[JERRY2KONE]

GEE you are the man. Experience is the best teacher for sure. One of the frist things we did last year was to tell our kids that they were not moving to Korea just because they had to, but because we loved them and this is their life now. No running home to grandma's house or aunte whatever. This is our family now and we have to work together to make it the best that it can be for all of us. Sure it was hard for them to swallow, but it finally has sunk in. It is amazing to think of how they were a year ago, and how they behave now after a year of us coaching them along. I just had the discussion with them yesterday about how our relationship is one of mutual trust, and respect. We will trust and respect them until they give us a reason not to. THey have to turst and respect us to do right by them. So they are starting with a clean slate, and where it goes from here is up to them. Our entire extended family is amazed with how much they have improved in just 12 months.

You know your kid is a great young man Harold. Like Gee stated be proud of that fact, and like a new plant you just have to give him love and encouragement to continue to grow in the right direction. Isn't parenthood great? Once you get how it works it is the coolest thing we get to do as adults.