I'll be giving it my bestest.....

Similar to a couple of weeks ago, but Boy and K, have progressed to solo sets.

This is the last he'll be doing for a while. He's off again on Thursday morning, back to the U S of A.

It seems no time at all since he arrived home, all strange and not my Boy any more.

It turns out he is still my Boy, still as daft, still as bloody minded, still his own person, but hey - isn't that what I was trying to do?

This is the one thing they don't tell you about being a parent. Your job is to teach them to be themselves. If you do a great job at it, they will go away and leave you, make their own choices, and decisions. And you have to be happy. You've done a good job. They are their own person, and that was the goal.

But it doesn't stop your heart being wrenched when they go.