2025

 herer we are, jan 20, 2025, im 50 this year and trump is president again.

Alex (18) will go back to UMBC on the 26th for spring semester at UMBC.  Eric (15) is back in school already and busy with school work, and wrestling.

Lynn and i meet with Suzanne fairly regularly and we're doing good.

What troubles me or worries me most is Alex entering his 20s soon.  in my experience, your 20s present the most life changing stuff: finish college;join the work force;maybe meet someone;maybe get married.

all these sound good, but there are pitfalls, and decisions, situations, that can cause a lot of havoc, and tumult: distractions galore from college onwards, you're still impressionable but youre out in the world, a fledgling adult, but an adult nonetheless.  my 20s were filled with bigne drinking, and depression.  the only thing that brought me back was feeling loved by lynn.  i grabbed her and held on to her. 25 years later, i am blessed and filled with gratitude. obviously, we celebrate our 25th wedding aniversary in June!

eric is a lovely soul, still guileless and fairly innocent.  I worry that he may not be street savvy enough for 11th and 12th grade.  Academically he's strong, but forgets things: doing assignments, turning in assignments.  waking in the morning is a 15 min process.  he's really into wrestling and in the 106 lb weight class.  He's been grinding away this year, losing matches but not once talk about quitting.  He's got frit like his momma.

he's also finally talking about getting his driver's permit so he can take that step as soon as he's 15 and 9 months, which he is as of 2 days ago!

lynn is a machine, nothing deters her!  i'm proud of her and what she wants to do.  she's smart and will get her goal.

what i'd like this year is our bdays and anniversary to be the only big things happening, no sickness, no deaths, just my family and trump's drama!

Dear God, bless my family and help me to be good.