You want to see your son grow up into honorable manhood. He's started college, and his attitude towards it is very different than his attitude in High School. Grown up.
That's a good thing all around, but you still look back on them and remember the days when they were little, and looked at you with eyes that would shine.
The great Loretta Lynn captured this in a song that's Old School country. But the clever turn of phrase is there, and Country's it's about you, or about someone you know is there, too.
Where Do Babies Go? (Songwriters: Lorene Allen, Kenny Starr)
My little boy tried shaving for the first time todayPhoto copyright 2009 Borepatch
My little girl said "Momma, I love Paul."
It's been no time since he was "Daniel Boone"
and she'd wear my high heels to make her tall.
He'd bring to me a trinket from a box of Cracker Jacks,
and she a weed as if it were a rose.
I used to wonder where did babies come from
but now I wonder where do babies go?
Where do babies go without us knowin' that they're gone,
and time pays no mind to how fast children grow?
I used to wonder where did babies come from
and now I wonder where do babies go?
Where do babies go without us knowin' that they're gone,
and time pays no mind to how fast children grow?
I used to wonder where did babies come from
and now I wonder where do babies go?
I look at my son (four months old) and I wonder how he is growing so fast.
ReplyDeleteI also think about the fact that, if he follows family tradition, I will one day watch him take his oath of enlistment and leave to protect our nation and I won't be able to protect him.
I have many years ahead of me (and probably a few more kids too) but it seems to be flying past already