Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Birthday Boy


Today Mac is 9.  Since he was the first baby, whenever he has a birthday, I think about how many years I've been a mother.  It seems like a lifetime ago that we went to the hospital to have him, at 1:00 in the morning -- even though he wasn't born until 8:30.  I remember looking at him and feeling the greatest attachment...and it has only grown.  He is at once that beautiful round-headed little baby and also this nine-year-old boy.  He is happy, filled with a sense of contentment, sometimes silly, usually questioning and reasoning.  He still loves trains, Playmobil figures and running around in the yard with a sword.  He loves routine and home.

He is my home.  All those years ago when I first held him, it was just the beginning.  Happy Birthday my darling boy.

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