I like to sit by the fire the night before and swap stories and lies with my family and friends. My younger boy will go to bed and my eldest will stay up with the men now that he's 18 and in the Nat. Guard. I only have him for a short while before he goes to AIT and possibly war (his unit's there now). I'll turn in after a few beers and cigars and we'll get up in the morning, maybe even after sunrise, and fish.

And I'll try to remember each of those days as long as I'm lucky enough to have them.