Family: Dodge

It's a boy named Dodge. He is our first born.  Dodge is named after some dear friends of ours, well really just one of them, but they come as a set.  Dodge and Lisa Pool.  It is rather a long story to be told another time.  This is about my Dodge.  He is twenty years old.  I can't wait until he is twenty-five, then I will know something again.  Dodge has been called by God to be a minister, specifically a youth minister at this time.  Which is good, because Dodge likes to play games and do athletic kinds of things. He likes to do stuff like play dodgeball.  You would think he would win.  I mean with a name like "Dodge" how can you not win dodgeball.  But he doesn't always win. 
When he was younger, a teenager, his dad could not walk by him without being tugged into a wrestling match.  It was constant wrestling at our house.  He is studying at The College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.  He loves studying Greek. 
He is a lifeguard and swim instructor, has a First Aid card.  Feels obligated to offer first aid to anyone he sees who is injured.  When I broke my toe, he stood there, looked at it, said, "It's not broken."  Guess what, Dodge was "playing" Tae Kwon Do the other day and kicked, missed, and Broke His Toe!  It was all I could do not to say something incredibly witty.  Dodge runs full speed ahead all the time.  The boy could run across the room at 7 months old.  He likes to talk, he talked in complete sentences by the time he was a year old.
At 6'2", he towers over most.  By the time he was 13, he was taller than I was.  I know that is not saying a whole lot.  He looks a lot like "Shaggy" from "Scooby Doo" at the moment.  Tall, slender, shaggy hair and beard.
He is a very serious, tenderhearted, thoughtful person. I know that doesn't really go with the playful side, but it is true.  He knows a lot about the Bible. Still has a lot to learn.
He helps out around the farm when he is home, which isn't very often anymore. Mostly, he runs errands for me when he is home.  He feeds the animals some, and occasionally likes to play "cowboy." 
He is famous for getting lost, even with a GPS and having a wreck on his first date.  His sister ran into the back of him.  His favorite meal is Fajitas.
Dodge is a special gift from God to a man and woman who thought they would never have children, after trying for seven years.   Love you Dodge!