Teen Years

Joshua Lewis - age 13

I am so excited for our oldest grandson Joshua Lewis who is turning 13 today! Wow! It just seems like a few days ago he was born. Where did that time go? Anyway, 13 years ago today we began the journey of 'grandparenting' which has been wonderful!  Those little people get to you in ways you never thought could happen. I was always pretty strict with our daughter (not that my parents were strict with me, since I was the baby of the family; at least that is what my brothers tell me..."You were spoiled"!) Since I was 'single parenting my daughter for a few years, I felt discipline was important so I guess she may have gotten 'more than she needed' since she was a pretty darn good daughter and didn't need many rules anyway.

Ah, but I digress. What I wanted to say was that Josh has been a delight since day 1. He has always been a polite boy and asked great questions of gramma and grampa and had us wrapped around his little finger from the beginning. I guess there is some 'magic' in the first grandchild. Each one is special but I guess number 1 is the FIRST TIME and you just can't get the same feel again. Numbers 2, 3 and 4 were excitment to the max and anticipation each time but like the first time you ride your bike without help, or use the curling iron yourself or figure out multiplication or division...well, there's nothing quite like it!

I could write something special about each one of our grandkids and it would be unique and a story in itself but today...it is Josh's special day. It's HIS birthday and a special one at that...13. A Teenager! Look out world!!

H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y big guy!!! Hope the teen years are the best! Love you to pieces!!