One of the benefits of turning 50 last January was this beautiful bouquet of flowers, sent to me at work. My Beautiful Perfect Son did this. Of course, when the admin assistant brought them to me, I promptly burst into tears. Although we're in the same country (nice after living in the states for nearly 5 years), it's still a long hike from Alberta to Vancouver Island. He's been in France for three months now, and will be returning to the Island at the end of August, after completing four months of going to a private French Immersion school (no, most Canadians do NOT speak French, but have to learn it as a second language!), working and living in Nice, on the Meditteranean coast. His blog is: www.niceeric.blogspot.com. If you're easily offended, then don't go there ... he has opinions and expresses them! (hmm, wonder where he got THAT from??? )