Today is my baby boy’s 13th Birthday. That is so hard to say. To make things even more ironic I went yesterday to visit a friend that just had a beautiful baby girl, in the same room I delivered Eli in. It was so surreal to think that 13 years ago I was in this exact same place about to start the biggest journey of my life.
Being this boy’s Momma has not always been easy, it hasn’t always been fun, but it has been worth it. I love the little person he is. He seems to be able to read me like a book. He knows when im not feeling his silliness and when I am not playing. Sometimes I feel like I could sell him on the black market, but not for real.
Eli’s whole life people have told me that I need to have another child. They have said that having another child would build his character and it wasn’t fair to make him be so alone in the world. My response has always been the same. I have been determined that I was going to raise him to love, show kindness, and serve the Lord and that God would take care of the rest. Well today my philosophy was proved true to form.
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li decided that he was going to spend his birthday at DNOW. It’s an event that our church holds each year where the teens and preteens have a two night, three day slumber party, complete with church and today they did community service. Being that he wasn’t going to be here on his birthday, the Mommy in me took it to heart. I was proud that he make such a selfless choice, but I sure missed waking him up on his birthday. Low and behold I had nothing to worry about bc God did take care of the rest. A sweet lady at church knew how sad I was that I would not get to spend his birthday with him, so she organized a little birthday party for him during DNOW. It was such a sweet thing!! She sent me a video but I couldn’t get it to load on here so Ill just share these cute pics with you guys! I am so blessed to call this child my son!! I Love you!!!