An exposed fence and a mother's heart

So, my son has a job....painting about 5 miles of fence on a Kentucky farm. It's taking forever....the wood is totally exposed and is sucking up the paint. He has been painting while listening to his itunes. This past Sunday I decided to help him. So I poured him some paint and then poured mine. I told him that I had brought his earphones for him to listen to his music, but he said, "That's okay mom, I don't need them. Can't we just talk?" So we began to paint....for about 2 hours we painted, side by side....he and I talking the whole time. I was just like the fence...I sucked up every sweet minute we had together!