Wild at Heart

**GUEST BLOGGER**

 ~ Eric Hendrickson ~ (my husband)

In June, Stacee took the girls back to Emporia for Lindsee's wedding shower, which provided Silas and I some bonding time. 

Prior to this day, Silas had never gone down a large slide like this by himself.  I typically am less cautious than Stacee when it comes to the kids playing.  Thus, I allowed Silas to march up the steps and go down the slide by himself while I captured the feat with pictures.  I enjoyed his brave and adventurous spirit.

He was really enjoying swinging.  I love his joyous expression below.

I want to instill that sense of adventure and confidence in my kids, especially my son.  Every man was once a boy and every little boy has big dreams, dreams of being the hero, of beating the bad guys, of doing daring feats and rescuing the damsel in distress. God designed men to live a life of adventure and risk, to be dangerous.  The book, "Wild at Heart" talks about this and how sadly, most men abandon those dreams and desires becoming passive and falling to the pressures in this world to be a “nice guy.”  I want Silas to be daring, adventurous, courageous, passionate, Christ-centered, and free.  God bless my boy.