A First and A Last......

Today was my Sophomore's first day of school.

It may also be the last day we drive hime to school on his "first" day.

He will be turning "sweet" this year.

That means I will have two of my most precious treasures out on the open road.....

Terrifying....

We always do a first-day-of-school picture:

This picture is not digitally clear, but this young man is a light to all he meets...

He came into my life that way....

He is as bright and he is luminate..

He is a joy to parent.....

He is an old soul, confident in his own skin and a leader...

He is rightous, but courageously unbound by the obvious...

He hunts for the answers that elude him........

He is motivated by relationship....

He offers soothing words to wounded friends....

He is loyal, deeply loving and intensly sensitive....

He is relentless to seek the experiences he pursues....

He has made my world so sweet with his presence...

He has parented me through many circumstances.....

He has made my life bloom with technicolor...

and gifted me with hugs when I dont ask for them....

I am thankful for all that he is...

for all the joyful devotion he unselfishly shares....

For the spirit that spills from inside him when he doesnt even know it....

For all of him......