The Fisherman and I drove our philosopher son to Atlanta today. He is off to study about all things Economic and Liberty at the Von Mises Institute with his law student friend. Our philosopher son has been going to the Von Mises Institute for three or maybe four years now.
I remember the first time I drove him to Atlanta to catch that first bus to Auburn and the Von Mises Institute:
I remember, later that day he called to tell me how things were going for him at that time. I remember, he told me he was the youngest on the bus that day. I noticed “that” when he climbed into that big gray hound. I noticed how all the other men had facial hair, and how my baby faced son looked so young and small next to them. When our philosopher son got to the lecture that year, he called again and told me he was a little uncomfortable because he was the youngest student.
That made me nerves and uneasy, and I told him I would drive to Auburn to pick him up if he wanted me to.
“No, I want to stay Mom” He said, and then he told me about all the important people he would be meeting, the classes he was looking forward to taking, and he was very, very excited about the whole thing.
So now, three, maybe four years have gone by and our philosopher son is still going to Auburn to the Von Mises Institute wide eyed and eager to learn, and to study about all things Economic and Liberty. He encourages friends who want to be lawyers and professors to go with him and, they do. When he is with these friends they talk about all things economics, Liberty and justice. At times it’s hard to keep up and to understand just what they are saying.
and,
if you didn’t know any better,
you might mistake our son the philosopher to be our son the economist. But, he’s not, he’s a philosopher. . . he says.
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1001 gifts
211.) giggles from the girl who loves everyone
212.) safe arrivals and departures
213.) baby deer running into the woods during my morning run
214.) flowers I have never seen before on the side of the road. . . they looked like lily vines.
215.) presents from my momma – she’s so good to me.
Playing along with: The Good The Random The Fun / Our Wold Tuesday
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