"....(He will) gently lead those who are with young." Isaiah 40:11b

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Kids Grow Up - and so do moms!

May 19 001Something momentous happened in our house this week. Someone has turned 13! Someone is no longer a "child", but a teenager. Somehow, this makes me feel a whole lot more "middle age" than my actual age.

I jokingly asked him, the night before his birthday, if he wanted me to make cupcakes for his class at school. I thought he'd give me a sarcastic, "Mom!" The response I got? "Would you?"

So guess who came home from the store at 9:30p.m. with supplies to start on 35 cupcakes? How could I say "no" ?

May 18 133The best part of the day, was when he said, "Dad, you know what would be the best ending to my last day as a kid?"

"What?"

"If I could play a game of HORSE with you."

And they did.

My oldest child's birthday always gives me a lot to reflect over because his birth marked the beginning or me being a mom....the beginning of two journeys at once. I'm reminded how much they are connected.

Here are a few of my thoughts:

Before the creation of the world, God chose to create you - for His pleasure! (Eph. 1:4-5)

He knit you together in my womb. (Ps. 139:13)

You were the first piece of me, that I ever held outside of my body.

You were our first....the son of our youth.

Welcomed by excited family.

When you were brand new, we dedicated you to the Lord -

- something we've had to do over and over again.

You made it clear from the beginning that you had your own way of doing things.

You were my best little friend, the joy of my lonely days....

....the one who tagged along with us in all that we did.

The child your dad waited 28 years for.

All of your firsts, were our firsts too.

You were the one that we have made the most of our mistakes on.


The one we didn't hold often enough.

The one that we let cry more than we should have.


The one we couldn't keep from climbing up everything you could find to climb. You gave me lots of little heart attacks.

You have been the one that challenges our thinking to the nth degree.

The one who has excelled at everything you've tried.

We have only one little problem.

You won't quit growing.

You won't stop changing.

You keep amazing us.

With each passing day, we're more aware of how short our time with you is growing....

....and we plan to make use of every minute of it!

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Happy Birthday, Clayton! We are so proud of you.

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