Teach Your Children Well

The song of this title is a beautiful one, in both sound and sentiment. I don't feel like writing a lot today, so I'll just say what I told my middle son today at dinner. (He and his girlfriend took me out to one of my favorite restaurants and spent time with me, especially nice because he has had a gig each of the last four nights and she has a paper due for grad school tonight.) I have accomplished many things in my life, some of them against steep odds, but there is nothing I am more proud of than raising my sons to be the fine men they are. I was not (and am not) a perfect mother; they are not perfect people. But we love each other, flaws and all. And they are, as I have said before, people I would want to spend time with even if they weren't my sons, and they seem to enjoy spending time with me. For that, I am immensely grateful. I am not a religious person, but it's hard not to feel blessed when have that going for me. I leave it there -- before I get all sappy.