Sorry to hear that your son left for a while. Good thing he isn't going to Iraq or anywhere else yet. At least you have some good memoriries to tide you over till he gets back safe and sound!
I know that one of our members fom IL Mahoyspider left for I think Afganastan for a while but came back safe and sound. The cool thing is that I think that he got the opportunity a couple of times to check out the site thousands of miles away while there.