Today's Tear Jerker

Since my children have been going to school I have prayed with them when they left.  Sometimes that was as they headed out to the bus stop, sometimes it was as they jumped out of the car at school.  But its just something I do to ask for God to bless and protect them while they are at school.  My big guys leave now before I'm up so it has sort of ended for them already.
Today, as usual when I got to school with Tim, I reached up to push the side door button to let him out.  I had every intention of praying with him.  Our routine is this: he unbuckles, leans forward into the front, I pray and kiss his sweet cheek and off he goes.  But he said, "WAIT!" before I pushed the button and leaned in close.  I think he thought I would forget to pray.  It was all I could do to keep the tears in cheek, pray for him and kiss him goodbye.  It touched my heart that the prayer was important to him....hopefully the kiss goodbye too.  I think too because I realize how quickly he is growing up and as a teen, while I suspect he will still be grateful for the prayer, he will go through a period of acting nonchalant about it.