I explained the blogging A-Z Challenge, what a blog is in general, and my blog to my five-and-a-half-year-old in the simplest terms possible today. I asked him what my letter “f” word should be. He said, “fish.” So here goes.
Kade was a fisherman. His dad lived in a mountain town and there literally was a babbling brook in their back yard. When I’ve been up there I’ve seen lawn chairs set up creek-side. He was probably in his glory to be able to walk a few paces and go fishing all the weekends he spent up there.
My favorite fishing story of Kade is when he was ten or eleven and my step-dad (and I believe my brother) took him ice fishing in Michigan.
Have you ever seen a pike? They’re ug-ly. Long scary snout-looking head filled with sharp teeth. No wonder Kade wanted to catch one.
Here is how I remember it (I’m sure Marv and Andy have a better recollection because they were actually there):
Kade talked and talked about how he was going to catch a pike. Marv prepared him that you don’t always get any fish, much less the type you want to catch. But the glorious moment arrived, and Kade caught and reeled in…a pike! He hollered, “I caught a pike! I caught a pike!”
Later he casually sauntered around the other fishing holes to strike up conversation. He tried to look and sound nonchalant.
“Having any luck? I caught a pike.”
“I know. I heard.”
He helped Marv clean it (probably totally enamored with that process), Grandma fried it up, and we all had a little piece of Kade’s pike with breakfast.
he wore flannel 
Following you now. I read through quite a few, but need to come back and read more to catch up. I love this tribute to Kade. And feeling your pain and loss. I lost my stepson to cancer ten years ago. Hugs to you Kade’s mom.
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I am so sorry to hear you lost your step-son. Hugs right back at ya. Thank you for following.
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Sweet story about the lives of life. Including Marv, Andy and Grandma! Kade had some wonderful teachers!
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How cute you let your son come up with the word for F with fish. Great story about the pike, Kade was very proud of it when he caught it 🙂
betty
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That’s a happy memory of Kade!
A big hug to you Kade’s Mom!
I am visiting from the A to Z Challenge Co-host’s Team. Hope you are having a great time reading, writing and networking with co-participants of the A to Z Challenge. Cheers 🙂
Co-Host AJ’s wHooligan for the A to Z Challenge 2016
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I am enjoying it, thank you. All of the different blogs are very eye-opening!
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Love you, and all the memories of Kade that you share!
Also it’s fun that you’re in my section of blogs to keep an eye on 🙂
~AJ
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Thanks, AJ! 🙂
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Grandpa Marv was glad to see the blog about the pike. He said everyone on the lake knew about that pike, and all the men were happy for Kade. Also, Kade caught the turtle, wish I’d seen that. It’s so nice to have the memories and share them.
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