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Monday, December 22, 2014

Happy Birthday and the Little Things


 Happy Birthday to my beautiful 8 year-old boy!

  
I never really know what to write or post on your birthday because, really, words cannot effectively state how much you mean to me and how truly lucky I am to be your mom.

In the past, I’ve displayed slide shows and pictures, some years written only a brief message, other years nothing at all. So I stayed up at night, wondering what I should write—if anything at all. A lot of this blog is devoted to your milestones, which made me think: there is so much more to you than the big things that happen in your life. In reality, it’s the little things you do that bring so much joy like…

The raspberries you make
And your love of rock and roll
The way you hold my hand against your chest
When you’re not ready to let go

The unconditional love you have for brother
Your love of
Swimming
Explosions
And the “P” on your spinner

How you always find the vacuum hose
Or choose Maisy over Eric Carle
Your smile that definitely lights a room
Or your happiness expressed in air piano

J loves it when you study your hands
We all smile when you follow our drink cups
I like the wrinkled brow you make when you’re unhappy
Or when you eat too fast and get hiccups

There is so much more about you
The little things we appreciate
We’re so blessed to celebrate with you
On this day that you turn eight





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Susan is a YA and Adult contemporary novelist, as well as an advocate for social change. Her essays have been published both nationally and regionally, including a brief stint in The Daily Beast. She lives in the Southwest with her family.