It’s strange to think that in less than two months, my son will be having his eighteenth birthday. While part of me is sad that my son is going to be an adult in this short amount of time, the other part of me is extremely proud of the man he has become. While there are a lot of boys this age who have no idea what they are going to do with their lives (and are doing nothing more than causing trouble), my son has already been accepted into a very good college as a result of his hard work in school.

Since he will be receiving his driver’s license on his birthday (I know the legal driving age in most states is sixteen, but ours was changed to eighteen several years ago), I have decided to reward his hard work with a car. Because it’s going to be his first car, I didn’t want to give him anything that was over the top. However, I wanted something nice and reliable, so I decided to buy a rental car for him. The car is in good shape and has low mileage, so I won’t have to worry about him driving (and he will enjoy driving it). He hasn’t seen the car that I bought for him yet, but I know that he’s going to be really excited about it.