KJ, I think you are absolutely right. He has been sobbing himself to sleep at night because he misses his son and family so very much. I talked with him right before he started his new job and we had a plan to save up and send him back to California for his birthday on May 24th, but I guess that wasn't good enough.
I understand everything you say and I don't think anything was wrong with anything you said. You may think you are a klutz when saying something, but I don't think you are...you are dead on and I know you care!

Thanks,
BJ