Interesting weekend. Wife and I roadtripped to Purdue to graduate one son (Computer Engineering – hope his job doesn’t get exported to India.) Neat to see the transition and milestone. Congratulations around to all – my step-son for completing college and my wife for getting two kids through school.

But, just prior to leaving town we got a call that my dad had to be taken to the hospital. He’s got a chronic blood problem that requires blood thinners. So in all of the travels, there was regularly checking in to find out his status. Unfortunately the doctors could not determine what was leading to his recent fainting spells. But they ruled out any heart problems or blood clots. The hospital ended up discharging him as we were getting back from West Lafayette.

It brought to mind that we’re referred to as the ‘sandwich generation’ as we are taking care of our children and having care issues with our parent(s). Still, it is good to have both around. Our kids grow up way too quickly. It also needs to be a reminder to check in on our parents (I lost my mom 12 years ago when she was age 52. Now I’m approaching that point. Is a source of constant reflection and some strange emotions.)