Ruth picked a good one with this guy. Sure, he’s an accomplished engineer with more than 13 years at Skanska under his belt. They’re a world leading project development and construction group. He’s got a big job there and he is more than up to the challenge.
His greatest talent is natural though, that of husband and
father. it required no advanced degrees.
Eternally upbeat, I’ve never seen Andrew be grumpy or angry.
Now I’m starting to see that same attitude in little Wilder Maverick.
Kids are who they are from an early age. Ruth would often be
in a shady corner, reading books to Ohio the Wonder Dog in the front yard.
Hannah would be marching up our steep gravel driveway, out to the dirt road,
barefoot, going places in her diaper, with or without anyone else tagging
along.
They don’t change much.
Now I see Wilder smiling and laughing, enjoying music with
his mother, sleeping through the night and never making a fuss. Even at a
recent family reunion in Idaho when all of Andrew‘s relatives passed him around
like a hot potato, Wilder just beamed, bathed in the attention.
They say attitude is everything, and I believe it is. Now it
is apparent to me that Andrews attitude is contagious and Wilder caught it from
his dad.
Its a great one and possibly the most important life-quality a person can possess.
We’ve all got an attitude, but to just naturally have an
upbeat and happy one, is a gift.
Even if we need to cultivate it though, it’s important to
make sure our own attitude is worth catching.
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