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happy birthday, bruce!
one thing i know for certain about my father in law, is that he is very dedicated & loyal to whatever he makes a commitment to, especially family. i have never seen a son treat his mother as continuously kind & soft as bruce is with his mom. (well, okay, except for how my hubby is with his own mom, lol). he also does this with his grand babies & sons...if there is anything he can get to help make our lives easier, bruce will be there with it.
& once his first grandchild arrived, you could see the interest growing in the newly titled grandpa bruce...he now does everything except change the diaper! & when we are able to visit them in avon lake, addy is oh-so-excited to jump out & give her grandpa bruce 'grinders', something that he came up with while his sons were little...it is a neck tickle of sorts. anyway, addy really enjoys playing with her grandpa & already she associates him with motorcycles (when one goes by she sometimes yells out "GMPA! OOOHHH"). i just hope there's not a story that goes along with it somewhere, like "my grandpa bruce took me on my first motorcycle ride at the age of 18 months" sort of story *wink*. which would probably be similar to the 'grandpa bruce gave me my first sip of lemonade at the age of 3 months' which is a true statement that nearly made me fall off my chair when it happened...but now makes me only laugh. i don't know if adeline likes lemonade after that attempt *smile*
during my first year of marriage (with wes, of course!) i was astounded with bruce's generosity & interest in not only our cars (which he sold us, as he is a car dealer), but also in our jobs, plans for the future, vacation habits, & also our yard (somehow the dandelions always seem to pop up right before he comes for a visit, lol). not that my parents & father aren't like this!, but bruce has such an earnest desire to ensure we are on the right path...in a good way. he has done everything in his ability to give his sons opportunities in life, even if that included him working 60-70 hours a week for nearly 2 decades.
b/c of bruce, i was finally able to go on (two!) cruises to the caribbean with wes & we were also able to see wes' brother & sister in law get married b/c he knew we couldn't afford it, but that we should be there. sometimes i chuckle & think of bruce as the "don of the family" sort of thing--which may be true, now that i think of it, as he is sicilian, hhmm??--& he sits in front of the tv, both watching the tv & then also knowing exactly what is going on in each of his kids' families' lives, helping & giving advice & always being there asking if we need anything, how things are going...lol, but he is not scary, folks.
then there's always the 'homemade vacation movies' to watch...oh my. they are helpful when it comes to getting a general idea of what their most recent vacation was like, but at times it seems we see the ground more often than the sights? they are classic, though, & are a good timeline of their lives.
one more thing to say about bruce: he's a walking tv guide! it's truly amazing.
one thing i know for certain about my father in law, is that he is very dedicated & loyal to whatever he makes a commitment to, especially family. i have never seen a son treat his mother as continuously kind & soft as bruce is with his mom. (well, okay, except for how my hubby is with his own mom, lol). he also does this with his grand babies & sons...if there is anything he can get to help make our lives easier, bruce will be there with it.
& once his first grandchild arrived, you could see the interest growing in the newly titled grandpa bruce...he now does everything except change the diaper! & when we are able to visit them in avon lake, addy is oh-so-excited to jump out & give her grandpa bruce 'grinders', something that he came up with while his sons were little...it is a neck tickle of sorts. anyway, addy really enjoys playing with her grandpa & already she associates him with motorcycles (when one goes by she sometimes yells out "GMPA! OOOHHH"). i just hope there's not a story that goes along with it somewhere, like "my grandpa bruce took me on my first motorcycle ride at the age of 18 months" sort of story *wink*. which would probably be similar to the 'grandpa bruce gave me my first sip of lemonade at the age of 3 months' which is a true statement that nearly made me fall off my chair when it happened...but now makes me only laugh. i don't know if adeline likes lemonade after that attempt *smile*
during my first year of marriage (with wes, of course!) i was astounded with bruce's generosity & interest in not only our cars (which he sold us, as he is a car dealer), but also in our jobs, plans for the future, vacation habits, & also our yard (somehow the dandelions always seem to pop up right before he comes for a visit, lol). not that my parents & father aren't like this!, but bruce has such an earnest desire to ensure we are on the right path...in a good way. he has done everything in his ability to give his sons opportunities in life, even if that included him working 60-70 hours a week for nearly 2 decades.
b/c of bruce, i was finally able to go on (two!) cruises to the caribbean with wes & we were also able to see wes' brother & sister in law get married b/c he knew we couldn't afford it, but that we should be there. sometimes i chuckle & think of bruce as the "don of the family" sort of thing--which may be true, now that i think of it, as he is sicilian, hhmm??--& he sits in front of the tv, both watching the tv & then also knowing exactly what is going on in each of his kids' families' lives, helping & giving advice & always being there asking if we need anything, how things are going...lol, but he is not scary, folks.
then there's always the 'homemade vacation movies' to watch...oh my. they are helpful when it comes to getting a general idea of what their most recent vacation was like, but at times it seems we see the ground more often than the sights? they are classic, though, & are a good timeline of their lives.
one more thing to say about bruce: he's a walking tv guide! it's truly amazing.
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