offspring

Sometimes it is incredibly scary how much your offspring has been spit out with the same genetic make up as yourself or your spouse. First there's the physical resemblance,where you see what you mighta been as a male child as opposed to a female. And then there's the personality traits, which take on a combo of both parents. Maybe more of one than the other.
My son has just been asked to work on the Fiber Arts crew of his college.  All students are required to work 15 hours a week on a particular crew on campus, which contributes to the greater good of the college.  Presently he has the daunting task of cleaning dorm bathrooms.  Yeah. it is exactly as bad as you might imagine.  So this is a welcome change.  And what will he be doing on this new endeavor you ask?  Well, this is Warren Wilson College in Asheville NC, home of vegan cafes with campus grown produce, green dorms, and majors like outdoor leadership, where the school in nationally recognized for their mountain biking team.  He will be weaving, spinning, and creating naturally dyed yarns for apparel to be sold on campus.  Proceeds go back to the college. My true roots of a liberal hippee have come back to visit me. 
I have a suppressed side of creativity, which comes to light in the kitchen with cooking and baking. And Alan passion for food goes back to childhood.  Both kids have that gene.  Maddie will whip up cinnamon rolls one afternoon.  Andrew just called to ask for a seafood risotto recipe-he's cooking dinner on campus tonight.
And they both share the sarcasm gene from both sides of the family. Not always good, but thank god for Burns humor.  That would be my side.