I do savor each moment and I feel very fortunate to have time to spend with my son. I learned this lesson very well in August of 2006. That was the year my son lost a very close friend of his on the first day of football practice in a car accident. One of the things his friends dad said to me on the day of the funeral was "watch everything he does, never take a minute for granted, because you never know when you will never have that chance again." It is words I take to heart.

I started this post just to let other people know that there is nothing wrong with the miserable feeling we all have in our stomaches.