Friday, August 31, 2007
He's A Man Now
Yesterday our eldest son turned eighteen, and signed a lease on an apartment near the Community College he is attending. Today he passed his driver's license test. He is majoring in criminal justice. He works as a clerk in a supermarket, but is hoping to get hired by a consumer electronics store. That way he will be able to purchase all the technology gadgets at a discounted price. He called to tell me that he also registered for a couple of things: as a Republican, and for Selective Service. We are obviously very proud of him.
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6 comments:
Wow. You and your wife did a wonderful job.
*sniff*
You have every right to be proud of him.
Bob, thanks so much for your post on my blog last night. I too came out of the foster system, only to be raised by two wonderful parents, who healed any pain I had from my early days, and provided a stable loving home.
Your children are lucky to have you and your wife.
An oldie but a goodie:
~ On Children ~
Kahlil Gibran
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow,
which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you.
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children
as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and He bends you with His might
that His arrows may go swift and far.
Let our bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so He loves also the bow that is stable.
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Coongrats, Bob the Bow!
A great mile stone, but you only have 30 seconds to relax.
30 - 29 - 28 .....
Congrats, Bob - I'm glad to hear he's doing so well!
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