Michael Roebuck's Blog

I'm sitting here Sunday night reflecting on a wonderful weekend and as a proud parent. As you know, I have 5 wonderful children and this weekend focused around one of my daughters; Toni. This weekend was "All About Her." She participated in the local "Band-O-Rama" where the local elementary school band students played in a concert Friday night followed by individual competitions on Saturday. It's a really big deal for the kids and watching all the kids play was truly amazing. They all did very well and I'm proud to say Toni performed wonderfully and received high scores in all of her sections. She plays the Clarinet and fumbled a bit with her Chromatic Scale, but more than made up for it with a perfect solo and wonderful duet with a flute played by one of her friends.

Sunday was a day of celebration as Toni was confirmed in our Church. She had been working hard towards this day along with about a dozen other kids and it was exciting to participate with her. It's such a heartwarming experience to watch my sweet, innocent and adorable little baby girl gain admission to Gods world! Below is a picture of of her with proud Mom and Grandma.

After the services we invited a few close friends and my wife's parents over to have lunch and cake. You know, enjoy in the fellowship and solitude of this day that the Lord has made. A nice quiet day where we can reflect on the Church and enjoy each others company. Well, at least that was how it was supposed to go.

My dear, sweet baby girl has grown up with a mean streak. If I was Alec Baldwin, I guess I'd have a few choice words for her but certainly not a thoughtless pig. I spent my hard earned money on a perfectly good cake to celebrate this joyous occasion with friends and family where my daughter is supposed to be getting closer to God and this is what she does....

Her and her girlfriend decide it would be funny to attack me with the cake. Ha-Ha! Real funny girls! You both have ruined this cake now. You think people are going to want to eat it now after it's been all man handled and squished?

Who teaches them this type of behavior? When I was growing up, this would never have happened with my family. Why? Because I respected my parents. Or at least was scared enough of my Dad not to throw cake at him! I can't believe the level of disrespect these kids have nowadays.



I guess I'll just have to go to bed wondering where I went wrong. What did I do, where did I fail? Why do these kids nowadays feel they can attack elders with cake? At least I'll sleep well knowing that I smeared cake on them too (And the fact it was easier to wash out of my hair)!!

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