kids...

I woke up early the other morning and, for some inexplicable reason, I missed my step-daughter. First I have to tell you that in the past year (with the able bodied assistance of her younger brother) we've moved her in and out of the house four times. Luckily she's young and single so the "stuff" hasn't accumulated quite yet. She did spend a bit of her holiday break from school the past couple of weeks on our couch, running our washer, dryer, TV and fine dining from our fridge and pantry. That's OK because, I too was once a starving college student and did pretty much the same to my folks. Still, not quite sure why this feeling overcame me.

Anytime I meet people who are on the cusp of becoming empty nester's I have this uncontrollable need to warn them. I know I'm not supposed to. I know this has been a closely guarded secret since around the time man started to walk upright. I know I run the risk of becoming one of the "vanished ones". Led away by men in black clothes to black vehicles in an effort to keep the species thriving. But...here goes... The truth is...THEY NEVER GO AWAY!!! And...not only do they never go away, THEY REPRODUCE! Now there's even more of them!! There. It's out. Be warned...

Yes, I admit my life would not be the same without all of my beautiful children and grandchildren. A little more money in my pocket, a few more hairs left on my balding head, and what's left, not so gray. But what are those things compared to the joy of seeing my children tortured by there progeny!! It's life's irreversible cycle.

"They shall reek havoc upon their parents as their parents did upon theirs."
Steve 2:18