My Baby is 21 !!! Happy Birthday RickyMay 13 '03 Write an essay on this topic.
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When you're young and having children and they are running around the house....making all the noises that children make, you swear you'll never have a quiet moment in your life. It is funny, but your children's birthdays feel almost like a measurement of your own life. I know each year as my oldest turns another year older I am amazed that I could have a daughter that is already in her thirties. Not only does her birthday have a real affect on me.....my youngest child, and only son, turns 21 today. What a milestone that is for him. I have very mixed emotions about it. Tonight he and his dad will share the two little bottles of Southern Comfort that have been sitting in our cupboard since the day Ricky was born. That day I thought that it was so long until the bottles would be opened, but it has been in the blink of an eye. Ricky hasn't lived with us for a few years (excluding a few months a couple of years ago) and has essentially been a man for quite a while now. Somehow this birthday to me signifies the absolute end of childhood and the beginning of the rest of his life. This child has been such a light in my life. He was born 14 months after I had a stillborn daughter....somehow I think God just knew that I needed a son in my life to experience motherhood from a different angle. Ricky has always been the clown and made me laugh at times when all I wanted to do was cry. He has always been very sensitive to my feelings and I believe that is one of the beautiful gifts of this son of mine. He was the one that we had to rush to emergency room the most times for such things as a broken bone in his foot, a large gash in his hand and another gash to the back of his head. He was all boy and a bit of a daredevil too. He was very bright in school, until he decided to stop turning in his school work. I guess the one regret that I have with him was not forcing him to finish high school...but he just would not do the work. I felt that at the time I could not make him do what I knew he needed to do. I'm still hoping that someday he'll go back and finish or get his GED, but that choice is his. He has managed to move back and forth from California to Wisconsin and purchased a car while working and supporting himself. I feel proud that although he doesn't have a diploma, he does have ambition. He just got a job here in Wisconsin, since moving back from California and he and his girlfriend will be moving into the apartment that is upstairs from us in June. I am so happy that this going to happen. It will be great having an upstairs neighbor that will be willing to help with yard and shoveling of snow. More importantly it will be so wonderful to have him so close by. My son is very sensitive and caring about all of his family and people in general. I believe he would give a stranger the shirt off of his back if he felt that was what was needed and never feel ....okay how is this for the hugest coincidence????? As I'm writing this, on Good Morning America they are showing how people start their day and the background song that they are playing is "Beautiful Boy" by John Lennon. This is just astonishing to me since my hubby has said that it is the song he dedicates to our son. It has been 'his' song for a few years now. He is our Beautiful Boy! Just typing that brings tears to my eyes. Ricky I am so proud of you, I love you so much....Happy Birthday my handsome son! I've taken the words of this wonderful song from: http://www.guntheranderson.com/v/data/beautifu.htm ARTIST: John Lennon TITLE: Beautiful Boy Close your eyes Have no fear The monster's gone He's on the run and your daddy's here {Refrain} Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Before you go to sleep Say a little prayer Every day in every way It's getting better and better {Refrain} Out on the ocean sailing away I can hardly wait To see you come of age But I guess we'll both just have to be patient 'Cause it's a long way to go A hard row to hoe Yes it's a long way to go But in the meantime Before you cross the street Take my hand Life is what happens to you While you're busy making other plans {Refrain} Before you go to sleep Say a little prayer Every day in every way It's getting better and better Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful Beautiful boy Darling, darling, darling Darling Sean  |
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