Brothers' Keepers

ONE EVENING AFTER TWELVE HOURS OF DISOBEDIENT BEHAVIOR ( KNOWN AS THE DAY OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY) SHAYNE JR. AND HEATH WERE SENT TO THEIR ROOMS (AFTER HAVING BEEN GRANTED REPRIVE UPON REPREIVE) TO WAIT FOR THEIR FATHER. WHEN HE ENTERED THEIR WALT DISNEY DECORATED SOLITUDE, TWO PAIRS OF EYES - ONE SET OF STEELY BLUE AND ONE SET OF WIDE BROWN MET THEIR FATHER'S GAZE WITH DETERMINED EFFORT TO READ THEIR FATE. SHAYNE READ A BIBLE VERSE ABOUT CHILDREN OBEYING THEIR PARENTS "FOR THIS IS RIGHT IN THE LORD". HE THEN POINTED OUT THAT THE ALTERNATIVE TO SPANKING COULD BE A PRAYER OF HELP TO BE A KINDER SWEETER CHILD. THE SIX YEAR OLD SHAYNE STARED STRAIGHT AHEAD. SUDDENLY THE FOUR YEAR OLD HEATH JUMPED TO THIS KNEES AND SAID, "DADDY, LET'S JUST PRAY".Kip Powell

Lil Erik

HE CALLED HIS "GRAN'MA BETT" TO SAY PRESS'Y NEEDED A SPANKIN' CAUSE SHE GRABBED HIS TOY AND THAT HE LOVED GRAN'MA BETT "VERYY, VERY MUCH". L'IL ERIK'S WIDE BLUE EYES WERE MAGNETS OF CURIOSITY AND MIRRORS OF THOUGHT. THE 2 YEAR OLD'S PENSIVE COUNTENANCE PROVOKED ADULT CONVERSATION WITH PARAGRAPHED SPEECHES CLIPPED ONLY BY PAUSES FOR QUICK BUT SINCERE TEETH BEARING GRINS, AND OCCASSIONAL ILL HUMOR. HE DOESN'T LIKE A SPANKING "CAUSE THEY MAKE MY EYELASHES CRY".Kip Powell