[Clara Lou]

I have 4 kids—last one is 18 years old. I read the article. Why did my monitor screen get blurry?

[SuziQ]

Same here, Clara Lou. Our youngest will be 18 in Feb. We've had the pleasure of having him back home from 'school' during this last year, homeschooling him through the last two years of high school. He's been an 'only child' this year because our daughter went off to college last Fall, and his two older brothers are grown and on their own. It's been fun, and he's such a pleasure to know.

We'll miss him when he goes off to school, but we've never been overly sentimental about our kids going out on their own. We're happy that we've prepared them to face the world on their own, but they always know we're here when they need us. And I plan, when we finally get settled down South, to build a house that will accomodate them all, and their families, when they come to visit!