Last week my brother Jody called me and asked if I wanted to take a road trip. I immediately responded with a "yes" because it didn't matter where or when, if it involved my brother, I was definitely up for it! He drove from Rapid City to our house late Thursday evening and spent the night.
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He arrived about midnight and quietly went downstairs. Sophia, who is 3, woke up crying and wandered out to the family room. She took one look at my brother and said, "What happened to your face?"
Since nothing unusual was different about his face, he wasn't quite sure how to respond.
Pretty soon Sophia made it clear. "Daddy? Daddy, you've changed!!!"
He let her know, "I'm not your daddy. I'm your uncle!"
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The next morning, the two of us took off by 8:30am for a north suburb of Minneapolis. We drove straight there, picked up three of his kids, drove through Taco Bell and turned around and drove back home. We made it to my house by 6:30pm, just in time for supper. Jody grilled some killer hamburgers with spices, tomato, avocado and salsa and the kids spent the remainder of the evening playing together. Love the fun family time!
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