Will Bridges

This morning I woke up and my son was half awake. He was staring at me. It was strangely familiar looking in to his eyes. Almost like looking in to my own eyes as if I were grown looking at myself as a baby. As I stared back it seemed I could see his entire future and all the successes, challenges, and failures he may have in the blink of his eyes. It was almost as if we could both see these things for a split second. He just didn't understand it. He had a look that suggested he would need my help in the years to come. Through his eyes I could see flashes of my own future almost like a mirror reflecting a dream.

We both agreed in spirit to assist each other almost like an unknowing pact between father and son. There was a state of compliance and contentment in our mutual stare at the end of it and a new bond was made. He knows who I am now and I know who he is and we both know the long path we have to walk together. We've agreed that sometimes I will carry him and sometimes he can cary me and other times we will walk together but not speak because of temporary angst. But we've shown our silent appriciation, love and our respect for each other in only a glance and that will keep us hand in hand through the ease of life and the stress of life. We are father and son and that means more to me than it ever did.

I love you Juhlyun.