The Power of Unconditional Love is at the Core of Everything. He's Ready. The Road Has Always Been for Him to Find Out. Proud

Tomorrow night, Chitunga heads to Des Moines, Iowa to secure an apartment, his new split position with Ernst & Young (two accounts until August), and the next step in adulthood, hard work, dedication, and personal professionalism. We ate at The Grey Goose in Southport, the same place that launched my new position in Connecticut when Faye Gage, Lynn Winslow, and Kelly Gallagher ate there when I was just ten years older than Chitunga is now.

To say the food is remarkable is an understatement. I had spinach and incredible steak, he had glazed salmon, and Pam had a wonderful halibut dinner. While eating, we learned more about his new position, his thankfulness for Lys, and his hopes for the future ahead. 

Today, I will drive to Stamford and help him to pack up materials (and maybe clean out my garage with some of his sporting goods). Yesterday, I worked on my own stuff, so I'm ready to commit to all he needs for his transition. 

Towards the end of the dinner, I made a toast to unconditional love, which has been central to my life in Connecticut, all the while channeling Lois, who I wish he could have met him before she passed. 

This life thing is short. Time is fickle, and The Great Whatever does what it does. We can only hold on tightly with hopes that we invested all that we could (and will continue to invest) while we can. 

I'm so proud of the man he was always destined to be, and to know with all my heart that he's got this. There can be no other plan for him, because it's always been in his destiny. This is the way. 

Father & Son ~ Cat Stevens

It's not time to make a change
Just relax, take it easy
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to know

Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old
But I'm happy

I was once like you are now
And I know that it's not easy
To be calm when you've found
Something going on

But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you've got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not

How can I try to explain?
When I do he turns away again
It's always been the same
Same old story
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen, now there's a way
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go

It's not time to make a change
Just sit down, take it slowly
You're still young, that's your fault
There's so much you have to go through

Find a girl, settle down
If you want you can marry
Look at me, I am old
But I'm happy

All the times that I've cried
Keeping all the things I knew inside
It's hard, but it's harder to ignore it
If they were right I'd agree
But it's them they know, not me
Now there's a way
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go