that wild stuff to cook up nice and soft. Now venison I can handle, but goose, duck & turkey, cooking that stuff is for the birds. Pun intended!! So you can see I have my boundaries, my limits!!

But seriously, it was a pleasure to watch Madison hang out with his dad, grandpa & his dog. Three generations sharing a common thread, there's just something special about that!