Debates

You know you're not single anymore...when your 12 year old son debates almost everything you say...but a week later you hear him using your points to debate your side of the issue to his sister...you realize he is learning how to think critically when he talks with you...you also notice that he is picking up some of your habits...that he's starting to like the foods you like and the stuff you like to do...that recently he borrows your shampoo and body wash not because he's out of his own but he says "I want the manly shampoo" and when he comes out of the bathroom later he says "I'm starting to smell like you!"...you know then that you are quickly rising the ladder of being one of the top male influences in this boy's life...you are humbled and you pray that you can be the mentor and guide that he needs at this time in his life...you know that his eyes are always watching you and the accountability is great but that you are making an impression in a boy that is influencing the type of man he will become.