re: Post a favorite memory you have growing up

When I was a kid my dad was a teacher so he had summers off. We didn't have a lot of money but he saved up enough to buy an aluminum boat with a 20 horse mercury outboard. We carpeted the floor and sides, installed bass seats on pedestals, and mounted a trolling motor on the front.

He'd wake my brother and me up at 4:00 am in the middle of the week in the summer and say "want to go fishing?".


We'd head out to places like Bayou Pigeon, Bayou Sorrell, Grand River, Lake Verrett, and Spanish Lake. Most days we'd be the only people out there.


Catching fish or just drowning crickets, it didn't matter, my dad was spending time with his boys. It was great.


I think every family should do stuff like that. Time spent out there on the water, nothing to do but fish and talk. That quality time together beats the shite out of these helicopter parents signing their kids up for football, baseball, gymnastics, etc. That's just playing taxi to cart your kids off to their next activity. Then you're on the sidelines while someone else is spending time teaching your kids.

Don't get me wrong, sports are great for kids. But there's other things that matter more. Like spending time together doing something.