this summer, i had 4 ton of pellets delivered to my house. first thing saturday morning, i got my 15 yr old daughter up at 7 am (usually sleeps 'til 10-11), took her to breakfast, and said "well girl, now we got work to do before it gets hot."
when we got home, we started in moving the pellets to the old woodshed...not far, about 50 ft. halfway through the first ton, she sits down and says " boy dad, this is hard work." i looked at her and said " we could go back to burning wood..you know, cut it , split it, stack it to dry, then move it to the woodshed, re-stack it, then bring in wood every nite, or i can do this alone, and move your room to the garage...it's going to keep your butt warm too you know."
after the second ton was put away, we called it quits for the day...too hot for the ol' man.
the next day(sunday), i was going to let her sleep in for a bit, so i did my dump run, went for groceries for the week, and stopped at my dads to check on him and have a coffe with him. when i returned home...appox 10 am, i find my daughter, and her girlfriend who spent the nite, putting away pellets. they had already moved a tone and was halfway through the last ton. i asked what they wanted,lol. and my daughter says " nothing dad, i thought about what you said yesterday, and you're right...you work hard everyday to make a home for me, you are both mom and dad, and when you get home at nite, you cook and clean, and put up with me. so i figured i would finish this for you and my friend wanted to help."
now, when i get home from work, she has already brought in 2 bags of pellets( one for the nite,another for morning), she has the dishes done up, and a fresh pot of coffee waiting for me. whatta kid! the other nite, she wanted me to show her how to clean the stove....i said "babe, thanx for the offer, but dad will do that part, you are being a great help already."
i am a single dad. i adopted my daughter as a single parent when she was born, and went through another bogus divorce last year. i tried hard to find someone as a mother figure for her, but now she says i am all the mother she needs. quite a young woman.
she has the do dads, the electronic toys, cell phone and laptop...it used to be that those took no.1 priority...things sure are different now.