Well, we've had a wedding.  October 14, 2012 Matt and Vanessa were married on the banks of the Chathoochee River.  Wow!  So quick and unexpected, but they seem to be happy.  In the next weeks they will be looking for a place to live and settling in.  It's so amazing to me to see the changes in my son in just eight months.  The impuslsivity does seem to still be a part of his personality, but there is a lot more maturity, too. 

It's not so easy to become a "hands off" mom when I've been so involved in his life.  Not that he doesn't want me to be involved, but I guess it's time for him to handle things himself and not rely on me as much.  I just have to learn to stay in the background and be supportive. 

Once settled, Matt will begin his training for deployment next year.  That's an issue for another day.  I keep telling myself, "faith, not fear, faith, not fear."

RASP is over and we are now the proud parents of a U.S. Army Airborne Ranger.  He looks the same to me!  It seems like a lifetime ago that this all began.  How can it have gone so quickly? 

He will be stationed in Savannah, Ga with the 1/75 Ranger Battalion.  He will deploy.  That's the most difficult thing for me to imagine.  Just can't think about it at the moment.

Sometime in the next several months Matt will marry Vanessa Reddish.  Can't believe that either.  It was so out of the blue and sudden.  

How will mom deal with all of this?  I just don't know.  Sometimes it's good and sometimes it's not.  I'm trying and praying a lot.