I just Wanted to say

[Rock Chalk]

Having a child in the house is the greatest thing that has ever happened to me.

I don't even really know how to explain this. We had a kitten that we found, couldnt have been more than a few days old. The mother had abandoned it. We tried to nurse it to health but, well it just wasnt meant to be. The kitty died this morning and my little girl God bless her said "Where did you bury the kitty?" I told her, "I didnt bury it sweetie, God came and got it".

Now, I know some of you arent religious, dont believe in God, thats fine, but I do, and I try my absolute best to teach my younging about God. I dont force it on her and thats not my point here anyway. What she said to me made me smile and its something I will never forget. She said "That's silly, God lives in the sky, He's too far away to come get the kitty".

Now, I dont know how you religious people have handled this sort of situation of explaining about where God lives, but I told her this: "God lives everywhere honey. But he mostly hangs out here" as I pointed to her heart, "Because that is where we love from and God loves us all very much".

She giggled and then proceeded to ask about a hundred more questions about how God gets out of your heart and how he can live in small places and such. With an adult who was just being an ass, I probably would have gotten irritated but I gotta tell you, that was just one of the best experiences I have ever had and I surely hope to have hundreds more just like that.

That's all I wanted to say. Proceed with your bickering and with the calling of each other racists and what not.

[listopencil]

Racist.

[broncocalijohn]

So did you flush it down the toilet? Trash can? Please tell me you disposed of it in your trash so Mock can race down to Texas and try to get it an organized burial for the said kitty. How you handled it with your kid was fine as long as there was no foul language towards your child. Personally, I would have responded. " a dog came by and ate it" but that is me and the hatred of cats.

[Rock Chalk]

Oh Im not a huge cat fan, and had it survived would have been taken to an animal shelter, but I didnt want it to die.

I buried it, I dont know I just didnt want to tell her where I buried it. She had grown rather attached to it in the day and a half we had it.

[Billy Clyde Puckett]

Kids are great Alec. Every minute of time you invest in them will payoff bigtime. Congrats on the new family.

[Jana®]

I love it, Alec. Your daughter sounds precious! And your explanation as to where God lives was perfect.

[Los Broncos]

I have a son that does not live with me, but i love him very much. I see him on weekends and talk on the phone daily. One is enough at this point in my life, i never had a father so i was kind of scared to even have one.

[BlaK-Argentina]

Congrats Alec, hopefully I can have that someday.

[bronco610]

You did just fine. Also you have a very smart daughter!!!! Enjoy, I miss when mine were children. The fun, the entertainment, and occasionally the embarrasment.

[Inkana7]

Adorable, Alec, simply adorable. Your daughter sounds like the living embodyment of cute.

I really can't wait to have kids of my own.

[Killericon]

I'm kind of a kid(was not too long ago), and I gotta tell you, we're overrated.

[Dagmar]

But what is really important is that

Halo 3 - September 25th!!

Woo hoo!

[DBruleU]

Originally Posted by Dagmar

But what is really important is that

Halo 3 - September 25th!!

Woo hoo!

Ugh. Played the Demo on Live...same old same old.

[Spider]

Alec good job , teach your kids whatever you want , but man nothing makes a guy grow up faster then having little ones around to feed ...........Hell I was teaching my 15 year old daughter how to drive , look at her and still saw the 2 year old snot box and bundle of joy .........

[gunns]

You did a great job Alec. Kids pure honesty can catch us jaded adults off guard....and it can teach us so much.

Enjoy, I miss when mine were children. The fun, the entertainment, and occasionally the embarrasment.

Ahhh yes, but the grandchildren are even better!

[watermock]

I have a runt kitten that was lucky and ran to me with his eyes glued shut somehow. He is now the invincible Beezer.

I may have or may not told this story. My late Dad brought home the most beautiful, affectionate, loving Blue eyed Persian I have ever seen. One day he vanished.

I looked and looked and looked but no Blue Eyes to be found. It took 10 years to be told that it had chased me to the car and I had turned over it in my typical teenage impatience. Never saw the little thing. My father never cried, I don't think I saw him cry more than once. Mom said he did that day taking it to deep burial.

Alec, thanks for your efforts and I doubt you would of taken it to the shelter if you managed to nurse it back to health. A kitten that young has to be bed with a little eye dropper.

[Crushaholic]

Great story, Alec. Yes, we did need a good pick-me-up after all the name calling and dancing on graves.

[dbfan4life]

I share you sentiment, Alec. Kids are great and, man, do they soak up everything! Just wait until you have the whole "where do babies come from?" conversation. I took my daughter to the library for kids books on the subject. I regretted that one when we got to cartoon drawings of animals in different postions! Didn't really help matters!

[REB]

Sounds to me like you handled that pretty well man Enjoy those moments