Busy Busy

I know Spring is here because we haven't been home except to shower and sleep lately. Since Wednesday, we have been to a track meet, seen Bill Cosby at the Fox, met up with an friend of mine from high school that I haven't seen in 10 years, ate dinner at my mom's house, went to church, went to a wedding shower in Newnan, and visited some friends of Irwin's in Sharpsburg. I'm exhausted and the week is about to start all over again. I need to back-up though.



Wednesday night I had one of those moments as a mother where your heart just overflows with joy. My precious son, Dash, ran in his very first track meet. He wasn't crazy about going out for the track team but I made him do it because it is something that he is good at and I wanted him to feel what if feels like to be part of a team and to work hard at something and reap the benefits of his hard work. We have fought tooth and nail over this track thing but on Wednesday night, Dash ran in the 800 meter race. It was a very proud moment for me and I think he actually enjoyed it. He didn't come in first place and he didn't come in last place. He came in somewhere in the middle of the pack. I couldn't have been happier if he had come in first. I was so happy to see him finish the race. I can't wait until this Wednesday to go watch him again.


I still can't believe my sweet little baby boy is a teenager. It blows my mind how quickly they grow up. It seems like just yesterday he was playing with his Godzilla toys and now he cracks me up when I catch him checking out a cute little blond in a Toyota. He will always be my sweet little boy and though he is a teenager now, and knows everything and thinks he doesn't need a mother to tell him what to do, I am thankful to God for these precious moments and glimpses of the man that he will become as he stands ready, with confidence to try something he has never done before and finishes the task.