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.