Hard Working Luke

 Somedays I only see Luke for about an hour a day. He leaves early in the mornings, sometimes I catch him as he is walking out the door between 7 and 7:30. He feeds the horses every morning before he heads to school. Some afternoons, he goes straight from school to the shop. On days when he heads home first, it's very brief to change his clothes or to switch vehicles and say hi and bye. He stays at the shop to do whatever projects are waiting. He typically has vehicles and semi's to wash. Sometimes he will tinker with his truck or give it a a clean. He has youth group on Wednesday evenings, sometimes he goes into the high school to watch the basketball games. He also runs errands, farm related on his permit. Some nights he gets in late and gets in the shower and I see him a few minutes before he goes to bed. Having a sit down meal that includes Luke is becoming more and more rare. I am not a fan of this empty nest business starting so early. I eat a lot of lunches alone and sometimes supper. I like a day here and there where I don't have to cook and have a little solitude, but not multiple days a week. Luke is such a hard working kid. I have to remind Mark that he is still only 14. He works hard like a man. On Saturday he washed 8 vehicles! He uses a scrub brush and pressure washer. That's an arm workout! He has a lot of responsibilities and rises to get them done. Here he is in his annual tie photo.