[gatotom]

The hardest thing is not so much watching the kids leave, they always come back....its re-adjusting to being only with your wife again.

After raising 3 children, the oldest now 32 the youngest now 21 with a 29 yr old in the middle, your life revolves around children. The first one was easy and so was the second one but the baby is the toughest.

Now, my wife and I like our freedom and our dog is kinda slowing us down some, tought to travel with him and the summer months are hard to leave the large garden at home. So in the coming yrs , the dog will not be replaced with another and the garden is getting smaller every yr because before you know it, your old and you can't get around anymore.

Truly golden yrs, hahahaahahahaha....they are really rust not yet solidified.

You know you are getting old when you tell your baby that the 911s is his when he graduates from USNA. And I feel good about it.