I Blinked, and You Turned Eight

Yesterday Dylan turned 8.  We celebrated at Rockin’ Jump over the weekend.  Two days before we celebrated, Dylan came up to me and threw his arms around me and just snuggled for quite awhile.  He said to me, “I don’t ever want to leave you.  I never want to get married so I can stay with you forever.  Is that okay?”  Then he thought a moment, “But what if Dad won’t let me?”  After pondering it a second he says, “Yeah, he will!”  Then as I tucked him into bed that night, he asked me again for reassurance, “Do you really mean I don’t have to get married?”  When I told him he didn’t have to marry he responded with a joyful, “Yay!”

“You’ll be his first kiss. his first love, and his first friend.  You are his momma, and he is your whole world.  He is your little boy.”