109: Flashback

Flashback, to age four.

"Come here, you gummy bear," his dad lifted him and whirled him around. Not even caring that other older parents were openly staring at them. The young father and his son.

He threw his head back and laughed heartily, before wrapping around the neck of his father. He always looked forward to his dad arriving to pick him up with his motorcycle. His classmates envied him for having a dad with a crazy motorcycle.

When his dad stopped and put him down, he staggered for a few seconds, "I feel woozy, daddy,"

"Was that the new word you learned at school today?"

"Uhm, no. I saw it in this big book and had to ask my teacher about it. And then she told me the meaning."

"I like that you learn new words every day. You are something I wasn't when I was your age. I slept throughout class and cried to go meet mama," the kid bubbled with laughter from hearing this.

"C'mere gummy bear," his father picked him up once more with a bright smile on his face, "did I spin you for too lo