Cat's in the Cradle brought to Life

Anyone who was alive in the seventies I'm sure remembers the Harry Chapin song "Cats in the Cradle". (Great song by the way). All my life my dad told me I was going to have a son just like me. (I don't think he meant it in a good way.

My son is six years old. Needless to say he is just like me. He is impatient, he is gives up too easily when things get hard. He has every negative quality about me that I am ashamed of. He is also loveable, and passionate about the things he loves. That is one of the things I love about him.

I'm sure he has some good qualities that he picked up from me, but the bad ones are the ones I notice, because I blame myself, when he has troubles since he is so much like me. The good thing about that is I know how to steer him away from the things that hurt me as a youth. I sure hope he listens, since he is just like me he probably won't. Oh well we will love him anyway.