Today is my eldest son's 21st birthday!!! How is that possible? That I can have a son who is 21? Just wait until it happens to you and you will know what I mean...
Adam is home from Uni for the summer (Uni...that's Britspeak) and we are so enjoying having him here. He is alot of fun to go to the movies with, or go out to dinner with, or just to overhear him and his brother, laughing, upstairs when they are in the midst of a game of Super Smash Brothers or watching some anime. These years are so precious because I know that my time is limited. One of these days, he will be living in an apartment or house of his own, maybe in another state, and his visits will be small slices of his life and I will long for this time again. But one can't stop time from moving on, nor should we want it to stay static...how boring would that be?
We are going out to dinner with my MIL tonight, to celebrate. Then home for ice cream cake. Later, Adam and John and I will go out to a piano bar and have a legal drink with him. Since he has been at Uni in Scotland for a whole year, and their social life seems to revolve around the pub, this will not be a coming-of-age experience for him. Nonetheless, it will mark something special for us.
Happy Birthday, Honey!
I have a couple of years to go, but even just turning 19 blows me away. He's my one-and-only, so everything is a milestone. I could likely have a kid 10 years older (God! 29!), but it still amazes me to have a 19-year-old. I'm certainly hoping that 21 is significantly "more mature", if you know what I mean...
Posted by: Tonya | Monday, July 11, 2005 at 11:07 PM
Hope Adam had a wonderful 21st! Oh, do tell, which piano bar did you go to to buy him his first 'legal' drink? (I'd love to picture the three of you there.) :)
Posted by: Marilyn | Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 05:36 PM
Tell me truly, do you get to breathe a sigh of relief when they turn 21?
Posted by: Laura | Sunday, July 10, 2005 at 09:29 AM
Happy 21st b-day to Adam!
Posted by: hope | Saturday, July 09, 2005 at 07:00 AM
Happy 21st to Adam! You can't be that old, Diane. I know what you mean about London. I was listening to the news; at first, it was briefly about what happened, and then it turned into whether it can happen in the US. After that, it was all about here and how this could affect us--not what they are going through THERE. Are we really that selfish and egotistical?
Posted by: Margaret | Friday, July 08, 2005 at 08:28 PM
Happy Birthday to Adam! Have fun tonight and don't drop any beer bottles on your toe ;)
Posted by: Stephanie | Friday, July 08, 2005 at 05:25 PM