8th Grade Graduation!

Not the best photos I've ever taken...but I just need to say...I am EXTREMELY proud of my wonderful, caring, handsome, smart son! I wish my mom and dad were here to see him...they would be so damn proud! An Outstanding Achievement Award...and straight A's!

Life is Good!!! It is what it is!

I am anxiously awaiting the final report card my son will receive in grade school. He is more than likely getting straight A's! A feat which neither his father nor I ever was able to achieve. I am EXTREMELY proud of the young man he is becoming. He had his 8th grade semi-formal dance last night...I dropped him off in the parking lot at his school...and was encouraged strongly to stay in the truck and move along...not to get out and take pictures. I am glad that I took pictures at home.

In September Nick will enter LENAPE HIGH SCHOOL! That I cannot believe! I seems like yesterday that he was getting on the bus for the first time with a back pack that was almost as big as he was. I complained of the list of supplies I had to purchase for him for Kindergarden. The tissues and hand sanitizer and baby wipes...not to mention the pencils and paper and folders, the crayons and markers. I don't remember everything...but I do know it was a lot! Now he prepares to enter highschool...his voice hasn't changed yet...but I am expecting that to happen anyday. He is already taller than me, and wears a sneaker 3 sizes bigger than his fathers. Nick is growing up...it is inevitable...something that I am not prepared for at all. He is my only child...my heart and soul...he is my world! What will I do in 4 years when he is packing up and moving off to college?! What will I do when he marries and leaves me for good? Iknow that I am not the only person to feel this way...I am sure that every parent experiences feeling and anxiety like I am having. I too am changing...I am getting older...my hormones are changing as well. The wrinkles around my eyes and on my forehead are getting more prominent. My knees hurt when I go up the stairs sometimes...I enjoy staying home and watching a movie instead of going out on a Saturday night. These are all things I can't change...but LIFE IS GOOD! A friend and fellow Corvette enthusiast has adopted that as his mantra. I too have a mantra that I have adopted lately..."It is what it is!" I have learned as I have aged that it is very true...it IS what it IS! Most things in life can't be changed and you have to make the most out of it and enjoy life...because LIFE IS GOOD! I am proud of the son that I have...that I was blessed with an amazing son that has been a good boy. That is loving and caring and smart. I am blessed with a husband that takes good care of his family...that works VERY hard and comes home exhausted to listen to me bitch and moan....most of the time he just soaks it in and doesn't say a word. I am blessed with a job that challenges me everyday. I have a home over my head. I have a best friend that loves me NO MATTER what I say or do...Staci listens without judging even though I know she could judge...easily. LOL

So...no matter what...Life IS Good...and It IS what it IS!!! There will be days that torture my entire being...but I know that I have 4 more years of watching my son grow into a man...I am looking forward to those days as much as I am fearing them.