Motherhood

I was never a crier until my son was born, now it seems like the littlest things he does makes me cry or come close to it anyway. I still tear up when I think of how he almost knocked his preschool teacher of two years off the stage at preschool graduation. He had Miss Chrissy for two years and she was moving at the end of the school year. He literally ran across the stage and gave her the biggest hug when she called his name to get his certificate (diploma would be a stretch).

Jason and I have a great bond and he is the one person in my life that I love completely with 100% of me. Not that I don't love everyone else in my life (Ira, my Dad, etc), but with your kids it is different. The best part is that I have no doubt in my mind how much he knows I love him.

Now, this may have to do with the fact that we are not actually together 100% of the time. I generally travel three days a week and part of this is overnight. Plus, he has spent at 2 - 4 nights a week with his dad since he was 3. There are those occasions when he may be home for a week while I am home on vacation or if we go somewhere, but for the past two weeks he has spent one night with his Dad. This has mostly been due to illnesses. Grnadma has a cold and her immune system is already low. Jason had a small bug lat week. His Dad has been sick twice with two different things the past two weeks. And, there has been two football camps on top of that. So, he and I have been together pretty much since he got out of school on the 10th.

While some parents may find this unusual because they are with their kids all of the time, for Jason and I this is unusual. And by now we would be driving each other nuts. But, we don't seem to be, he has been wanting to go with me everywhere. At 12 - this is not a normal occurance for any boy. But, I will take it while I have it. He will be a full teenager before I know it and who knows where that may lead. I know I was a handful in those years :-)