Our son Max turns 20 today.

Ellen and I drove down to Tuscon to have dinner with him. Rachel, Ben his roommate and a bunch of his cousins joined and we had a fun evening.

Back when he turned 18, I shared this birthday post.

The last 2 years I have seen much less of Max as he’s lived away from home.

He has always been so independent and now that he is mostly on his own, I am glad I spent so much time together when he was willing.

It was easy to know what he was thinking as a kid…candy, friends, golf.

Yesterday I looked over at him and he seemed happy even though grades, summer job and exams were likely on his mind.