FamilyLifeDad Is Better Than TV Because we don't have any cable TV or even an antenna, we often talk to our children in the evenings. Scott and I like to hang around in our bedroom. He's on one side of the room with his desk, and I'm one the other. We're online a lot, or we read or whatever. Since we have a king-size bed, our children are often draped on it when they aren't playing video games. I don't remember what started the converstaion, but Scott was in the Marine Corps right out of high school, and we got into a converstaion about it. I begged him to tell the kids some stuff about basic training. He kept saying he didn't remember that much, or that it wasn't interesting. But he started telling some stories, and the kids were listening for hours. | His experiences were really interesting. Even I hadn't heard most of them -- ever. Scott used to be really quiet, but I guess after all these years I've started to wear off on him. He pulled out his "yearbook" that they receive at the end of basic, and was showing them pictures and telling them about his different buddies. It was GREAT. I wish I could share some of his stories here, but I'm afraid I wouldn't quite do them justice. Zuul is in heat |