Milestone

Tomorrow marks yet another milestone in my life. I believe that we only have so many that are truly milestones and this is a biggy for me. My 22 year old son gets married. Kind of makes you feel old, happy, reflective and sad all at the same time. My little buddy is taking a wife…unreal sort of.

Truly, he is the son every Father dreams of and I’ve never understood why I was so blessed. He was never any trouble in his youth (like I was). We did everything together. I coached him through years of baseball and soccer. I showed him how to fish when he was little and he took it from there and became more skilled and knowledgeable than I ever was. He feared nothing, not even 50 mile trips in the ocean we took on our boat King Mackerel fishing. When he fished by himself, I always got a phone call and a cell phone pic of every catch. One evening he fought a large fish from the beach for more than an hour on light tackle. He kept me updated by cell phone. Turns out to be a 6′ shark and a huge crowd gathered and watched the fight. Guess who got the call and pics from the cell phone.

He just graduated last month from East Carolina University. His plan now is to attend Seminary this fall at Wake Forest. For the past 4 years, he has helped to build a small church from the ground up. To watch him turn into the man he has become is truly inspiring.

Tomorrow he takes a wife and I cross over yet another milestone. I hope he takes his time but I’m really looking forward to him giving me a new fishing buddy in the future.

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