Double digits. A decade.
How did it happen?
But every parent says that, right??? Time goes so fast, they grow before your eyes, savor every minute. And whatever you do….DON’T EVER, EVER BLINK!
I blinked. Dammit.
And today he turned ten. Bright, creative, empathetic, with a total slap-stick sense of humor. He continually shows me, in his own quiet way, what kind of person I can only hope to be.
Love you to infinity to the infinity power.
Plus one.

(Yep, that’s the letter “I” taken off Charlie’s wall and shamelessly used in place of the number one.)
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Happy Birthday Ethan!
You are so far from the cute, chubby little boy I once knew. I hope you have the best birthday ever!!
I have to rephrase that, far from the chubby little boy, you’re still cute!