When I was a kid for many years on my birthday morning my mom would come into my room. She’d nudge me awake and say, “It was (fill in the blank of my current age) years ago today I had a baby boy.” She would then go on to explain what a blessing I was since my arrival on the earth. Well before the ‘experts’ declared it was good to affirm your children she was hard at it. Unfortunately she never got the memo stating your kids can do no wrong. They never were at fault, or that life was supposed to be fair.

Have you seen those T-shirts? “Old guys rule.” When I was younger I always wondered what they ruled? The guys wearing them seemed to be pretty laid back and carefree. They always looked like they knew something the rest of us didn’t.