I took my 32 year old son to IAH so he could head back to SEA after a brief visit. He has just left the Navy and was on job interviews and it was great to see him. He seemed a bit tense as we drove down Will Clayton Parkway and I asked if he was OK.
He responded, "I joined the Navy, spent 4 years at the Naval Academy and 5 years on an Ohio Class Sub as an officer overseeing the engine room and a huge nuclear weapons arsenal with 24 Trident ICBMs and I protected our nation, yet I feel like I am being treated like a common criminal by the TSA just to get on a plane.!"
I tried to reassure him, reminded him to watch the screening area for any lines that were not using body scanners and just concentrate on getting home to his wife and baby and his new job that he just got. I hugged him as I dropped him off and wondered when he got so grown up and how the years went by so quickly! ^