Sam with SWAG

I am still getting these college emails for Sam.  You see, Sam used my email address when he signed up for receiving college emails.  He did the same thing when he got his first iPhone; he used my account and then we spent many years receiving each others texts and emails.  To this day, I still have Sam’s friends in my iPhone address directory and when I go to call “grandma” I’m really calling my mom; when I do to call “dad”, I’m calling Sam’s dad, not mine.  When I was receiving his text and he mine, it was quite humorous.  Then came Valentine’s Day and when I started seeing the texts about the hand-off of the stuffed animal that was a wiener-dog that sang a rock-version, love-tone melody, that was about all either Sam or, more so, I was ready to deal with.  In other words, Valentine’s Day brought about "TMI", too much information.  Sam and I gracefully arranged how we would part our ways so that our texts were separate and our iTunes were still mutual but not because Sam “demanded” some sort of separation.  I made the “separation” of accounts in love as I do everything with my kids.  But I digress.  I receive Sam’s college emails and today I received this one today about SWAG which made me smile.  I remember Sam has a t-shirt that is black with SWAG in the saying on the front.  I could go in his room, open his closet and collect the exact wording but in doing so, I would come across many memories and shed many tears, so I’ll just say I know Sam has a black t-shirt with SWAG on the front of it.  This email is proposing that SWAG comes in the form of bracelets.  For us, these days, bracelets say “SAMsWatch.org” and “KNOW NOW” and they come in many color combinations from Sam’s favorite color of red with white swirl or a glow-in-the-dark version that was recommended.  They all represent where we are today.  Our SWAG is in Sam’s Watch and our hearts are forever with love for Sam…