Samuel Gates Killen

Party Number three

Party Number one

I know parents get all worked up their first baby turning 13. I just thought I would be different about it all. Maybe a little less dork, a bit more cool…First, he wasn’t into having a big deal made. S0 when i am ready to embrace the party---want the chaos (mainly to eavesdrop)-- he’s done with it. Seriously?! That fast?! Second, he wants money. That’s all. So much for shopping for the perfect gift to mark his transition. So mature- money. He bought a weight set. Sigh*

So here I am--a mom in a slight panic of “my children are growing up too fast and don’t love me” (his hormones have me insecure) decide to go a bit overboard for my low key/maintenance child. We not only went to eat at Osaka, his favorite restaurant, I also plan a small get together to surprise him with his favorite church pals. Then I may have made another attempt to drag the event by having a cake and special family party at the house. This child is so easy and because of that, I want it to be harder …yeah, that’s about right…I was grasping but I realized he is only going to be with me for like 5 more years- WHAT! ?

So for my 'dedicated to what he does, always a helper and never at a loss for words in an argument' child- I congratulate you for your journey into teenage-hood. I will try to wrap my mind around the fact you are becoming less a child and more a man every day. Please don’t get upset if I try to keep you in a child-like frame of mind -hope that never changes. You amaze me with your dedication to whatever work you have been entrusted, whether school or at home. And your heart to learn more about God has encouraged me to do the same. I am blessed by you in a thousand ways. God knew the right child with the left brain would make a perfect fit for me. You rock Gates. Happy teenage years. May God have mercy on us both. I mean that with all respect. J

Party number two