From the draft folder, April 14, 2015.
“I can win a major award!” My son Bode squealed at me across the field as I picked him up after school.
“A major award” conjured up images of “liquid sex” à la Christmas Story so I waited until he got closer to expound.
“What are you talking about?” I noticed he was holding a plant.
“This!” He excitedly thrust it into my hand. “Third graders are competing in a contest and the winner will win a $100, no, $1,000…or maybe was it $10,000 scholarship if they grow the biggest cabbage!”
I could see it in his excited little eyes. The kid has been bred to grow giant pumpkins.
But wait there, was a catch and he blurted out:
“Everything is great except for…”
“What?”
“The part of the scholarship being reward to a random winner.”
He has more of his dad in him than I’d prefer.
I'm a Canadian-born mom of two, former Denver Post columnist, family travel writer, editor of MileHighMamas.com and 9News contributor. Expert on all things Utah, Denver, family and travel. Lover of laughter and life. Happily married to a man obsessed with growing The Great Pumpkin. 