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Happy 9th Birthday, Benjamin!

So…I’ve already wept like a baby this morning and thrown a temper tantrum like a toddler. I do not want time to keep slipping through my fingers. I walked the halls of Woodland Elementary this morning to take donuts to Benjamin’s class for a birthday celebration and my emotions got the best of me. You see Benjamin has had the greatest blessing to have Mrs. Manley two years in a row. She moved up with her class and this moma got attached…very attached. I turned the corner to her classroom and started choking up. I can’t do this. I don’t want to do this. I want to stay right here. Mrs. Manley not only “gets” Ben, but she “gets” me too! I don’t want to move up to 4th grade. I’m happy here. Do you hear it? I’m whining like a 6 year old.

Jason told me to run it off. We work things out on the pavement. I think I will. But first, I gotta wish my youngest a Happy 9th Birthday.

Benjamin,

You are my mini-me. You are a people pleaser, peacekeeper, sensitive, silly soul. I claimed you before you were even conceived. When we moved from Virginia to South Carolina 10 years ago, I prepared your nursery because I knew God had you in store for our near future. I never doubted and a couple months later I was carrying you, waiting to know if you were a boy or a girl. Your daddy and Georgia and I all decided you were Benjamin long before the day we saw you on the ultrasound. We called you by name. It was a running joke that if we were wrong we’d have to call you Benita because we were so accustomed to calling you Ben at this point. But it was you, Benjamin. You were our perfect gift from God. You completed our family.

When Georgia was real little she said, “God gave me a lot of love in my heart” and it was true. For you, I believe God gave you a lot of joy. You are my joy. I love you so.

8 was a fun wild ride. Lots of baseball, basketball, nerf guns, ipads, and science shows. I love your passion for science!! I love that we are both morning people and I cherish the still moments before the rush of the day. I love that you still want to chill on the couch after school with me, even if we can’t every afternoon. It’s our chance to watch some educational show… You used to be crazy about Wild Krats, but lately it’s all about River Monsters and Treehouse Masters. You want to learn all you can about animals and you amaze us with your fun facts. You have a style all your own…wildly long curls that we fight to keep tame on a regular basis and heaven forbid we ask you to wear anything other than dri-fit shirts and basketball shorts.

Yes, you graciously didn’t start a fight this morning when I asked if you’d wear “something nice” so I could take your picture. And that’s you. The most tender-hearted at the root of all that wild boy, you love me. You love this family. You absolutely adore your sister and would do anything for her. I am so beyond blessed to call you son.

I love you, Benjamin. Happiest 9th birthday wishes to you!

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