Here’s the link as well: http://www.cmt.com/videos/trace-adkins/659727/just-fishin.jhtml
It’s not complicated. Simple times with your child, talking about what is important in their life can impart your values and instill memories that last a lifetime. CCK provides simple, fun activities for you and your child (in case you can’t go fishin’) and that enhance development.
I was and am a 100% bona fide daddy’s girl. I remember summer days sitting with Dad on the tailgate of his 1965 Chevy pick-up behind their little grocery store. We would eat bologna sandwiches with slices of home grown tomatoes for lunch, and share a glass of iced tea. It always seemed like his tea was colder than mine. I could never quite figure that out. We read “Green Eggs and Ham” dozens of time and worked on multiplication tables until I finally learned that 9×4 is 36.
Here are just some of things that I learned from my quiet, hardworking dad:
- Don’t go into debt, buy what you can afford to pay for.
- Be honest.
- Do your paperwork well, take care of your business (whatever that maybe). My dad is a small business owner who is always ready for an audit, an inspection…whoever walks into their store. The ‘paperwork’ is ready.
- Be cautious of what you say: “Lose lips sink ships”, “Silence is golden”, “The fish that didn’t get caught didn’t open his mouth”, “If you told three people (shown with three tally marks ///)…you have actually told 111 people.”
He didn’t teach these value by lectures, but by a quiet life, his example, and moments together “Just Fishin”.
My dad and mother with our girls, making a happy memory while sitting on bags of Always Save dog food at their grocery store. 🙂
Take time for those ‘just fishin’ moments with your kids.
