Goodbye My Darling

Most parents go through the empty nest syndrome when their children go off to college. Carol and I get to suffer through this twice.

As many of you know our daughter Amanda has been working for us at Arizona Weed King, Inc. for a number of years now. She has been an indispensable part of our team. She handles most all the homeowners that call in for service and I am here to tell you nobody has ever done it better. We have always remarked with amazement that a family as close as the three of us can work together. Much of this is due to her and her Mother's temperament. In other words - putting up with me.

Today is her last day. After the first of the year she enters a full time apprenticeship to complete her Masters in Counseling. Her Mother and I could not be prouder. We have watched her grab this dream with the tenacity of a bulldog. She has studied long and hard, and I mean hard. She has friends that academics come easily to. Not Amanda. She earns every piece of knowledge, fighting and kicking and biting it off one morsel at a time. She is smarter than most of us. One of those natural smarts that simply understands the way of things. This makes her smarter than most academics and 95% of the world.

So, you can see this is a bittersweet day. Weed King will go on a little less than it was because of her absence, but she will go on to storm the world and grab her future in a headlock and she will grow and grow and grow.

Good luck my darling, and may God speed.