Eighteen years ago today The Boy was born. He didn’t want to be, his GINORMOUS head made sure that he was stuck tight, but I was tired of him kicking me around so at 12:26 am on this date the doctors pulled him kicking and screaming into this world.
Over the years there have been many things he didn’t want to do, like the potty thing. That took forever and he still can’t get his aim right.
And school. Hated it with the passion of a thousand suns until just last year.
But now, he’s going to graduate high school in just a little over a month, and he’s going off to college. Ha! More school! He wants to be on his own so bad he can taste it.
Which is exactly how it should be.
My little bug is all growed up now.
I am so proud that he’s grown into the person that he is. I am so happy that I got to be witness to his life, his transformation from the cutest little bug of a baby to a stunningly handsome young man, and that I get to watch him strike out on his own and create a whole new life for himself.
And yet as I write this, I am crying because those days are all gone. You always hear people say that they go by in the blink of an eye, but you never believe them. There are times when parts of it seem to drag on forever, and you think you can’t wait until they’re out of high school and on their own. But it all happens so soon.
I don’t give out parental advise, almost ever. But I have two words that I think every parent should know:
Don’t blink.
(yep…that’s cake)
Aww… sweet.
That’s cake?!?!?! Wow.
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April 27th, 2009 at 6:54 am