.... Too quiet.

Off topic, but I wanted to share with my friends here.

My son has left home. The recruiter picked him up yesterday to take him to Dallas. By now he's taken his oath and is at D/FW airport waiting on the plane to take him toFt Jackson, SC for basic training. I've spent the last 19 years dreaming of the day my wife and I would have the house all to ourselves again and now... It's like all the life has drained out of the place.

It dawned on me yesterday as we were saying goodbye that it was the last time I could hug my little boy. It's an awesome thing, seeing the kid you've sweated blood over while getting him through school, coaching him in little league, trying to steer him through all the trials and pitfalls, suddenly stand up on his own two feet and show you he really is the man you were trying to get him to be. God, I'm proud of him.

And I miss him.

Here's to my son.Private Taylor P., United States Army.