I hate back to school....

[Sonny Edmonds]

Yep. That times comes in every Family. The kids finally begin to leave the nest and spread their wings.
While it might have it's remorse now, but sooner than you realize, they will be visiting home with new loved one's, and a branch will begin to grow.
When that branch bears fruit, there, there Grandpa, is your new fishin partners. Because you need to teach them, too.

What do I know? I've been a Grandpa since I was 35, and I've loved it!
But a new branch began on August 27, 2009. And now we are Great Grandparents. A Great Grandson has come to us. I'm 59.
So smile, hold your head up and know you have done a great job getting your Son's, your fishing buddies, this far.
They will be back, there will still be Bluegill Bashes.
But it is all a part of growing.
Once you are a Parent, always you will be.

I'm retiring next April. Because I have way to many places I need to be right now. I just don't have time for work, I need to be teaching.

Introducing:
Carter Allen Wargo

[Big Bad Wulff]

Dropped my eldest off for first year of college 2 weeks ago. That was a tough one!

[maodiver]

yeah...BTS sucks. BTS=Back to work.

[Eight Thumbs]

I'm afraid that back to school will be a done deed for all of those who are going by the end of this long weekend. Labor Day was usually the very date for school to start. I still remember the song that marked the beginning of summer's end in New England. "School bells ring and children sing it's back to Robert Hall's again. Mothers know for better clothes, it's back to Robert Hall's. That advertisement always warned us that we had less than 2-3 weeks of vacation left. Oh well! 8T