When I took him to work this evening, I met his manager and the man absolutely lavished praise on my son's maturity and raved about how well he handled himself during the interview. He spoke of Jake's intelligence & confidence in himself and his ambitions to be be a cardiac surgeon. He swore to me, "that boy is going to make something great out of himself". I just said "thank you".
As I drove away, I bawled 'cause another one of my kids (he's my second son) has "grown up". I knew though, this was something he had to do on his own. Mommy can't do everything and there comes a time when the kids have to learn to stand on THEIR own two feet. My son's goal is to work and save his money for his insurance on his first car. His reasoning is it's his privelege to drive and he want to earn his own money and not have to rely on daddy and me for insurance money. I think he will do well too.
Congrats - you did well.