Happy Birthday to my Oldest

In a few minutes my oldest son, Corbin, will be turning 14! I remember the night before his birth.. I was in the hospital. Thanks to his largess, I was being induced the next day at 38 weeks (and frankly, I deserved to have given birth a month earlier). They brought me in and put some sort of cream all over my cervix to get things going the night before... not so much..didn't work a bit. So the next day we went with the pitocin drip and had those wonderful-exhausting contractions all day. Around 6pm Corbin made his debut- almost 10lbs, and facing up. He popped out. Looked at his dad. Blinked. And tried to go right back in...(that is the way his dad tells it anyway). That was actually, the calm/light version. There was far more drama given his size, my size, and his position... lets just say: lots and lots of PAINFUL stitches... come to think of it, I don't know why he gets the party every year. I was the one who did all the suffering! I still look at those inflatable pool rings and cringe, remembering how I carried one with me for weeks.

I remember growing up in my parents house. Those 18 years seemed SO long. They still seem like an entire lifetime unto themselves. Yet, the past 14 with Corbin have just flown by. There were so many more things I wanted to do with him. Trips and memories I wanted us to have. I just can't believe that in 2 years he will be driving, and really that will mark the beginning of the end...or the beginning of a new beginning.. of Corbin apart and independent from our family. Ouch!

I am thankful that I am going to have the opportunity to stay at home and be a mom. Hopefully, he will let me hang out with him now and then. He is a very funny guy and I look forward to watching him experience high school. Bitter sweet indeed.

BTW, my computer died a little while back. It involved really loud grinding sounds. An ugly technological death, really. Sadly I lost lots of email addresses. If you haven't heard from me lately, send me a note saying "here it is" and I will save you into my little black book. I am eager to catch up!

Hugs to you all

Michelle