Reflections of a mother as her son turns five. She shares her life secrets and looks forward to the day he is ready to trust her motherly words of advice. It is not because you’re five that brings tears to my eyes today. It’s the overwhelming speed in which we’ve arrived here. I feel like I’ve raced to this day and am jogging on the spot while I take a minute to watch you blow out the candles on your Birthday cake before I race off to your 18thbirthday, which I have no doubt we’ll arrive at before I’m ready. Your entrance into this world, was not what we expected, in a long list of ways. A surprise from the very start, you continue to amaze us. Already you’re this intriguing little creature poised between baby, child and man. Your words carefully thought out and delivered with the soft sounds of someone still learning to pronounce his words. You easily give in to your sister. Playing her games so convincingly she actually believes Transformer Nail Polish would be the best birthday gift for you. She has no idea that you love her so much that you only tolerate the pink […]

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