Stid2677
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This story started with a phone call from my Son Zach,, “Dad, I’m in jail”, not what a father wants to hear. Long story short, unpaid tickets led to his license being suspended and one night he tried to run from the cops to avoid another driving while suspended and ended up in jail for 6 months for evading arrest. He serves six months and gets all his fines taken care of.
Now, he has a year driving suspension, hard to keep a job when you can’t get there. I ask him to come and stay with me and help me out until he got his license back.
For over 20 years I mentored and reformed dozens of young men and women, why could I not do the same for my own Son? It seemed like the harder I tried the more he would do the opposite. We had an Orange County Choppers JR/Senior type relationship. Add to this, him being a teenager and me deploying all over the world or getting ready to deploy again, we just stopping communicating.
When Zach got here it was dark and cold, moving to Alaska in December is a shock for a southern boy I’m sure. Zach was at an all time low when he got here. I decided that I was going to do everything possible to help him get back on track and to make the best of the year. My wife was deployed, so it would be Zach and I for a year.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!!!
We got out and chased the northern lights...
Played in the snow.
We tried ice fishing, but did not do too well.
Now, he has a year driving suspension, hard to keep a job when you can’t get there. I ask him to come and stay with me and help me out until he got his license back.
For over 20 years I mentored and reformed dozens of young men and women, why could I not do the same for my own Son? It seemed like the harder I tried the more he would do the opposite. We had an Orange County Choppers JR/Senior type relationship. Add to this, him being a teenager and me deploying all over the world or getting ready to deploy again, we just stopping communicating.
When Zach got here it was dark and cold, moving to Alaska in December is a shock for a southern boy I’m sure. Zach was at an all time low when he got here. I decided that I was going to do everything possible to help him get back on track and to make the best of the year. My wife was deployed, so it would be Zach and I for a year.
When life gives you lemons, make lemonade!!!
We got out and chased the northern lights...
![IMGP3927.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/IMGP3927.jpg)
![IMGP4053.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/Northern%20Lights/IMGP4053.jpg)
![IMGP4052.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/Northern%20Lights/IMGP4052.jpg)
Played in the snow.
![IMGP2708.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/IMGP2708.jpg)
![IMGP2573-1.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/IMGP2573-1.jpg)
We tried ice fishing, but did not do too well.
![IMGP2783.jpg](http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r233/stid2677/Ice%20Fishing/IMGP2783.jpg)