Sunday, December 11, 2005

My Son Turns Thirteen Today...

...he is officially a teenager.

His mother doesn't like to be reminded.

I wrote him a letter explaining why I'm proud of him. I give him a nickels worth of free advice about life at 13; you know...girls, parents, school, etc. I think I'll write another one when he's 16 and again at 18 and 21. Those are the milestone ages. I wanted to tell him the things that no one told me that I wish I knew at 13, 16, 18 and 21. My parents weren't the touchy-feely type.

And while I'm a little uncomfortable talking I am pretty good at writing. So I wrote. Maybe I should have sat him down but my mind wanders some and writing it down and letting him read it is better.

Happy Birthday Matthew!


Eric

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday Matthew. What a good day for a birthday....

Eric said...

That's right...I forgotteth!!

Happy B-Day B-Man!

Eric

carla alexandra vendinha said...

Ups! A teenager! Good luck!!!:-)

Eric said...

Thanks Alexandra! I'm sure we'll need it!

Eric