The feeling of coming home has never changed. If anything the sweet and sour balance is now inclining more towards the latter...

When I first came in the stadium I felt like I was home, ... I had these butterfly feelings. But then when I got my first tackle it took me back to 2003, the last time I played on this field on my senior night, and the butterflies went away.

The thrill of coming home has never changed.

[The feelings that arise when the last child leaves home can affect each individual parent, a couple's marriage, and how the parents interact with the child who has recently left home, Burns says. How parents react can vary dramatically.] Some experience joy, fulfillment, and relief, ... They may see a new world of opportunity opening up before them. They are now free to focus on their own needs. They are free to do things they may not have been able to do for the past 18 years. Other parents will feel loneliness and anxiety - the pain of loss and the anxiety of letting go. They may find themselves asking: 'My work is done. Now what?' Or, 'What is my purpose in life?'

A feeling should not be just a feeling. Put your feelings into words, and say them, share them, write them, sing them. Do what ever you want with them, just dont keep them inside because you could be helping a life with just a feeling.

Home was truly the best place he could possibly be, but, alas, was not an available option.