Robbie was winding up the fuel hose as we ran towards the plane. He gave me the thumbs up as I waited at the steps for the girls to get on board.Max f...llowed me and closed the door.The turbines fired up and as soon as they leveled off and went through the check list, the plane started rolling on the taxiway towards the end of the runway. At the end of the of the taxiway Max did his run up and checks while talking to the BWI control tower, giving them the flight plan. He had left the cabin. "Mom, I am confused by all the things that have happened over the past couple of months. It just seems like I am growing up too fast!"Marge hugged her daughter and held back a chuckle. She knew what the teen was going through and wished she could help, but she knew only too well that only time and life's experiences could solve her dilemmas."Honey, you will get through all of this just fine. You are growing up, but not too fast. All of these new feelings are natural. All young girls and guys. I had the only pool in the neighborhood and all the k**s knew it, and took advantage of it. All except michael. He was shy and seemingly kept to himself. I came home from work early to see him cutting his lawn. It was in the triple digits that day and he had really worked up a sweat. As I got out of my car I greeted him with a wave and he smiled back. Turning off his mower, Michael walked over. He explained that he was saving up to get a car and offered to mow grass or possibly clean my pool. It's happened to me a couple of times outside my marriage but I've always been able to enjoy it and walk away.The week at the Sheraton was quite extraordinary in many ways, and it came at a time when John was almost obsessed with his work, leaving little time for me. I'm sure this happens to many couples. He had his career and I had mine so we were both busy. Each night after dancing John would work for an hour or two on emails and calls to his head office.The next day when we all lounged.