I have followed this discussion with interest, I am at the point of moving forward with my flying ambition at the same age you are. I also have a family, but from the experiences that have generously been shared I feel like that guy on a high diving board......"to jump or not to jump that is the question, Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer in poverty and to yearn for outrageous fortune, Or to take arms against a sea of advice and by apposing them, sacrifice what you have and then to die, to sleep.......