One of those days...

It’s been a rough day. No particular reason… just a rough day. On the plus side, the day’s got no place to go but up!

The Tuskegee Airman talk yesterday was interesting. Lt. Col. Leo Gray is from Boston originally but currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale. He spoke of his time in the Tuskegee Flight Institute in Georgia as well as his experiences flying escort fighter jets during WWII. The thing that struck me the most was that he (and most of his buddies) were only 20 years old at the time. I guess I’ve always known that the average age of a fighting soldier is pretty young. But you just don’t think about it. I mean in 4 years, can I see Donald flying a fighter jet over enemy lines and shooting down enemy planes?

We spend a lot of time trying to raise good kids and help them make good decisions for their futures. But I don’t think we realize that so many of those decisions will be out of our hands well before we know it. One day we’ll wake up and say “Hey, I don’t want to hear any of your excuses about needing to run a country or finalize the cure for cancer… get in there and clean your room!”

“Wait a minute… who are you? And where’s that belligerent brat I’m still trying to whip into shape?”

Best not to fall asleep. There’s a LOT of work to be done.

Here are some photos of Tess from her game last night. They were defeated by Dimond, but they played a pretty good game. Things went bad in the 4th quarter, too late to be remedied. Tess played lots of good D.
Blocked pass!