Christmas Gratitude for the Beast
12-14-2007, 09:29 AM
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Christmas Gratitude for the Beast
Guys: during this season of sharing, pondering and taking stock of our lives, I would like to take a momentary break from the chaos, from the stress of autism and leukemia, from the stress of marriage, of business ownership, of laboring with no end in site, a short break from the temporal worries of daily living, and simply throw out a few sincere statements of Gratitude for the Beast.
Every time I tell her to "go....now!" and stomp on the gas, she faithfully goes, never asking, "why...?" or "are you sure?"
Every time I leave the office late at night, she is there, waiting lovingly for our evening highway stroll on the way home.
Every time I awake, stumbling out of the house for another work day, she is there, smiling, nodding, winking: "Hi, Kris. Let's have a little fun on the way to work."
Every time I tell her to take that corner a tad too fast for a chassis of her girth, she says, "No problem, Kris, let's do it!"
Every time we discover a lonely stretch of highway, nary another car in sight, starboard nor stern, the valentine one dozing quietly, when I ask her "um, can we flirt with a 'buck forty,'?, she lovingly replies, "I thought you'd never ask."
In other words, in a world increasingly chaotic and confusing (for me anyway), the Beast is the only part of my life that never fails me (setting aside spiritual matters for the moment for the purposes of this fun quip).
And for this, I say "Thanks."
Kris Keeney
Richmond, VA
Disclaimer for the Overly Sensitive, if any: "This short essay is for entertainment purposes and stress-relief purposes only, and is not intended, and should not be interpreted, as a declarative statement on proper or improper driving habits or as offense to anyone, imagined or real."
Every time I tell her to "go....now!" and stomp on the gas, she faithfully goes, never asking, "why...?" or "are you sure?"
Every time I leave the office late at night, she is there, waiting lovingly for our evening highway stroll on the way home.
Every time I awake, stumbling out of the house for another work day, she is there, smiling, nodding, winking: "Hi, Kris. Let's have a little fun on the way to work."
Every time I tell her to take that corner a tad too fast for a chassis of her girth, she says, "No problem, Kris, let's do it!"
Every time we discover a lonely stretch of highway, nary another car in sight, starboard nor stern, the valentine one dozing quietly, when I ask her "um, can we flirt with a 'buck forty,'?, she lovingly replies, "I thought you'd never ask."
In other words, in a world increasingly chaotic and confusing (for me anyway), the Beast is the only part of my life that never fails me (setting aside spiritual matters for the moment for the purposes of this fun quip).
And for this, I say "Thanks."
Kris Keeney
Richmond, VA
Disclaimer for the Overly Sensitive, if any: "This short essay is for entertainment purposes and stress-relief purposes only, and is not intended, and should not be interpreted, as a declarative statement on proper or improper driving habits or as offense to anyone, imagined or real."
12-14-2007, 10:52 AM
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Guys: during this season of sharing, pondering and taking stock of our lives, I would like to take a momentary break from the chaos, from the stress of autism and leukemia, from the stress of marriage, of business ownership, of laboring with no end in site, a short break from the temporal worries of daily living, and simply throw out a few sincere statements of Gratitude for the Beast.
Every time I tell her to "go....now!" and stomp on the gas, she faithfully goes, never asking, "why...?" or "are you sure?"
Every time I leave the office late at night, she is there, waiting lovingly for our evening highway stroll on the way home.
Every time I awake, stumbling out of the house for another work day, she is there, smiling, nodding, winking: "Hi, Kris. Let's have a little fun on the way to work."
Every time I tell her to take that corner a tad too fast for a chassis of her girth, she says, "No problem, Kris, let's do it!"
Every time we discover a lonely stretch of highway, nary another car in sight, starboard nor stern, the valentine one dozing quietly, when I ask her "um, can we flirt with a 'buck forty,'?, she lovingly replies, "I thought you'd never ask."
In other words, in a world increasingly chaotic and confusing (for me anyway), the Beast is the only part of my life that never fails me (setting aside spiritual matters for the moment for the purposes of this fun quip).
And for this, I say "Thanks."
Kris Keeney
Richmond, VA
Disclaimer for the Overly Sensitive, if any: "This short essay is for entertainment purposes and stress-relief purposes only, and is not intended, and should not be interpreted, as a declarative statement on proper or improper driving habits or as offense to anyone, imagined or real."
Every time I tell her to "go....now!" and stomp on the gas, she faithfully goes, never asking, "why...?" or "are you sure?"
Every time I leave the office late at night, she is there, waiting lovingly for our evening highway stroll on the way home.
Every time I awake, stumbling out of the house for another work day, she is there, smiling, nodding, winking: "Hi, Kris. Let's have a little fun on the way to work."
Every time I tell her to take that corner a tad too fast for a chassis of her girth, she says, "No problem, Kris, let's do it!"
Every time we discover a lonely stretch of highway, nary another car in sight, starboard nor stern, the valentine one dozing quietly, when I ask her "um, can we flirt with a 'buck forty,'?, she lovingly replies, "I thought you'd never ask."
In other words, in a world increasingly chaotic and confusing (for me anyway), the Beast is the only part of my life that never fails me (setting aside spiritual matters for the moment for the purposes of this fun quip).
And for this, I say "Thanks."
Kris Keeney
Richmond, VA
Disclaimer for the Overly Sensitive, if any: "This short essay is for entertainment purposes and stress-relief purposes only, and is not intended, and should not be interpreted, as a declarative statement on proper or improper driving habits or as offense to anyone, imagined or real."
12-14-2007, 11:19 AM
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That was great Kris!! 
Gotta admit, for the first year I had her, I used to talk to her quite a lot.
Not so much now. I do still yell at her as we are going down the 1/4 together though. "Come on baby...COME ON!!!"
Gotta admit, for the first year I had her, I used to talk to her quite a lot.
Not so much now. I do still yell at her as we are going down the 1/4 together though. "Come on baby...COME ON!!!"
