Here's Looking at You Kid

This quote doesn't actually refer to an off spring, but it certainly capsulizes how I'm feeling this morning. My 26 year old son Casey is sleeping on the air mattress in our living room and I am typing in the pre-dawn darkness at the foot of the bed. Today is the day he flies off to Seattle and officially moves away from San Diego.

It's been 8 years since we moved to this county in SoCal. I have been out east in the desert and then near the beach in north county. He has been south, in La Jolla and the city. It has been a parallel existence as he has completed college, his Master's, and his first career as an Autism Lab Coordinator and Autism Intervention Specialist. And oh by the way, he started a non-profit See Beneath, Inc. to develop educational materials for autistic children. Busy boy .....

During these years we've played golf a few times, celebrated some holidays, Super Bowls, and birthdays together, gone hiking and camping a couple of times, and there has been the occasional need for Dad to help out with his car. Generally it has been a comfort of proximity and an opportunity to watch a son unfold into a great guy with a big future.

Here's looking at you kid!