4.13.2010

It Has Arrived!

The announcement came in passing, as if he were telling me that he got an "A" on a test, or that he was going to a baseball game or that he wanted mac n cheese for dinner! ..."Mom, I got my cap and gown and graduation announcements today" The lump came quickly in my throat and my husband mumbled something like "cool" and kept working on the computer. Wait, hold the phone....slow down..I knew this was coming but...but...

I held the tiny cards in my hand that have his entire name on it. You know, the ones that go in the announcements. There it was...in bold letters..the name we gave him, his first name the same as his dads, (the one he never goes by, but thinks it's cool because he can use his dad's debit card without being questioned, ha) A flood of memories flashed acrossed my mind; the days he and I spent playing in our small apartment, waiting for daddy to get home, the walks we would take around our college campus in between his mom and dad's classes,  the funny things he liked to do, like put marbles and rocks in his pockets, while holding 3 dinosaurs in one hand and his sippy cup in the other. I thought about him holding his little baby sister at the big age of 2.5 years old and then again 7 years later with a second baby sister!

Such a cool big brother!

He has been my little buddy from the beginning and here it is....I snapped back into reality when he walked back in the room with his cap and gown on. The boy already looks 23 years old. I can't deny it! ha! But he is still  my boy...but yet I know "the times are a changin" in the household! Life as we know it..changing!

About that time, Darren decided to take Haley shopping for a softball glove, grabbed Molly and headed out the door. I think my husband read my eyes and heard my heart screaming! He walked over to me, hugged me, kissed me real good and walked out the door! Maybe dad does "get it" IT HAS ARRIVED!

4 comments:

India Daisy said...

Gee - you makin me cry here *sniff*.

Nicole said...

I cant hardly believe it. Why does it happen so fast?!? You raised a great kid, mom!

Robin said...

tear..sniff...hug

Lisa said...

Wow, I think you have been reading my mind! I remember going through it with Kyle and that was really hard, but with Chad I keep thinking "this is my last one, what do I do now?". Thanks for sharing, now off to find a tissue while all the girls I work with look at me like I am crazy because I am crying like a baby (or a momma letting her baby go).