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Aslan Christian School
Jun. 13, 2008
These Are The Days
Yesterday, I was the Mom of a 9-year old boy who was about an inch away from being able to look me directly in the eye.
And today, I'm the Mom of a 10-year old boy who is still only slightly shorter than I am, but who, at his current rate of growth, will be able to use the top of my head as an arm rest in about 6 months.
(Truly, I'm not all that short. Hobbes is just really, really super tall for his age.)
Ten years ago, I was the Mom of a newborn baby boy who had completely ignored his mid-August due date and decided to make his appearance in June instead. That night, I sat next to him in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit while a nurse explained all the things that were wrong with my world -- about jaundice and heart murmurs, about feeding tubes and brain bleeds and oxygen rates.
At that moment, I could not see beyond that tiny little boy with all the tubes and wires (his accessories, we called them). He was 2 days old before I could hold him properly.
Milestones, such as birthdays, always make us slow down a little and think about how far we've come.
In our case, we've grown 5 feet and a million miles from that NICU.
Happy Birthday, Hobbes... |
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