It begins today with driving to my son's college to pick him up. It's his birthday tomorrow. That will involve cake, dinner out, and other happy things. Then Sunday afternoon we'll drive him back to college, drop him off at the dorm, and, with tears in our eyes, slowly start back down the road to our empty little nest. During all this, I'll occassionally feel a twinge of envy over the thought of Cantankerous going to NYC and seeing Patti Smith in cb's. But this too will pass.
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