Expanded Vocabulary!

I just received a text message from my son, Austin. A one word answer. Typical of this particular son.

Except...

The one word text message was the word "awesome!"

Hello?? Is this MY son? I scratch my head trying to recall if he has ever said that word before in his eighteen years of life. No, I don't think he has. "I'm bored?" Yes! "I don't know?" Oh yes! "That's stupid?" A thousand times yes!! But awesome???

Just what are they doing to my son out there in Wisconsin?

And you want to know what's even more awesome than the fact that my son has expanded his vocabulary within ten days of being away at college?

The fact that this one word answer was in reply to MY text message to him, which read simply, "How's it going out there?"

I was smiling from ear to ear as I flipped my phone shut. He's doing awesome! Great news! A weight was lifted from shoulders.

But wait! Oh no.....

Does this mean he doesn't miss me anymore?

Or perhaps..... perhaps..... perhaps.....

He has met...... a girl???

Most likely it's because my son is growing and maturing in ways he never could while at home, learning to be independent and make his own mark on the world, and making the absolute best of where God has sovereignly placed him for the time being.

Awesome!