My girlfriend came home a few days ago and mentioned that she had heard something on National Public Radio that I thought was interesting. She told me a story about a Dad who was raising a young child. As a Father, he was always trying to teach his son life’s lessons.

One day, while they were out eating at a restaurant, the son was dipping his pickles in ketchup before eating them. The father thought this was gross, and told the child that it was disgusting. The child looked at him with a hurt look on his face, and loudly proclaimed, “Don’t yuck my yum!”. 

Ah, out of the mouths of babes…the child had just taught the Father something very important.

There have been many times in my ...