Fly By The Moon

The other day I heard my middle son say to my wife, “Mommy, I love you as fast as an airplane and as high as the moon.”

We should all love that hard.

Photo credit: Originally uploaded to Flickr by Wilson17(newly remarried!)

Benjamin Strong is the Director of Marketing for the United States Coast Guard Amver search and rescue program.  He is the father of three boys, the oldest with Down syndrome.  You can follow his professional exploits on the Amver blog or on Twitter.

9 Comments


  1. I once had a 3rd grade student tell me “my mom is as beautiful as a World War II plane, crashing.” He really meant it in a good way. He was going to use it to write her a mother’s day card.

    “Let’s just put as beautiful as a WWII plane,” I suggested, and he agreed.


  2. I once had a 3rd grade student tell me “my mom is as beautiful as a World War II plane, crashing.” He really meant it in a good way. He was going to use it to write her a mother’s day card.

    “Let’s just put as beautiful as a WWII plane,” I suggested, and he agreed.


  3. That’s a wonderful thing to say. He’s a creative child for sure.


  4. That’s a wonderful thing to say. He’s a creative child for sure.


  5. Lucky you! The other day my youngest took an impromptu poll and asked at dinner “Who hates Daddy?” then giggled. Everybody raised their hands.

  6. SplinteredMind

    Lucky you! The other day my youngest took an impromptu poll and asked at dinner “Who hates Daddy?” then giggled. Everybody raised their hands.

  7. SplinteredMind

    Lucky you! The other day my youngest took an impromptu poll and asked at dinner “Who hates Daddy?” then giggled. Everybody raised their hands.

  8. SplinteredMind

    Lucky you! The other day my youngest took an impromptu poll and asked at dinner “Who hates Daddy?” then giggled. Everybody raised their hands.

  9. SplinteredMind

    Lucky you! The other day my youngest took an impromptu poll and asked at dinner “Who hates Daddy?” then giggled. Everybody raised their hands.

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