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July 23, 2007
Growing Up
Every once in a while I backtrack from giving ideas about learning to where I got a lot of those ideas. Or at least where I had the opportunity to try a lot of those ideas out. Where? On my kids, of course.
Many of you were readers as my four children grew from young children into the twenty-something crowd. I, of course, have not aged, but they have gotten older and, I believe, we've all gotten wiser.
This weekend my youngest, Carolyn, will go back to college. She'll be a junior this year. Actually I think three of my four are juniors this year. Each is getting there in their own way. Wherever they are in the college process is fine with me.
I have truly enjoyed Carolyn being around a bit this summer. I've seen her change a great deal in the last two years. She's a great deal more mature, has a real mind of her own, and has opinions that at times are similar to mine and at others are totally different. We have interesting conversations that way.
My next to the oldest (by two minutes for those of you who have twins) will be at Travis Air Force Base this week. Carolyn and I are planning to have dinner with him one of the nights he's in town. Travis is a lot closer than Oklahoma or anywhere else in the world he might be.
I was in Phoenix last week and hoped to see the oldest. He's also in the Air Force stationed at Luke Field. I left him several messages, but, like the rest of us, he's not always on top of his voice mail. He'll probably call sometime next month wondering if I'm still in town. No, I won't be and he missed out on a great and free dinner.
Jennifer is the closest and, of course, the one I see least often. It's partly due to her living relative close by, but it's also her very busy schedule and mine. They mesh once in a while, and it's always a pleasure when they do.
For those of you who ask about the kids now and then, thank you. They're doing fine. It's nice to see them growing up. Scary too. They were so little just a short time ago.
Posted by Dr Joni at July 23, 2007 03:09 PM
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