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Samuel and Hobbes

I have always been a big fan of Calvin and Hobbes. Bill Watterson developed an instant classic with the creation of this comic strip.

This is the only comic that I ever went to any measure of effort to follow. I think that I own all of the books, so I am pretty sure that I have the entire collection. I have kept the books in my classroom every year, and most of the time I have been willing to share them with my students.

A couple of weeks ago my son found one of these books.

I read a couple of them to him that I thought that he might find funny. He really enjoyed them and asked if he could borrow the book. I told him that was absolutely fine, partly because I thought that it was neat that my son was enjoying the same comics that I had enjoyed.

I could remember this one time, when I was a kid, that I found this really old Charlie Brown comic book. The book was pretty ancient, with old worn pages that were starting to look brittle and brown. I didn't care though, I read through the whole thing during one Thanksgiving day meal at a relatives house. I was remembering that event as I was watching my son through my rear-view mirror, reading through this comic book while we were on our way home.

He has now read completely through two of the books, and I am getting ready to go back up to the school to pick up some stuff, and I know I better come back with another of those comics.

I can't wait to show it to him.

That is one of the greatest joys as a father is to give your sons something that they enjoy. Especially when those are the same things that we have enjoyed.
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  1. Rodney Olsen6/01/2006 6:16 PM

    There's not too many things more satisfying than seeing your kids enjoy the things that make your own heart sing.

    I guess it's a bit like that with us and God. It must bring him great pleasure when we turn our hearts and minds towards the things he considers important.

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  2. Matt Harmless6/02/2006 5:20 AM

    Very true.

    I was thinking about that as I was typing this post.

    Thanks.

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  3. MEC6/07/2006 9:07 AM

    That cool! Such a classic, Iknow it was fun when I started reading some of my mom's old books, 'cause I could talk about them with her and she'd remember them so well

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  4. Harmlessash6/09/2006 4:36 PM

    hey, how's it goin'? i got the firefox browser, i love it. when r u guys gonna visit?? :( catch ya later

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  5. Lisa7/21/2006 8:25 PM

    Mmmmm. I know just what you mean. I'm a reader and I've read about every children's book there is. I've had such a terrific time sharing those same books with my 10 year old who also eats books up. Now we read the new children's fiction together -Series of Unfortunate Events, Artemis Fowl, etc. It feels wonderful to share one of your personal joys with your child.

    HR Mommy

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