This sweet little boy has a date for his senior prom this weekend. Black tux, white flowers, pretty girl, the whole enchilada.The graduation announcements have been ordered and the senior pictures are ready for pick-up.
Next week he visits the college of choice to talk about the scholars program and check out the scholar's dorm.
Can I tell you how badly I'd like to dig in my heels like a two-year-old and say this isn't going to happen?
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AWWW! :) How exciting for him, but how sad for you! Hope we'll get to see some prom pics... no duct tape right? :)
ReplyDeleteOh my! How quickly time passes, eh? I love to share stories like this with friends, whose only children are at the toddler/pre-school stage (and the parents think they'll be there forever!)
ReplyDeleteThis is a good reminder (bittersweet however) that when we least expect it, they grow up anyway!
Wishing him our best!
God Bless,
Jane
Ha, Ha, Deborah! No, I wasn't able to convince him to try the duct tape outfit!
ReplyDeleteJane, it is so hard to believe that my baby is grown, as I'm sure it is hard for you to reconcile your big boy with the baby boy you had just a few short years ago. I tell you time REALLY flies. I know that people told me that he would be grown in no time -- I just didn't believe it. Now I would pay money for those preschool days again -- I love the under-5 crowd!
Barbara - hugs to you. Sadly and happily...we cannot stop them from growing up. I think of these last few weeks of high school, prom, graduation, etc. like an unstoppable speeding truck...we are powerless and it must happen. I am happy to report that my son who graduated last year and is almost finished with his first year of college has matured into a fine young college man and I am so very proud of him. I'm thinking you will feel the same way about your firstborn. It's very interesting to watch them in their early adult years.
ReplyDeleteNext year we will begin the graduation year again with our second son. I do not know where the years have gone, but they have gone by very quickly!
When I see young families at church, the store, out in public...I am amused by the little kids and find it almost hard to believe mine were ever so small. :)
Hugs to you - Enjoy every minute of these next few weeks - they made me cry...plenty. :)
If I am late in replying to this post it is only because it choked me up the first time I read it. I am the sort of person who cries at the neighbor kids' graduation parties--you know, the ones with the photo displays of their childhood and such? I can't take it! And those are the neighbor kids!
ReplyDeleteSo yes, I can empathize & sympathize & totally relate. My oldest is 10. I am not ready to boldly go where you are now...so you had darn well better be there for me when I have to!
Be brave. God is good and this young man is on his way to winning the world for Christ.