My oldest son is working his way through college while living on his own.

We were talking about this subject not too long ago

He wondered if he wasn’t screwing up by not taking out bigger loans & just getting done, particularly with all the talk of student loan forgiveness

I just asked him to figure out the dollar number it would take that he was willing to wince a lil when he went to shave.

His mom & I are some of the lucky ones. We’ve lived the American Dream, from poor to comfortable in our lifetime. It’s amazing how much luck you can create by working long days, 6 or 7 days a week.

I don’t know the answers to a lot of questions. But I know how good it feels to pay your own way.

I hope he gets to experience such in his later years


I'm pretty certain when we sing our anthem and mention the land of the free, the original intent didn't mean cell phones, food stamps and birth control.