May is "winding down". While I've spent most of this month planning for June (now filled to the brim) we're celebrating one brand new baby- and mine - Jake turns 18 on the 25th!
I still remember his first days in our world and every day that summer - what a beautiful time it was in our lives (and every day thereafter!)
June. I've actually had to turn down some invites. Amidst Jake's graduation from High School is: prom (tux now rented with navy blue vest [many thanks for the suggestion from one of our customers] to match his date's dress), a pre-prom party, a supervised post-prom party (no senior parents allowed), a host of more parties, the TV Production dinner, the Columbia Cougar Baseball dinner, honors English & Journalism Awards luncheon, and orientation at college. I'm putting Mandi Ehman's Master To-Do List to the test as I "speak."
July. Hopefully with at least one day at the beach, I'll be tackling the suggested list of college necessities. FYI, my otherwise intelligent son asked, "Mom, what do I do if I run out of toothpaste?" Ya' think I spoiled him? Geez! Mandi, HELP me help this kid please! Got a List-for-Stupid-College-Freshman?
And then, there's August.
Mid-August, my ex and I will be "delivering" our soon-to-be freshman to the University
of Missouri. I'm not sure which of my labors more painful - the trip to the hospital and every contraction of that first labor almost 18 years ago or my vision of this coming August's waterfall of tears and bittersweet good-byes.
And, as if that's not enough, my ex and I will be spending more time together than we
have in 8 years - seventeen hours in a tightly packed car with Jake and then another 17 hours, just the two of us, on the road home.
For almost 18 years (eight of those divorced) we've agreed (or agreed to disagree) in order to raise our "perfect" child. Ours is truly an exemplary, a more than pleasant relationship
(I should write a book about it.) BUT... 17 hours together (and without Jake) should be
quite the "trip" (and deserving of at least a chapter in my book.)
Nonetheless, I am forever grateful to my ex for being such a great father and equal partner in growing up our kid. As a result, Jake (despite his Gemini spirit and the normal, albeit tumultuous stages of growing up) is still the "old soul" that nature bestowed on him. We
are both proud mama and papa! We wholeheartedly agree on this - not only do we love our boy - we LIKE him ALOT!
I still remember his first days in our world and every day that summer - what a beautiful time it was in our lives (and every day thereafter!)
June. I've actually had to turn down some invites. Amidst Jake's graduation from High School is: prom (tux now rented with navy blue vest [many thanks for the suggestion from one of our customers] to match his date's dress), a pre-prom party, a supervised post-prom party (no senior parents allowed), a host of more parties, the TV Production dinner, the Columbia Cougar Baseball dinner, honors English & Journalism Awards luncheon, and orientation at college. I'm putting Mandi Ehman's Master To-Do List to the test as I "speak."
July. Hopefully with at least one day at the beach, I'll be tackling the suggested list of college necessities. FYI, my otherwise intelligent son asked, "Mom, what do I do if I run out of toothpaste?" Ya' think I spoiled him? Geez! Mandi, HELP me help this kid please! Got a List-for-Stupid-College-Freshman?
And then, there's August.
Mid-August, my ex and I will be "delivering" our soon-to-be freshman to the University
of Missouri. I'm not sure which of my labors more painful - the trip to the hospital and every contraction of that first labor almost 18 years ago or my vision of this coming August's waterfall of tears and bittersweet good-byes.
And, as if that's not enough, my ex and I will be spending more time together than we
have in 8 years - seventeen hours in a tightly packed car with Jake and then another 17 hours, just the two of us, on the road home.
For almost 18 years (eight of those divorced) we've agreed (or agreed to disagree) in order to raise our "perfect" child. Ours is truly an exemplary, a more than pleasant relationship
(I should write a book about it.) BUT... 17 hours together (and without Jake) should be
quite the "trip" (and deserving of at least a chapter in my book.)
Nonetheless, I am forever grateful to my ex for being such a great father and equal partner in growing up our kid. As a result, Jake (despite his Gemini spirit and the normal, albeit tumultuous stages of growing up) is still the "old soul" that nature bestowed on him. We
are both proud mama and papa! We wholeheartedly agree on this - not only do we love our boy - we LIKE him ALOT!
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Posted by: Koozies | May 23, 2010 at 10:24 PM