Sweet sixteen... it really doesn't seem like it was all that long ago.
I remember it well. A night out with family... dinner on a ship on Lake Ontario... a dozen long stemmed roses... a blue star sapphire ring (which I still have!! I even have one of the roses still!! and that's saying a lot for this Non pack rat!).
I remember feeling all grown up. I was old enough to drive (I got my learner's permit the very next day!!). ... I had a job, my very own income!! I had a new boyfriend... I had great friends... and a loving family. All of it put together made my 16th year memorable.
I felt like an adult... not like a teenager. My sweet sixteen was just that... sweet!
And now fast forward a few years... I'm (ahem) 44 now. And life is still sweet... no... it's even sweeter! I'm married to my best friend. We have two incredible sons. I love and am loved by my Saviour, Jesus. Life has been an adventure... a sometimes crazy, never boring journey.
A journey that has led to this day. The day we celebrate our first born son's Sweet Sixteen.
How is it possible that my son is 16... when I remember so vividly what 16 was like for me?? It really doesn't seem that long ago.
And so I find myself wondering what he is thinking and feeling on his 16th birthday. What will he remember about today? About this year?
He's so different than I was. He's a thinker. He's wise beyond his years. A young man, in love with God. Someone who stands firm for what he knows is right and good. Someone I am very proud of.
I could have learned a lot from his example, from his life, if we had been 16 together... in fact, even now, I learn things from him.
Today has been my second sweet sixteen... I am so thankful and very very blessed.
