"My
Son… Watching you grow has been the delight of my life. I look at you and
wonder what dreams you will dream, what mountains you will climb, what joys you
will have. I know there will be tears and struggles as well, but my prayer is
that you will grow into the man you are meant to be.”
~Unknown
It is an amazing feeling when (as a parent)
you are being taught about life’s limitless possibilities, which most of the
time you think are out of reach, due to your circumstances. My son just taught
me that your circumstance is not strife to disable you; it is a mere present
condition on your road to greatness…
While all his friends were getting ready to
end the school year and take on the summer break, he was running left and right
after his dad, me, and his teachers to fill out applications, forms, and testimonials
(or recommendations) to make sure he could be chosen to participate in the “Prep@Pingre”
Summer Program. While family and friends joined us for the July 4th holiday
and the stayed the following days for celebration and fun, he woke up every
morning to be at his bus stop for school at 7:30am .
While his sister is in Florida 4:30pm , with
homework and exciting tales of what he learned.
While he could choose to rest on his laurels,
he is already 100 steps ahead. He’s maximizing the opportunity he has been
given; maximizing that “foot in the door” break he opened for himself. And he
knows our present situation; he knows that no matter how hard mom and dad work,
we can’t afford those high schools (which carry yearly tuitions that are double
our yearly mortgage payment). The silver lining is, in keeping up with his
excellent academic results in his upcoming last year of middle school, it will
most certainly guarantee him a scholarship to some of the best Prep schools or
Academies in New England …
Today he came back home excited, as he got
the opportunity to interview representatives from some of those top
institutions. He got to determine and select his first 5 choices and filled in
all of his requests form. His eyes are on the prize, his focus is on his
future, and his commitment is to achieve his very best…
Pride doesn’t come close to describe what I
feel for my little big man. His dreams are just as large as any of the ones I
mastered up for him, so to see him single handily and candidly put in motion
the wheels to make them a reality, a story to live, leaves me in reverence…
I am proud of my kids for every new
milestone they have come through unscathed thus far, in their short lives. I
also get excited every time they demonstrate their own little independence by
showing ownership.
My son is on the brink of turning 13, gets
excellent grades, manages to have a busier social life than mine, is kind to
ALL, cares for others and does for others. Pleasing people is one of his
biggest sources of pride. At times I worry that his focus on making others happy
will take the back seat to his own happiness, but he always goes and proves to
me that unless he is happy, he couldn’t offer it to anyone else.
I’m a mother immersed in the love I have
for my child. Although the person I see every day in front of me, the one that
gives me over 20 kisses in the course of a day, the one that always reaches for
my touch and the one who always speaks his love for me freely is only a glimpse
of the man he’ll turn out to be; I’m in admiration and full of respect of what
his personality and character are shaping him into. He is appreciative of the
core values we are giving him. Not only that, but he looks further than the
ground the “hubby” and I laid for him, worked and are still working on to keep
firm and solid in his road toward manhood.
"You
don't raise heroes, you raise sons. If you treat them like sons, they'll turn
out to be heroes, even if it's just in your own eyes."
Author: Walter Schirra Sr.
To one of the constant teachers in my
life…my son
RosieSandz
