Imagine the sound of air being sucked out of my lungs! My 9-year old son is in the Class of 2017!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The scarier thing is my wife and I realized not too long ago that not only that his time at home is half over, we have a very short time before that "magic 13" when he will have basically set his own beliefs and values until his 20's when he may begin to rethink some of those. Have we demonstrated and talked enough about our values as a family to make their way into his value system that seems to be taking shape in front of my very eyes? I pray so.