the words angrily. I felt myself recreating the 　 2　

　　words my parents had said to me so many times in the past, and I felt powerless to change my kids’ actions. A(n) 　 3　

　　thought came to me, one that comes to most 　 4　

　　at some point: “Am I becoming my father?”

　　We were on a short vacation, and my daughter and son were playing in the mud, splashing(溅) it with their boots, and 　 5　

　　the feeling. You know, one of those feelings that we adults are far too 　 6　

　　to enjoy anymore. It was the third and last day of our trip, and I’d been with the kids on a solo mission to northern Minnesota. My wife had stayed home to enjoy some 　 7　

　　time to rest. Taking care of kids alone was 　 8　

　　no easy task. And while we’d 　 9　

　　some great time on the trip, it didn’t feel too great at the moment. I was

　　　 10　

　　with something many fathers did with: a sense of 　 11　

　　with my kids, and a feeling I should control their 　 12　 .

　　My son turned around to me and said, “Dad, relax! It’s OK!”I 　 13　

　　back at him, realizing he was right.

　　　 14　 , the mud could be washed off. No lives were in 　 15　 . The only 　 16　

　　here was my desire to control them.

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