When my son was 9-10yrs old, he told me that he was never going to leave me because of taxes, inflation and all that stuff. Alas, he did meet a wonderful girl and he did leave. Two yrs ago I made a quilt for him at Christmas with his college colors and pieced gators around the border. On the back I used fraternity t-shirts that he had left behind. I couldn't be there when he opened it but my DIL took a picture and his reaction was priceless. The following July he took it with him to NY for his god-daughters christening to show his college roommate. He called me late at night to tell me the reactions. You could hear the pride in his voice.