Sunday Night Check -In

Last night our son, Robert, called us. This was not for any specific reason. He called us because he usually calls us on Sunday night and he knew it was time to check-in with his parents. This habit began when he first went to college. We soon discovered that Sunday night was a good time for him to check-in and let us know what was happening at Clemson. Seventeen years later, Robert is still calling us from Clemson. I wish that I had kept a diary of those phone calls. We have heard about classes, roomates and friends, career choices, football, canoeing, Wesley Foundation, Kristen, summer jobs, football, graduate school, Kristen, employment possibilities, new job, Kristen, wedding, travel, home buying, do-it-yourself projects, engineering in the real world and children. Now this Sunday night ritual includes their children, Annaka and Jack. Through the marvels of technology we talk to them via the computer as though they were in our living room. It is fun to talk with Robert and Kristen and to have children's voices interjected into the conversation. Sunday night is much anticipated at our house for we know we will have special family time in the style of the 21st century.