It pains me when I say Christian is headed home, not so much because he is going there, but that, after two years of graduate school away from our home–that of Lorena and I, his home is really his own and not ours. That is always a good thing, but leaves most parents with feelings of melancholy. We had a great time during his 21st birthday visit. We ate a lot of good food, discussed life and its trials vigorously and saw our now grown son in a different light than before. He is his own man. We look forward to his next visit, probably Thanksgiving and have plans to do more of the same–hang out, talk, eat and enjoy our children as adults.
The book at the right was from one of his classes, Functional Analysis in the Math Department. He studied pretty hard while he was here in Texas. His other class is a hard, graduate level physics class, Quantum Physics in the Physics Department. We asked him why he took such hard classes. He no longer has to do that if he does not want to, but believes taking easy classes are a waste of time–if they are easy, he can learn the material from a book.