Colton Alan Kilpack, our oldest grandson is an amazing young man and a particular delight to his Grandma and Grandpa Kilpack. Colton has a good job. He's never late for work and his employer and co-workers love him. He has great friends. He gets straight A's in school and he is on the football team.
Just so you don't misunderstand and think that he is perfect, I must add that Colton is a very normal 16 year old who can dish out a bucket of sass to his Mom every now and again. And he has a little red car that tends to go a little too "zoomingly" down our residencial streets.
Like most teenagers, he tends to get preoccupied with his own activities and friends, but still amazes us often with his cool head, selfless acts of kindness, and thoughtfulness.
For example, a few days ago Colton hopped into his little red car and drove zoomingly down his street. As he passed their next door neighbor's house, he noticed George, the very old, frail neighbor, standing in his driveway. Now I dare say that most of us wouldn't think a thing about seeing a neighbor standing in his own driveway, much less a preoccupied teenager zooming down the street in his cute little red car, in a hurry to go do his teenage stuff with his teenage people.
Colton, however, being the amazing guy that he is, thought that something was odd about George standing in his driveway, so he drove around the block and came back to George's house. Colton got out of his little red car, walked up to George and asked him if everything was okay. George told Colton that he was standing on a very slippery patch of ice and was afraid to move for fear of falling.
Colton helped George off the ice and assisted him into the house. Then he got into his little red car and went zooming down the street.
Colton Alan Kilpack is amazing!
Our son Josh, and four of our grandkids shoveling the snow off our driveway.
