[Strangler Lewis]

Jesus Christ, mom, grow a pair, would ya?

Just kidding. Nicely done.

We're always marveling at the stretches our children make as they grow while at the same time saying a sad good bye to the child that was. With our daughter now in junior high, we've hit one of the bigger good byes.

The second part reminded me of a death penalty sentencing presentation that I heard about some years ago. The defense attorney showed the jury an elementary school class picture that included the black defendant among a group of smiling, well-dressed black boys. He was then able to demonstrate that, however many years later, every single one of those boys was, or had been, in the system. Sad stuff.