Teenagers, man…

Last night Ben and I took a walk. He has become quite the young man. He is smart, energetic and he has a lot, and I mean a lot, of opinions about the world and how things ought to be. And for really the first time since he became a teenager, he and I had a long conversation about the things that matter so deeply to him and to me.

I rmemeber being a thirteen year old opiniionated know-it-all, so certain in my beliefs that nothing was going to change my mind. Maybe that’s the way of youth.

But I like to think this morning, that last night’s walk and talk had the effect I hope that it did…