Golfing Makes My Heart Sing

At our church, we have a wonderful annual event called the Primary Program where all the 3-12 year olds are in charge of presenting our Sacrament meeting program. Christ said to become as a little child and the spirit is so strong when the children sing and bear testimony for the rest of us.

Since kids will inevitably be kids, my absolutely not at all shy kids get shy when it comes time to give a talk at church. So what is a parent to do? Bribe of course. And what better to bribe them with than something they have been BEGGING to do. Every time dad leaves the house with a certain bag over his shoulder I am left with two puddles of tears. "You are not old enough to golf on a real course" is apparently the most bitter of English phrases. So dad, with his uncanny ability to sweet talk his way into whatever he wants, got permission to take my four year olds golfing on a real course.

Prince was a champ - sang his songs and spoke his part beautifully. Tackler debated and contemplated and decided he could not be bribed. (Boy, that kid is as stubborn as his dang mother.) So Prince waltzed off with dad on his own and Tackler took it like a man.

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