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One thing I find people trying to cling to is their youth. I think because so many of us hate the thought of growing old. On the flip side our kids rush to get old.

I was married at 17 a new mom 10 days after I turned 18. My life wasn't over, I could never go back.

I have three kids that I have always been honest, and open with. No subject of limits, and no judgments made ( oops, except for one daughter-in-law). Two biggies for all, and one for my daughter were.

1. You have 18yrs of your life to be a kid, even if you only live to be 65, thats 47yrs as an adult. Enjoy being young, date, travel, live on and by yourself for atleast a year before sharing your space. As grown as you think you are at 13, you will be different at 16, different again by 18, and so on.

2. Condoms!!! There are much worse things out there than just getting pregnant. If the person your with truly loves you this will not be an issue for them. Pregnant is also something a girl does not want, because you will be on your own except for your family. Over 99% of the time the boys book, because they can.

For my daughter. Most teenage boys are just hormones and really do just think about scoring, even the nicest of them. If he loves you he will never say "if you love me you'll..." that isthe one thing you do not want to hear. Do not let anyone pressure you into anything, and if they are trying to, thats not love it's hormones.

Friday, May 11 - 9:00

Ron's progress remains the same.

Saturday, May 12 - 8:30 a.m.

Ron is able to "scrunch" his forehead. His mouth and jaw continue to move.We thank God for our sweet friends and family.

today i went to the store and got a flower for my mother and thats about it talk later

Well, Elliot graduated today !! I'm such a proud dad !!! Now off to law school in a few weeks. He and I celebrated his graduation with Chinese Food for Dinner and Watching Indiana Jones / The Last Crusade. Then off to work for me and he went out to the Gay Clubs with his friends.

He called me about 3 AM to tell me he had broken off a semi relationship with a guy he had been "messing" around. I had never been totally happy with this choice of young men, but my son is an adult and has to make his own choices. However, I was pleased to see he had made a good decision.

Elliot then called at 4:30, and was still awake....One of the boys at the bars, got locked out of his apartment and needed a place to crash and Elliot wanted to make sure I had no problem with this guy on our couch. Of course not !! No problem at all. However, the guy ended up finding his keys, so Elliot drove him home. Therefore, Elliot was getting to bed really late. When I get home at 7:30 AM, I'll go straight to bed and we'll hang together in the afternoon.

Tomorrow is Mother's Day. I plan to nap in the AM and then go there for the afternoon to hang out. I'll take the kids over on Monday to hang a bit with mom, being they will be with their own mother on Sunday.