I brought my son to the office with me today. I asked him, “Drew, do you want to go to work with me today?” He said, “Yes! I love the hot chocolate at Starbucks!” Apparently he is aware of my satellite office location too… It is not much of a secret anymore.

We stopped on the way to my real office and he and I indulged…

Having Drew with me this morning was a joy. It was work — but it was unbelievably delightful. I really didn’t get much done, of course. I managed about a 20 minute phone conversation with my friend Topher from YouthFront while Drew committed himself to putting Kix and mini-pretzels into the middle drawer of my desk.

I mostly cleaned up spills, scrubbed red crayon out of the carpet and played computer games all morning. Quite fun actually…

On the way to meet his mom and brother for lunch he said, “Dad. Thanks for remembering me today.” “What do you mean, ‘remembering’ you today?” I said, as I looked at him in the rear view mirror. He said, “Thanks for playing with me at your work.”

Today was a sweet day.  I am reminded of what really matters most.