Saturday, December 06, 2014

Twelve!

Danny is twelve years old today. I can hardly believe it myself. Our family celebration of the day will be simple: dinner, decorations, presents, and homemade (by William) cupcakes at home. Tomorrow we’ll be off to the movies with a friend of Danny’s. We were going to do that today, but weather and logistics didn’t cooperate.

Our little preemie is now impossibly tall, the second tallest student in his grade (and the tallest in his basketball team). He started out as a tiny, withered, delicate wisp; twelve years later he’s strong and healthy, rough and tumble.

It will be about six and a half years until Danny graduates high school. Then, we hope, he’ll strike out on his own. And then it will be just Karen and me.

Here, in case you haven’t heard it yet, are my musical thoughts on that subject:


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