Wow! As of last week I only have one teenager left. *sigh*
I had a moment one day that was kind of surreal. As though everything else in life were moving very fast, but I was looking, watching, and observing life is slow motion. I began to watch my boys very carefully and just wondered where time had gone and when these "men" showed up. When I look in their eyes and see their smiles, I see my little boys. When I take a glance at them as a whole.......they are fully grown.
I love that even during their busy, grown up lives they still love the things that brought them joy in their childhood. I often wonder when we still stop hiding Easter eggs for them (I thought I'd give that up a couple years ago but they wouldn't hear of it). Or stop doing the special birthday day where they choose all the meals for the day.
And then I realized......people never stop wanting to feel special. Life can be hard. Decisions weigh heavy sometimes and people at college or at work just don't affirm you any longer. But home is where you can always be special. Where someone can say that they love you and that you did great! Where love can be shown in the big and little ways. Where you can still make green eggs & ham for your 20 year old son on his birthday because that is what he asks for. :)
The man you've become is so amazing. The son you've always been is so loved.
**photo circa 2007 because I didn't get a pic this year*
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