So proud of our oldest

TODAY I AM FEELING VERY SENTIMENTAL.  I AM THINKING ABOUT MY MANY BLESSINGS AND CERTAINLY AMONG THEM ARE MY CHILDREN WHOM I LOVE.

WE JUST ARRIVED HOME AFTER A BEAUTIFUL ALTHOUGH SHORT VISIT WITH OUR VANCOUVER FAMILIES.   WE LENGTHENED OUR STOPOVER TIME SO THAT WE COULD MEET OUR NEWEST ADDITION TO THE FAMILY, OUR 5TH GRANDSON, BABY LEO JOSEPH.

OUR OLDEST SON AND HIS BRIDE HAVE CREATED A WONDERFUL FAMILY!  WE GOT TO JUST HANG OUT WITH THEM FOR A WHOLE DAY AND WHEN YOU LIVE APART FROM THOSE YOU LOVE THIS IS A GREAT BLESSING INDEED.

J.B.  IS OUR OLDEST SON .  I STILL REMEMBER WHAT IT FELT LIKE TO HAVE JUST ‘MOMMY AND SON’ TIME BEFORE THE OTHER CHILDREN CAME ALONG.  SMART, FUNNY ( OR SHOULD I SAY… SILLY ?) , CARING…. J.B. REMAINS ALL OF THESES THINGS AND MORE .  WE REMEMBER THAT HE ALWAYS WANTED TO … ‘BE OLDER THAN HE WAS ‘ … TO GET GOING IN LIFE.  EVEN AS A TODDLER HE WANTED TO START READING AND WOULD OFTEN TAKE HIS DADDY’S GLASSES AND PRETEND TO READ THE PAPER. AS OLDEST HE WAS THE FIRST TO DO MOST THINGS IN OUR FAMILY…MOVING OUT, DRIVING, ETC.

AND ALTHOUGH HE HAS ALWAYS BEEN POSSIBLY THE ‘SMARTEST PERSON IN THE ROOM’ HE HAS NEVER BEEN BOASTFUL OR PRIDEFUL .  WE STILL MARVEL AT HOW HE WROTE THE LSAT TEST WITHOUT STUDYING TILL THAT LAST SECOND AND STILL CAME IN SECOND IN CANADA FOR HIGH MARKS.

NOW HE WORKS AS A LAWYER AND HAS MARRIED HIS BEAUTIFUL WIFE, ” SARE ” WHO IS ALSO A LAWYER AND WONDERFUL MOMMA.

BOTH OF THESE AMAZING PEOPLE CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THEIR CITY AND ALREADY DO MANY CHARITABLE WORKS AND HAVE ESTABLISHED A PROGRAM TO HELP INNER CITY CHILDREN .  THEY WISH TO KEEP THE DETAILS PRIVATE BUT LET IT BE SAID THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY CAN TO HELP IMPROVE THE LIVES OF OTHERS .

WE SOMETIMES JOKE ABOUT J.B. AS BEING THE ONLY ONE WHO ‘FAILED’ …HA HA…BECAUSE HE DIDN’T CHOOSE A LIFE IN THE ARTS . ( YA RIGHT !!!!) BUT OF COURSE LIKE ALL OF OUR FAMILY HE IS TRULY ARTISTIC . HIS VERY FIRST PAINTING WAS A PORTRAIT ( A WEDDING GIFT FOR HIS BROTHER AND HIS WIFE) THAT LOOKED EXACTLY LIKE THEM !  HE USED TO PLAY THE TENOR SAX AND WAS THE LEAD IN SCHOOL PLAYS EARLY ON FOR SOME EXAMPLES.

BUT LIKE HIS BROTHER, DARREN, THE THING THAT MAKES ME MOST PROUD OF J.B. IS HIS LOVE OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS . HE IS ALSO A GREAT DAD AND HUSBAND TOO.

I SO ENJOYED JUST BEING WITH THIS FAMILY FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS.  AT ONE POINT J.B. JUST GOT UP AND MADE A CAKE FROM SCRATCH SO THAT WE COULD ENJOY FRESH BAKING WITH A CUP OF COFFEE.

A GOOD MAN.  MY OLDEST SON.