Happy Birthday Dearest Richard!!!

Today is my little boy's 26th birthday.   Even though he is 6' 2"and 190 pounds, he will always be my little boy.  I have pictures of me and my very pregnant belly the day before he was born.   I knew I was going into labor so I asked Larry (my first husband) to take a picture of  my belly because it was so amazingly HUGE.  The labor was long and hard (Unfortunately without any drugs).   I was sure I was delivering an elephant....,but out came a beautiful baby boy who weighed almost 9 pounds.   He came into the world at 12:00 AM.   That means that when I signed the birth certificate I could choose either the 24th or the 25th for his birth date.   I choose the 25th so he could be one day younger.   

 I am so lucky to be blessed with a child of each sex.  Raising a boy is so much different than a girl.  I don't think it is better or worse just different.  Richard has taught me so much about boys and men.  I have enjoyed the funny, loving, rough and tumble ways of boys.   The things boys do and try to do, I would never even dream of doing as a girl.  Richard has a great sense of humor which I noticed even as a pre-schooler.  Do you remember the song "Billy don't loose that number" that was popular in the early 80s?  At 4 years old, Richard would put on my sun glasses and imitate  Phil Colins in his video.   Amy and I would laugh hysterically which of course would encourage him even more.  I have so many great memories of raising Rich.   I am so glad that I get to be his Mother.

Love You Rich.....signed "YO MAMMA"