Son's new career path, pretty proud father

   / Son's new career path, pretty proud father
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Not my son, but I was the best man at his fathers wedding and his dad was the best man at my wedding.

He's 14 and at a wrestling tournament in Europe right now. Won his first match.

Kid is only 14 years old... just as proud of him as my own son.

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   / Son's new career path, pretty proud father #172  
Nice story
 
   / Son's new career path, pretty proud father
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Kid sent me this photo on base at the dorm. I told him I see a certain theme going on there LOL

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   / Son's new career path, pretty proud father
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Had to go to SC for some training this week, so the night before my class, son traveled from base to meet me for dinner in Columbia SC.

I got to meet his Sergeant (who had recently moved to a different department) and another good friend of his who seems to be progressing and working towards his goals in the military as well. Both seemed like really great guys, one the same age as my son and the Sergeant being in his early 30's with a family of his own.

Son has always talked highly about some of people on base he works with on base, and it was great to finally meet a couple of them.

Of course every one has an open invite to visit if they ever want to get away for the weekend, both seemed equally interested on the offer, and the Sergeant has an open invite to play guitar (which he actually seemed interested in) at our start up church in town because he plays at his own local church. The offering of being able to shoot out back helped incentivized them I think LOL

The young man around the same age as my son was excited to being able to go visit his family in the near future. Hadn't seen them since a year in a half. Hopefully that gave my son a better perspective of being able to drive home to visit his buddies locally and get home cooked meals his mom makes over the weekends when he wants to.

Just can't figure out how both of his friends go to church and my son doesn't... That said, sad to say I was the same way at his age. They all laughed when I told them my son loved going to church during BMT though. I called that one right though, at the time (when he was going to BMT) told the wife not to get to excited about the fact that he was singing in the church choir on Sundays.
 
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It was rainy, overcast and late in the day and had lightning.

Very long story, finally found the my fifth uncle that my son wanted to see where the "family" was buried, along with his grandfather and grandmother (we spent some time looking for all the gravesites ).

After we said our prayers at my uncles gravesite (last visit), I was ready to get to run back to the car).

Son told me you go back dad to the car, I've got something to do (keep in mind, it was raining and I was the old guy with the umbrella because I didn't want to get wet).

I was kind of flipping out in my mind on why he wouldn't come back to the car with me.

Turn around and this is what I see.

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He comes back to the car and he apologizes to me because he saw a couple flags down, and he wanted to plant them properly.

Reality is I was such in a rush that I didn't even notice them.

I told him it was no problem waiting for him and I couldn't have been more proud of him for doing what he did (let along feeling like a heel myself).

Like I said, long story. Originally he was in his dress blues for pictures with his relatives at their gravesites, but met a cousin later for dinner around the cemetery and hit the cemetery on the way back to the hotel and thought we'd try to find it one more time which we did.

My wife and I want our ashes spread out. For now, my son has told me he wants to be where his gramps is (he never met my mother, but knew his gramps loved her dearly).
 
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Nice story sig thanks for sharing
 

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