Twelve years ago yesterday, there was a good eight inches of snow on the ground, but I didn’t get to enjoy much of it. No, I was indoors, getting to know a brand-new someone, a someone who’s not-quite-but-almost tall as me, whose feet and hands are bigger than mine, a someone in whom I see more than a few indications of the man he’ll one day become.
Yesterday we drove to Manhattan to see a Cirque du Soleil performance in honor of Nathaniel’s birthday. We’ve looked forward to the event since about last August, and no one went away disappointed, though the drive could have been shorter for the amount of time we actually spent in the city.
But twelve is a different world than eleven, closer to that eventuality. I see it every day now in his eyes, in his questions, in his decisiveness. I see it too in how he’s beginning to engage more with the wider world.
Part of that engagement has resulted in the launching of a new blog, so I bring you…Green Flamingo.
December 20th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
It’s the baker’s dozen that will truly mark the embarkment of his journey into manhood… Happy Birthday
December 24th, 2007 at 6:00 am
Wishing you a very happy and safe Christmas!
Hugs Prince Vince and the gang!