When a Son No Longer Rides The Bus to School

This morning the kids began their school year. Who knows what eighth and tenth grade holds for them, but I’m sure it’ll be the usual mix of ups and downs.

Every year this day makes me reflective as a father, but today even more so as I watched Dylan not get on the bus, but rather catch a ride to school with his friend that lives across the street.

It brought me back to when Dylan Wood use to take me to school.

I can’t remember how Dylan and I first became friends, but he was definitely one of th...