Wow, my boy is going into the 5th grade.   

 

We’ve experienced all the things I hoped to experience as a father and son.     I have been honored to be a father.

 

I fought for custody of my son and it taught me something I think many parents don’t understand. I had to fight for the right to be Declan’s father.  I gained the greatest appreciation for being his father from that experience.  

 

Today my mind has been far from grown up problems.  This morning I awoke at 5:00 am and my goal was to wake my son up cheerfully for his first day of school.  We had home made French toast and ham with orange juice.   We both skated to school together and I told him how proud I was of him.  My son is in the 5th grade.