Thirteen years ago I became a mom to the most wonderful boy in the world, Kendell. It's hard to believe that it's been that long ago. As I sit here watching the video that captured his first few moments in life, I'm out of breath and in awe as I travel back to recall all the emotions I experienced in those moments.
It's simply amazing to see the seconds and minutes that transformed my life from what it was, to what it had become, and what it was to be. Pure moments of blissful happiness, something that I had NEVER experienced at ANY point in my life. True love, unconditional, unrestrained, pure and beautiful - a love I had never realized that I would ever experience.
Kendell and I are very much the same, this is both a wonderful thing and at times, a challenge. He's passionate about many things and sometimes those things seam trivial but I constantly remind myself that he's just a boy learning to become a man. Today he's "officially" a young man. It's both rewarding to see how far he's come and how much he's grown and it's also petrifying because this is but another milestone that he has surpassed. Many parents would say that we're headed into the real challenging times but I just keep praying and hoping that Kendell will prove everyone wrong.
Ray and I never had to deal with the terrible 2's, as a matter fact, Kendell was full of energy and would smile at just about anything. We didn't really start facing challenging times until he hit preschool. When faced with tough situations in which Kendell would need a repremand, we'd hear things like "does anyone want to listen to some music". His smile was as infectious then as it is today. He's shy, yet loved by all of his peers, especially all the girls. He's a charmer but won't let anyone too close, unless they're his closest friends, of which he has a handful. I'd like to say that he's a singer at heart, but these days he's acting more like a very talented comedian. He's creative and artful at movie making. He's also a teacher at heart, he just taught me yesterday how to do the new Psy Gentelman dance.
Kendell tends to pick on his sister quit a bit but there are so many times that I catch him being the sweetest older brother that Brianna could ever hope to have. He's a great brother and I know that when push comes to shove he will look out for his sister no matter the cost.
Kendell is also the most wonderful son that Ray and I could ever hope for. He makes me laugh so hard that he brings me to tears. I see him and Ray crack up and have fun together sometimes and it reminds me of all the times that I couldn't tear him away from Ray's cradling arms.
Kendell is ours: mine, Rays and Brianna's and we couldn't be more proud of him and everything that he means to our family. He may be 13 but in my eyes he'll always be my little one, my first love, my heart.
It's simply amazing to see the seconds and minutes that transformed my life from what it was, to what it had become, and what it was to be. Pure moments of blissful happiness, something that I had NEVER experienced at ANY point in my life. True love, unconditional, unrestrained, pure and beautiful - a love I had never realized that I would ever experience.
Kendell and I are very much the same, this is both a wonderful thing and at times, a challenge. He's passionate about many things and sometimes those things seam trivial but I constantly remind myself that he's just a boy learning to become a man. Today he's "officially" a young man. It's both rewarding to see how far he's come and how much he's grown and it's also petrifying because this is but another milestone that he has surpassed. Many parents would say that we're headed into the real challenging times but I just keep praying and hoping that Kendell will prove everyone wrong.
Ray and I never had to deal with the terrible 2's, as a matter fact, Kendell was full of energy and would smile at just about anything. We didn't really start facing challenging times until he hit preschool. When faced with tough situations in which Kendell would need a repremand, we'd hear things like "does anyone want to listen to some music". His smile was as infectious then as it is today. He's shy, yet loved by all of his peers, especially all the girls. He's a charmer but won't let anyone too close, unless they're his closest friends, of which he has a handful. I'd like to say that he's a singer at heart, but these days he's acting more like a very talented comedian. He's creative and artful at movie making. He's also a teacher at heart, he just taught me yesterday how to do the new Psy Gentelman dance.
Kendell tends to pick on his sister quit a bit but there are so many times that I catch him being the sweetest older brother that Brianna could ever hope to have. He's a great brother and I know that when push comes to shove he will look out for his sister no matter the cost.
Kendell is also the most wonderful son that Ray and I could ever hope for. He makes me laugh so hard that he brings me to tears. I see him and Ray crack up and have fun together sometimes and it reminds me of all the times that I couldn't tear him away from Ray's cradling arms.
Kendell is ours: mine, Rays and Brianna's and we couldn't be more proud of him and everything that he means to our family. He may be 13 but in my eyes he'll always be my little one, my first love, my heart.
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