Andrew… My most sensitive child!

When Andrew was born he was so special to both his parents and as we got to know him better we could see that he could be a very great man if he so chose. There was a very significant light in his eyes that looked so much like his mothers eyes. Andrew was always mischievous like his father, but he is better than his father. Andrew was born exactly one day after our wedding anniversary, I wanted him to be born on our anniversary so I had Diana stand on the toilet and jump off it until he was born, but she wouldn’t do that. When Andrew was born we made a walk-in closet for his bedroom and he was only a baby for such a short period of time as Calixta was born 12 months later. Cathy always took care of him till he wanted no more of it.

As Andrew grew older, he got very mischievous and was extremely jealous of his brother and sisters. Andrew pushed Calixta down the stairs, while she was in a baby walker, as one of his first acts of tyranny. JK But he went on to do many things that were both very intelligent and almost as many as many things of villainy, because he is so smart.

While Andrew was a child in Parkwood, we would ride our bikes on the wooded trails around Parkwood and we would even ride out to the Research Triangle Park. We both loved to do this and as he grew a little older he would help me out whenever I had an insulin reaction. I remember once when Andrew was about four I started having an insulin reaction when Andrew was the only other person in the car and he helped me find the way home. Poor child and what a brave child Andrew was. It was about here or maybe even a little earlier when Andrew started disliking our Heavenly Father. Andrew thought that Heavenly Father had allowed me to have this horrible disease and he did not like it at all. Andrew thought it very unfair and he started not wanting anything to do with a God who would allow such suffering. Diana told Andrew that he had to go to church as long as he lived beneath our roof but could make his own choice once he left our house. Well he waited till he was out of our house before he stopped going to church.

Uncle Rod always said that Andrew would be a very rich man and if he were not so much like his dad he would already be a multi-millionaire. The problems are that he always wants to help other people and he has a total lack of respect for any authority. I will say that I have lately learned to appreciate some authority.

Much of this is my own assumptions and if Andrew disagrees with them then he can correct these assumptions.

Love Dad