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Hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving !! My wife, Lori and I visited our 20 yr old son, Ryan, in Raleigh for a couple of days and it was a terrific get-together. The drive was a real pain - 400+ miles thru severe weather in GA, SC, & NC, but turkey day was crisp and clear, with nary a cloud to be seen. After we went back to our hotel room to sleep off the approx 12, 000 calories we consumed at dinner at an incredible buffet at the Embassey Suites Hotel, we got a phone call about 1AM from my son that in addition to all the ham and turkey we had, he also got some venison - the hard way - by smacking a deer with his just fixed-up Integra. He and his girl friend are okay, but the car and the deer both lost out big time, and neither had collision insurance. ( and he had just replaced most of the front end and sheet metal on his car, and he nowhas to do it all over again) He's handling this setback with an incredible show of maturity, and we're so proud of him. (in fact, he's doing a lot better than I was when we were overcharged at a Wendy's in NC on the way home today, and got some really awful food to boot) That he is dealing with this so well, so matter-of- factly, that he's sorry that he killed a deer and that it damaged his 'pride and joy', that he and his girl friend are most fortunate to be okay when it could have been much, much worse, and that he wishes that his Mom and I didn't have to have this 'event' possibly spoil our visit, only prove to me that in an obtuse sort of way, it was a very good Thanksgiving. When a parent finally is assured that they have the confidence that their child will handle life's inevitable crisies, the never ending series of curve balls thrown at us, the highs and the lows, the good and the bad, and all of the day in and day out challenges that can either consume us, or stimulate us, it is then that they can be at peace with letting go, of backing off a bit, and just enjoy observing their child make something good out of their life. . .And that is what made this Thanksgiving so good. BILL
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