Re: Re: Pattie

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yes it is very niceto hear. I am very happy for you. And can only hope I get

their someday with Sydney!!!!!

Ruth Ann mom of Sydney 5mo. 11lbs 6oz

kimc wrote:

> What a beautiful message you posted, Pattie! Makes me feel better

> after the week I have been through....

Kim C.

> The pace of life gets faster and faster as our kids grow up. I looked

> back to see what I had written on the list serve last year on Jon's

> birthday only to find out that it was two years ago that I put you all

> to sleep with my sappy recollections of raising my RSS child. Well

> I'm back again but this time feeling that he is no longer a child but

> a quickly maturing young man. So here goes my birthday tribute:

>

> Jon who today turned 11 asked me to lay with him as he tried to stay

> awake so his birthday would not end. I held him in my arms much like

> I had done 11 years ago(except he's MUCH bigger now). I shared with

> him how excited I was to hold him that first night and what a

> beautiful baby his was. Then much like every other mom I tried to

> tell him of all the great memories I had of him growing up.

> Unfortunately the memories were not all happy ones and some brought

> tears to my eyes. Although the details of his childhood seem less

> vivid to me now, there is still a place in my heart that stores the

> tears I shed for him and with him.

>

> However, life is different now. Jon has grown to be an independent

> pre-teen (his word, not mine)who enjoys his friends, loves his little

> brother and shares his great personality with everyone. His forced

> feedings of old have changed into a love of great restaurants. The

> sweaty head of my infant is now covered with hair that is a little

> longer than his dad approves of. He no longer falls down and bumps

> his head, but runs with great speed across the soccer field to slide

> tackle boys twice his size. Trips to New York to see Dr. Harbison now

> include our favorite restaurants, ESPN Zone, staying in Time Square

> and catching at least one " fast-paced " musical. His clothes are still

> to big on him but now " it's the style " . Nightly shots are as common

> as brushing his teeth (well maybe the shots happen more than the

> brushing). Comments of " Wow he's gotten so tall " have replaced the

> much heard of comment of " How old is he? " .

>

> I would not trade my last 11 years for anything. Many of you on this

> list serve have contributed in so many ways to our lives and we are

> forever grateful. I hope that each of you this week, especially those

> parents with little ones will be able to get a glimpse of the future.

> Each of our children have the potential to be " bigger " than their

> circumstances. I pray that a vision of tommorrow will carry you

> through what seems like overwhelming todays.

>

> Pattie Warren

> Jon Warren 11 years old