The Legacy

When you have a child, it is a responsibility like no other a responsibility that consumes your soul if you take it by the horns and run, By that I mean this, look at the times, trends, life and you begin to teach and they begin to learn, You teach them of love, respect, not to lie, cheat or steal you teach them the value of friends you teach them responsibility, You teach them to learn the value of education, further education you teach them the value of a dollar you teach them how to be independent, I have had the pleasure to raise 5 5 independent children, educated respectful, trustworthy, loving they have many friends they are successful, have families, mostly I love them all, with all my heart though I must say my raising style has changed And I must beg the oldest 4, their forgiveness The last to raise is not my Legacy he is a Legacy, to his Step Mother and me, he has all the aforementioned, plus vision at 15 he has GPS for his future I play 12 Musical instruments, he plays 11 His Brother and I write, he writes, He excels at all he does I was not as hard on him, Josh, you are not my Legacy You are a Legacy, Created by God, Serving God Truly a Son of God, But you are still my Son and I am very Proud of you, Staff Sergeant Joshua Pickett JROTC, To all my Children, I love you all equally, I just wish I raised you all equally, you all deserved it! Love .....Dad