This weekend I had the extreme pleasure of spending time with my son, Andrew, now 25. He is fully 100% responsible for himself and I’m very proud to be him mom.

Several things were great about the visit and watching him be the man he was meant to be.

First, he was very happy to pay for things for both his grandma and me while he was here. It was great knowing that he was doing the right things with his money and seeing him in action as an adult. Men naturally love to provide for the ones they love and having him ‘take a little care of mom’ while he was here was very refreshing!

The other thing that was great was that during his childhood, both his dad and I were (and still are) very physically active. So while he was here we worked out together, swam laps in the beautiful Juniper Swim and Fitness Center in Bend, Oregon, took a 5 mile talk around and up Pilot Butte and finally spent some time hitting a couple of buckets of golf balls.

I hear parents complain about their adult children quite a lot and I wonder how it got to be that way. If you have children who haven’t left home, ask yourself what types of activities they like that you could learn so as to be able to do these activities with them when they come visit you later?

Just something to think about…