Successes of Parenthood

Today I took my little girl to the dog park(by little girl I did mean dog). One thing she has never done was swim voluntarily. Another thing she hasn't done was fetch something and bring it back more than once. I think it was a fluke. Anyway, today at the dog park I noticed she was attracted to a stick. She brought me the stick. I threw the stick. She brought back the stick. I thought it was too good to be true, so I tried it again. It worked. After the third time I though...Jeremy, if she is fetching the stick on land...Maybe, just maybe shell fetch in it water. I took a chance and threw it. Although she was hesitant at first she swam to the stick and brought it back. I proceeded to throw the stick again. And again. And again. She was a swimming fetching animal.

From this experience I can now imagine what my parents felt when I fetched my first stick. Ok maybe more like when I rode away on a bike with no training wheels. Or my first step. First word. Potty training at the age of 8. Whatever, the point is I felt proud of my baby girl!