This is Ben.  He is graduating high school this year.  I’d like to say he’ll be joining the real world, but Ben has already seen much of that.  Ben is a very active youth in his church that has taken him to several places.  One of those trips took him to NOLA very shortly after Katrina devastated the area.  I wish we had more Bens in the world.  🙂

Ben, thanks for getting up early for me (and your mom).  🙂