Tonight I took Joshua to Wal-Mart to pick out a toy. He’s been working really hard on his manners, his “sir” and “ma’am”, his behavior at school…several things. Since he’s been doing such a good job with everything, we decided to let him pick out something special from the toy aisle at Wal-Mart. When I got home from work, I let him hop in the truck with me and off we went.

As we were pulling out of the driveway, he said, “Dad, this is awesome. We never get to do anything like this, just me and you.” Of course, this isn’t true; we do stuff all the time. But obviously, he was pretty excited.

Then we pulled out onto the highway and Joshua says, “Dad, you know who my best buddy in the whole world is? It’s YOU!”

You’re my best buddy, too, son.