HAPPY BIRTHDAY

204 – Thursday, July 23, 2009

Happy Birthday, Benjamin!! As he puts it when prompted, “The tenth anniversary of my twenty-first birthday!” I still remember the little baby boy like it was yesterday – it is very simple since he has bestowed upon his father a legate who reminds his mother and me of himself when he was a mere 18 months old and flying about the house with the nimbleness of a sprite and challenging us each day to be more excellent parents. He can take a great deal of the credit for preparing us for grandparenthood! Ben still has that quick flash of a smile that can often be accompanied by a devilish little twinkle in his eye, although the hints of crow’s feet are beginning to shadow their corners. He still has that lightning-fast wit that both endears and gets him into tough spots with equal proclivity. Our son is, well, what can a parent say, our son! Daily we can see the challenges in his life force him to fulfill 1 Corinthians 13:11, “¹¹When I was a child, I spoke as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.” That is not always easy for a young man to do, especially when his heart is youthful and vibrant and still wanting to have its own way and just have fun – but the time is right and the die is cast and forward impetus is in motion – life progresses as it should and Ben and Chrissy are enjoying it with Isaac to serve as a stimulus to maturity and development – a harsh but valuable gift of which to be reminded on a tenth anniversary!!

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