Three of my favorite beings in the world, who happen to be my son and two of his best friends, inhabited my living space this weekend.

Here they are lounging on the couch reading Chinese books for fun. Just after this, they told me stories of public urination and I pretended to be shocked. They are all 17, and while staying here, they remembered to thank me for food and other essentials. They laugh just the way they did when they were little boys together, but soon they'll all be in college (one more year) and I know they're going to be great at whatever they choose to do in life.

Good boys, these three! (My son is on the left, if you needed me to point that out. How about that afro?)