Today my oldest son turns 16!

It seems like just yesterday I was laboring for 17 hours…

I can still remember his first steps…

I will never forget the many heartaches he’s already suffered…

Or the years he spent being Mom’s best friend instead of a child…

The nights I ‘cheated’ and stayed up all night to finish the Harry Potter book to the end…

The way he held his little brother for the first time or the laughs they share together…

Now my precious son is turning 16…

He’s dating a beautiful young lady that he hopes to marry one day…

He’s driving a car.  (Sometimes at 65 mph!  Yikes!)

He’s attempting to choose a career path and a suitable college…

Where does all the time go?  The years pass by so quickly!

I am so very proud of this handsome, kind, caring, selfless, remarkable young man.  I honestly can’t believe that I had anything to do with who he has become and I am quite certain that I didn’t do it alone.

Thank you Father in Heaven for filling the void(s) in my son’s life and shaping him into the super, young man he is becoming!  Thank you Father for putting the pieces back together each and every time that child has lost a loved one or watched them suffer for no apparent reason.  Thank you Father for keeping him safe from harm and bringing him home from school to us every day.  Thank you Father for the wonderful son that you entrusted me to raise during my time here on Earth!