You’ll probably find this very boring, but I’m a Mom.

RYAN, my oldest son, is now 30 years old. He just finished a ten-year stint as a Navy SEAL, on SEAL Team One in San Diego. Oh dear. He has spent time in some pretty scary places (scary for a Mom) but is home now teaching BUDs. He's really involved in designing a clothing line, ForgedClothing.com, hard wear for hard people. Original text, when they were younger: Ryan is a gifted engineer. As a kid, he made amazing 3-dimensional works and was an innovative inventor. Ryan is a good, solid, independent, lovable, sociable, polite young man. We had some hard times together as he went through his teens, as any parent of a teenager understands, but we came through the worst of it and are still great friends. I’m very proud of him for having the strength to fly out of the nest under his own power at 17 years old, find himself a job and a place to live in another state, and take care of himself. And he was one of 16 boys out of 160 that made it through BUDS training to become a SEAL. Now that he's a Navy SEAL, I guess he and his buddies are helping take care of all of us.	JIMMY, my younger son, is 26 years old. He has a degree in printmaking from the Pacific Northwest College of Art and is creating stunning works of art. He's working full-time as a web developer, ActsofGood.com. Original text, when they were younger: Jimmy is quite a charming guy. He studied dance for six years at The Dance Center in Santa Rosa, California -- tap, jazz, hiphop, ballet. He plays the drums, trumpet, and bass guitar. He’s lead vocalist in a rock band in Portland. He is also an accomplished artist and designer. Jimmy is a good magician, loves logic puzzles, is smart, polite, has great social skills, and still likes his mom. He used to skateboard constantly and snowboard all winter, but now he's growing up and has to work for a living. When Ryan was about 16 and acting like an obnoxious teenager, I asked Jimmy (age 12), sighing, "Jimmy, when you’re 16, are you going to be egocentric and selfish and mean and obnoxious?" And he said, "Probably." oh well. they get over it.	SCARLETT, my youngest child, is 22 years old. She's working her way through a Massage Therapy degree in Portland. Original text, when they were younger: Scarlett took voice lessons for several years (this is a clip of a recital at 15 years old), and has taken gymnastics classes, drama, dance of all sorts, art, Brownies, cheerleading, swim team, and more, but her passion in life is theater. She has spent summer camps at Perry-Mansfield, Interlochen, Shakespeare in Santa Fe, the Berkeley Shakespeare camp for kids, and more. Scarlett spent a year of high school in Costa Rica as an exchange student. She's now living and working in Portland. Scarlett is a social butterfly, yet content in herself to stay home on a weekend night alone. She has strong art skills, a passion for all things Italian, super social skills, a long attention span, a knack for languages, and has lofty aspirations. And she is a sweet, kind person.