Sunday, March 6, 2011

Nineteen


Nineteen years ago today I brought you home from the hospital.
In two days I send you off to basic training.
Where did the nineteen years go?
Nineteen
The average age of military service members in Viet Nam was
Nineteen
The age that LDS missionaries leave home and go into the world is
Nineteen
What is it about Nineteen
19
1+9=10
10
1+0=1
You are my number one son,
my first child.
My heart is breaking.
Is this totally abstract?
I think so, too.


5 comments:

  1. and I thought Z turning ONE was hard...I'm glad 19 is a ways off!

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  2. Happy Birthday to your son. I don't have any kids of my own, but I can only imagine how hard it is to let them go out into life on their own. My thoughts are with you during this time.

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  3. Eeek! Only two more days? I would be freaking out a little too.

    Tell your son Happy Birthday and good luck in basic training.

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  4. Aw, that makes me so sad :( I hate when they grow up. My kids are still little, but they are just growing too fast.

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  5. I just can't even imagine! Wow. What a milestone!

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