NeverAgain26
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Last night after a lot of procrastination (sound familiar, anyone ?), I decided to clean my guns. I usually do this before I travel (I don't know why) and I am off to the Far East tomorrow night.
My boys were upstairs on their computers. My seven (and 5/6
) year old daughter came down the stairs and saw what I was doing. She insisted on helping clean Daddy's guns!
I saw an opportunity and grabbed it. We both put on our latex gloves, I made sure there was no ammo anywhere on the same floor of the house and we set to it. Her gloves were huge on her tiny little hands, but she was scrubbing away in earnest and did everything I told her to do.
In the beginning, I thought it was going to be bothersome, but I have to say, it is the most fun time I have spent with my daughter in months. She was serious and she did a great job. I went over everything she did and inspected it after she was done.
She stuck with it through 4 out of 5 guns and I have to give her a lot of credit. The best thing is, besides for the quality time we spent together, I taught her a lot about safety. We chatted while we were cleaning and I was in heaven.
I finally got my wife to start shooting after a lot of reluctance on her part. Now I have another ally in the family interested my hobby. I promised my daughter that as soon as she is 12, like her older brothers, she will be enrolled in an N.R.A. youth rifle course at our range.
Life is sweet and I am blessed, praise the L-rd.
NA26
My boys were upstairs on their computers. My seven (and 5/6
) year old daughter came down the stairs and saw what I was doing. She insisted on helping clean Daddy's guns!I saw an opportunity and grabbed it. We both put on our latex gloves, I made sure there was no ammo anywhere on the same floor of the house and we set to it. Her gloves were huge on her tiny little hands, but she was scrubbing away in earnest and did everything I told her to do.
In the beginning, I thought it was going to be bothersome, but I have to say, it is the most fun time I have spent with my daughter in months. She was serious and she did a great job. I went over everything she did and inspected it after she was done.
She stuck with it through 4 out of 5 guns and I have to give her a lot of credit. The best thing is, besides for the quality time we spent together, I taught her a lot about safety. We chatted while we were cleaning and I was in heaven.
I finally got my wife to start shooting after a lot of reluctance on her part. Now I have another ally in the family interested my hobby. I promised my daughter that as soon as she is 12, like her older brothers, she will be enrolled in an N.R.A. youth rifle course at our range.
Life is sweet and I am blessed, praise the L-rd.
NA26