Gage-- rule follower, hallway police, litter getter. He doesn't appreciate it when he sees others doing things that he knows they shouldn't do. Lately, he has been bent on finding a Sheriff to arrest those people who keep throwing trash on the ground, as he doesn't want his animal friends to be hurt.
It isn't, however, as if he, himself, never breaks a rule. But, stories like these are a glimpse into his 4-year old personality. I like to think on most days that he aims to do well, to do right, and to be sure to point out what needs to be corrected. He is his grandfather Dave's grandson, that's for sure.
Sometimes I think of what life for my dad must have been like growing up with his father as the county Sheriff. I remember what it was like to listen to the 'grown-ups' at the holiday dinner tables... and to a kid, it was just a bunch of boring politics. (Our kids, I'm sure will think the same thing one of these days... if they don't already). In retrospect without remembering too many of the details, I know now that all of those conversations revolved around the theme of 'doing right and doing well for the community.' Instances and people who did not... well, I think they were certainly topic of discussion. Rather than topic of gossip, I do believe it was of informational and problem-solving purposes that those sorts of things were normal conversations.
My point is how ironic it has been to marry a man from college and move to his hometown where he's part of a very similar dinner table discussion. The community here, of course, is Austin Lake. And our children are already listening to all the tales of 'doing right and doing well' to run the family business. Swapping information and solving problems are the norm.
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