Loved having both children home for the Labor Day weekend. It’s long been one of my favorite weekends of the year, and honestly, it feels like it kicks off “the holidays” to me. Aaron will be back for Texas this weekend, and then I think he’s going to the game the following week. He’s got … Read more
I don’t really think of my dad as an old guy, and mostly it’s because he doesn’t act like one. He’s 78, but he’s done a good job of not letting the old man in, as Clint Eastwood famously put it. He does all the same stuff I’ve always known him to do, for the … Read more
We moved Aaron into the University of Alabama on Saturday. It’s his first time going to college. However, he’s already a sophomore, thanks to AP credit, excellent teachers (most notably Mrs. Bonnie Jacques), and a much stronger work ethic than I had at his age. The initial experience is so much different from when we … Read more