I'm lucky all I got were spankings because the alternate would have been death playing and tempting life the way I did as a kid. Frankly, I feel the good Lord saved me in certain death scenarios so that he could watch as my parents shredded a hole in my jean bottoms with their belt.
It is no accident that I rolled off my skateboard while flying down an East LA hill right before it deviated into a busy street only to get devoured by a passing truck. It is no accident that a branch broke my fall as I lost my grip 20 or so feet above it. Many, many other close calls where those story's came from.
A kid at that age does NOT connect being saved by a branch or a "lucky" roll off a death board with a life lesson. Nope. What made the connection was a stern consequence laden tirade from my father followed by the "if you ever do it again" fire of a well crafted leather belt.
I remember running in circles to avoid the belt! I even put a magazine down my pants once. Those were the days.
Brother is that you?
Your telling the story of my childhood. 😆
I'm lucky all I got were spankings because the alternate would have been death playing and tempting life the way I did as a kid. Frankly, I feel the good Lord saved me in certain death scenarios so that he could watch as my parents shredded a hole in my jean bottoms with their belt.
It is no accident that I rolled off my skateboard while flying down an East LA hill right before it deviated into a busy street only to get devoured by a passing truck. It is no accident that a branch broke my fall as I lost my grip 20 or so feet above it. Many, many other close calls where those story's came from.
A kid at that age does NOT connect being saved by a branch or a "lucky" roll off a death board with a life lesson. Nope. What made the connection was a stern consequence laden tirade from my father followed by the "if you ever do it again" fire of a well crafted leather belt.
Simple.