A Life in Photographs

We find delight in the beauty 

and happiness of children 

that makes the heart 

too big for the body. 

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We held this blog post for a while, thinking that the reality of our oldest graduating just had to sink in and then we'd have some incredible insights or revelations we could share.

Ha!  Weeks have gone by, he has crossed the Rubicon into adulthood and is moving ahead with his life, and we are still bewildered and trying to catch up.

What we do know is this:
1.  Our first born is a prince of a kid, and we can take no particular credit for this.  He was loved and supported by so many in our "village" of friends and family in his first 18 years.  Thank you to everyone who poured your love and wisdom into this kid and helped make him who he is.
2.  He has a giant heart, and he fearlessly wears it on his sleeve.
3.  He learned compassion at a very young age through his very pure and fierce love of his younger brother, who is an amazing human being himself.
4.  We are very proud of the young man he has become.
5.  We’re incredibly excited for his future!
6.  We can't wait to see where the opportunities he'll have in life will take him.
7.  We’ll miss having him here at home.
8.  We're glad he's only going to college a few hours away so he can come home often.
9.  We're going to try to let him have his independence at school so he'll WANT to come home often (lol!).
10.  We are glad he's going to our alma mater, and we plan to see a lot more Ducks games in the next four years!

To those who have kids younger than ours, be prepared, and know that you can’t even fathom how fast it goes.  You'll be at this same place one day soon looking at photographs, and you'll wonder how time could possibly go so fast.

Thought we'd share a shortened version of a "digital scrapbook" we put together for him a few weeks ago.

Enjoy, and carpe diem!